Does this job exist?

[ThisFairJoker]

Hi all,
DD is in year 11 and has been thinking about careers recently. She is very bright (predicted all 9s at gcse) and very motivated. However, she is not sure what she wants to do.
She has lots of requirements for her future career! And I'm not sure that a job like this really exists, so I was wondering if anyone knew of one which fits all or most of these:
-High salary. She would love a big house in an area close by (who wouldn't!) And just generally to keep up a nice lifestyle. Also has dreams of owning her own horse.

-Good work life balance. She's not afraid of hard work and as I say I think she is very capable, but she still wants to have time to enjoy outside activities/see family and friends and I don't think she'd be keen on working weekends.

-Ideally not having to live in London. I know that for law/banking the majority of big firms are based there. Are they? She has said she wouldn't mind it for a few years, but not permanently.

-Interesting/engaging work, even if it means higher stress.

I have said that one of these requirements often comes at the expense of some of the others, but I was wondering if a job like this even exists! Any help or suggestions appreciated. TIA x

Accountancy fits all of those (well work life balance is good for me but less good for others - in your control if important to you though). She may have to sacrifice that some of the time initially. Recommend grad scheme or apprenticeship at the big 4 as per other posts.

My route was: computing degree at uni, entry level IT helpdesk job after (graduated the year of the IT bubble burst), into IT project management, then programme management. Most unis have an option of courses which cover the 'softer' side of IT, it's doesn't have to be all coding (computer science tends to be the hardcore coding / maths one).

As for 'interesting work' - it depends on what she finds interesting .. but being good at maths keeps lots of doors open.

As other have said IT, accountancy, actuarial work, cyber security,

Actuary, if she’s good at maths.

Agree with tech, become a programmer, very high salary, work from home, not much stress.

Accountancy in a banking or insurance setting, perhaps? Doesn't have to be London, what about off shore?

Accountancy- there are some great interesting jobs in the media sector too- financial controller for tours, big stage productions, big advertising agencies etc and lots can be done flexibly - not all London based - it isn't all the little local accountants doing tax returns.

Not for me, I started in tech as a trainee project manager - basically being the interface between the customer (internal or external) and the development team. I’ve learned some coding skills along the way but it’s not what has progressed me career wise. Being able to understand complex technical concepts (networking, security, system architecture) and translating those into something a non technical business person can understand and care about is the skill I’ve used most throughout my career.
FWIW I have a history degree…

What about law? I know some areas that are high stress and poorly paid (like criminal) but friends that work in property law and family law seem to do quite well for themselves and there are firms in most big towns.

So some of tech is coding but there are many more jobs. I used to work as a software tester, basically testing developers work. There are also project management roles, design roles, customer experience roles just as a start

I said to my sons when they were younger to choose something that they liked doing as it's the worst feeling in the world doing a job day in day out that you hate! One went to University and the other didn't and are both ok.

Engineering
STEM jobs
Programming
DevOps roles

What about a qualification like accountancy of lawyer, that once you've got no one can take away from you?

Ds1 is enjoying ACA at PwC Flying Start.

She could do a maths degree and the world is her oyster.

Actuary if she’s good at maths- lots of opportunities outside of London. Also a lot of London firms have offices elsewhere so you could do a grad scheme then transfer to Bristol/Southampton/Manchester etc. Actuaries normally hit six figures upon qualification, and Chief Actuaries/CRO/CFO will be on significantly more!

I'd agree with accountancy/finance - it's hugely varied especially in industry, you can work in pretty much any industry you are interested in.
Depending on the role it can be done part time. There will be busier times around month end / year end but generally work life balance can be good.
And yes it's well paid, she would need an additional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) after a degree. The great thing is that you can do it after any degree subject - don't need to have studied maths/accounting etc.
I remembered this stat but I've just looked up the exact numbers - 83% of FTSE 100 companies have an ACA qualified accountant on their board.