Financial Analyst
Explore how financial analysts examine financial information and assumptions to support planning and decisions.
Roles vary across organisations and change over time. Use this profile to identify questions, then investigate current role and course information.
What does this career involve?
Common kinds of work to investigate when learning about this area.
Work you might explore
- Organising financial records and operational information
- Building models to compare scenarios
- Researching markets, sectors or organisations
- Presenting conclusions alongside risks and assumptions
What skills can help?
- Numerical reasoning
- Spreadsheet modelling
- Research
- Attention to assumptions
Courses to explore
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Projects students can try
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Compare public financial reports using consistent measures
Create a risk-and-assumptions memo for a mock decision
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