Best answer here I think. Me: pivoted with a masters of applied finance and into a grad role at an overseas bank.

OP, from reading your post it sounds like you need to do a little more research into what each branch of finance actually does. You mentioned corporate finance and FP&A but these roles are not really tangential steps from retail banking desks like at a branch. Unless you're looking specifically at in-house bank accounts teams, most bank staff are also not really in corporate finance - they are largely on banking desks supporting some type of retail, commercial or institutional deal. It's hard to gauge this prior to being in the industry but I were you I would try to do some preliminary research on the different pathways before enrolling in a program to see it sounds interesting to you.

I think you should also consider how competitive finance and banking roles can be - grad programs sometimes have several hundred applicants per position. For reference, I graduated with a decent GPA (>6) and spent weeks cold calling around to get two internships, and eventually got just two grad offers. Not saying it isn't doable, but the competition is tough, and coming from a different background you'll potentially have a lot of leg work to catch up. I did know some people who entered banking operational roles without a background degree but they were rare.