Financial Analyst
Studies financial data, prepares forecasts, and helps organizations make decisions about spending, funding, and growth.
Explore careers in finance, from helping people manage money to building financial technology. These roles offer different ways to work with numbers, solve problems, and support people and organizations.
Studies financial data, prepares forecasts, and helps organizations make decisions about spending, funding, and growth.
Prepares and reviews financial records so people and organizations can understand their income, expenses, and financial position.
Examines financial records and processes to check their accuracy and identify weaknesses in how an organization handles money.
Helps individuals and families build plans for saving, managing debt, investing, and working toward long-term financial goals.
Reviews a borrower's finances and ability to repay debt to help lenders assess loan applications and lending risks.
Researches companies, markets, and investments to assess potential returns and risks and support investment decisions.
Selects and monitors a collection of investments based on a client's or organization's goals, time horizon, and tolerance for risk.
Identifies potential financial losses, estimates their impact, and helps organizations prepare for uncertainty.
Uses mathematics and statistics to estimate the likelihood and cost of future events, often for insurance and retirement plans.
Tracks an organization's cash, plans for upcoming payments, and helps ensure money is available when it is needed.
Helps a financial organization follow applicable rules and internal policies by reviewing its activities and guiding staff.
Builds and maintains software for services such as payments, banking, budgeting, and investing.
Helps companies raise money and advises on buying, selling, or combining businesses.
Works with businesses to provide loans, accounts, and other banking services.
Evaluates insurance applications and determines coverage terms and pricing.
Buys and sells financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, and currencies.
Uses mathematics, statistics, and programming to model investments and financial risks.
Evaluates investments in privately owned businesses and supports companies after an investment.
Evaluates young companies and invests in businesses with potential for substantial growth.
Prepares tax filings and helps people and organizations understand their tax obligations.
Examines financial institutions to assess compliance and financial soundness.
Processes transactions, checks records, and helps ensure payments and trades are completed correctly.
Evaluates property income, expenses, and financing to assess potential investments.
Helps people manage everyday money challenges, including budgeting, debt, and saving.
Helps government agencies plan budgets, evaluate funding requests, and track spending on public services.
Teaches people how money works and creates learning materials on topics such as budgeting, credit, and investing.
Explains a company's financial performance and strategy to investors and analysts through reports, presentations, and meetings.
Guides the development of financial apps and services by understanding customer needs and coordinating design, engineering, and business teams.