Examples of "Front Office" usage of Excel

[dransfield]

I'm currently trying to get into banking "Front Office" jobs here in
London. I see a lot of juicey jobs advertised for "Excel, VBA Front
Office developer" often also asking for C#, but nearly always asking
for previous front office experience.

As I haven't got any front office experience, but have been a (non-
banking) Excel developper for 10+ years, and so I'm trying to find out
what sort of things Excel is used for in front office, so that I can
familiarise myself with them, read up on the areas to skill-up on,
and to be able to say intelligent things at interview, etc.

Could anyone point me to examples, or just a brain-dump of stuff
they've done in front office, tips on getting in there, etc.

Any help greatly appreciated,
Best Regards,
Mark

 

[JLGWhiz]

I wouldn't pretend to know what an advertisement means by front office,
having been mostly a back office type for most of my career. As far as what
Excel is used for, you can pretty much answer that by looking at the postings