Finsimco is a business simulation and job simulation platform for finance and professional services. It is used for early-career hiring, new hire onboarding, and university teaching. Built by former Morgan Stanley bankers, Finsimco recreates the real work of finance and professional services — real tasks, real sequence, real time pressure.

See how our simulations work. Each year, more than 100,000 students and young professionals complete Finsimco simulations across a network of universities worldwide, including Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, and Harvard. On the employer side, firms including Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, and Mubadala use Finsimco to recruit, assess, and onboard early-career talent.

A Finsimco simulation is a live, role-based exercise where participants step into a real job and work through realistic scenarios under time pressure, with consequences that unfold based on their decisions. Every simulation is built around two principles: totally real work, and real competitive pressure driven by gamification.

The evidence from assessment science clearly shows that work-sample assessments — observing what someone actually does — predict job performance far better than AI-based interviews, aptitude tests, and situational judgement tests. The same is true for learning: learning science shows that people build durable capability by doing the work, receiving feedback, and repeating at rising difficulty — which is exactly how Finsimco's simulations are designed.

Finsimco lets employers assess early-career candidates on realistic work before interviewing them, and reach that talent earlier and more broadly than traditional campus recruiting allows. Companies use it in three connected ways: to attract strong students with a high-quality, memorable candidate experience that strengthens employer brand on target campuses through campus recruitment events; to hire from a pool of 100,000+ pre-screened candidates ranked on analytical and interpersonal skills; and to build custom assessments that replicate the actual work of a role.

Recruiters typically eliminate up to 90% of first-round interviews by starting with proven performers. As one of the most established simulation networks in early-career finance recruitment, integrated into 500+ university programs, Finsimco combines this reach with assessment evidence that predicts on-the-job performance.

A job simulation observes what a candidate actually does across realistic work — how they analyse, decide, and collaborate under pressure — rather than how they answer scripted questions or perform on an abstract test. This predicts on-the-job performance more reliably, and it gives strong candidates an experience worth their time, which matters most for the high-potential students every employer is competing for.

Finsimco delivers business simulations for training in finance and professional services roles, built by people who actually did the work and calibrated across hundreds of cohorts. They are also adaptive, with difficulty that rises for each participant and scenarios that branch based on their real decisions.

Programs typically cut time-to-productivity by around 40%, with measurably stronger engagement and retention than passive formats, such as e-learning, webinars, and slide decks. See how the training framework supports new hire onboarding for graduate and intern programs, and ongoing talent development across teams.

Lecturers, program directors, and department heads use Finsimco to bring experiential learning into finance, strategy, and business courses without adding prep, admin, or grading. The platform is web-based, requires no integration, and generates grading-ready data automatically.

Finsimco is endorsed by AACSB and AMBA as a format that connects theory to practice and supports applied learning goals. 93% of students rate the experience as excellent, and most rank it the most useful part of their course. Learn more on the page for university lecturers.

For students aiming for careers in investment banking, private equity, broader finance, or professional services, Finsimco is a direct way to be introduced to leading employers. A free 2-hour live simulation, built by ex-Morgan Stanley bankers, places students on a team working through an M&A deal. Any student or recent graduate can join: any university, any degree subject, no finance background required.

Strong performers are matched with hiring firms recruiting for the field they want to enter. This makes it a particularly direct route for students at non-target universities to reach employers on merit. Register for the Career Launch simulation.