Pros
Benefits slightly above average. Depending on the group, working from home and flexible hours are a common thing. Regulated industry makes it interesting.
Kontras
Toxic culture, everyone wants to leave and/or is miserable. Good ole boys club rules apply, reduced opportunities minorities. Females systematically make less across the company. Management are bosses, not leaders. Most rule on hierarchy and authority instead of leadership. Leaders will push their subordinates under the hus when needed and take all the credit. Promotions and raises 100% based on relations; good work will get you nowhere, knowing the right people will sky-rocket you to the top, crossing the wrong people will get you fired or demoted. Forced bell curve in yearly reviews, so again, its all on how chumy you are with your managers. Absolutely no career path, no lead positions between analyst role and manager role. Re-orgs are constant, leading to demotions or job loses yearly for the last 2-3 years. LOTS of inexperience UK ex-pats in top management positions that can do no wrong, don't need to do anything but get to call the shots. Rules don't apply equally, you'd almost think there's a cast system in place. Office politics and preferential treatment is such a standard that you will want to run out screaming after your first week since to get your work done, you have to not only do the actual work but collaborating with others without ruffling anyones feathers. Since everyone wants to leave finance, there are many stories of internal moves blocked by finance managers to force their employees to stay within their teams.