Occupation Atlasfinancial analyst
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d586ee9-0ab1-4155-a3b0-2ca786c8e48c
financial analyst
Financial analysts conduct economic research and elicit valuable analyses on financial matters such as profitability, liquidity, solvency, and asset management. They provide recommendations on financial matters for decision-making processes. Financial analysts work in both the public and the private sector.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CIEConventional · Investigative · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.36
- I Investigative4.96
- E Enterprising4.92
- S Social2.48
- R Realistic1.67
- A Artistic1.31
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Financial Risk Specialists (13-2054.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accounting
- advise on financial matters
- asset management
- business analytics
- business processes
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- create a financial report
- digital data processing
- economics
- empirical analysis
- financial management
- fundamental analysis
- interpret financial statements
- investment banking
- macroeconomics
- microeconomics
- offer financial services
- perform business analysis
- perform business research
- prepare financial projections
- quantitative analysis
- statistics
- use business simulation tools
Optional (24)
- advise on tax planning
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse financial risk
- assess financial viability
- cost management
- create a financial plan
- develop investment portfolio
- develop transportation cost metrics
- ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information
- explain financial jargon
- financial forecasting
- financial products
- game theory
- green bonds
- handle mergers and acquisitions
- management consulting
- mergers and acquisitions
- monitor loan portfolio
- monitor stock market
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- public offering
- stock market
- sustainable finance
- treasury management system
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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