William Ryan ⋅ New York, NY Circulation ⋅ 27 years experience

Thank you for your service, have you applied here yet?

http://careers.bankofamerica.com/us/working-here/military-veterans.aspx
https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Corporate-Responsibility/military-veterans.htm
https://jobs.fidelity.com/our-culture/five.html

David Aron ⋅ Washington, DC Commodity Futures Trading Commission ⋅ 23 years experience

Not sure if you're interested, but another way to get your foot in the door is to get some experience working with a regulator, such as the SEC or a federal bank regulator. They post open jobs on www.usajobs.gov. People are recruited out of the CFTC and SEC into industry jobs regularly.

Jim Rohrbach ⋅ Evanston, IL ⋅ 22 years experience

Hi John! I coach Financial Advisors around the US by phone, could have some useful contacts for you in the NYC area. Forward your resume to me: Coach@SuccessSkills.com.

Cyril Reif ⋅ Mckinney, TX Sun Microsystems ⋅ 41 years experience

I would start with looking at one of the many online job sites and search on financial services firms in the NYC area, for example -
http://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=financial+services+firm&l=new+york,+ny
I would focus more on the specific jobs available and do they match what you would like to do and what you bring to the table, rather than focusing on a specific company. Once you have experience than you can focus on specific companies from a long term career perspective.