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Financial Analyst

Financial analysts provide guidance to businesses and individuals making investment decisions. They assess the performance of stocks, bonds, and other types of investments.

Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

Roles and responsibilities

What does a Financial Analyst do?
Financial Analysts may perform the following tasks:
  • recommend individual investments and collections of investments, which are known as portfolios
  • evaluate current and historical data
  • study economic and business trends
  • study a company’s financial statements to determine its value
  • meet with company officials to gain better insight into the company’s prospects and management
  • prepare written reports
  • meet with investors to explain recommendations.
What personal requirements will you need?
  • processing a range of information
  • strong communication abilties
  • computer skills, using software packages to analyze financial data, see trends, create portfolios, and make forecasts
  • the ability to make decisions quickly and with flexibility
  • detail oriented
  • mathematical skills
  • motivation to seek out obscure information that may be important to the investment
  • working independently and self-confidence in your judgment.
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Roles and responsibilities

What does a Financial Analyst do?
Financial Analysts may perform the following tasks:
  • recommend individual investments and collections of investments, which are known as portfolios
  • evaluate current and historical data
  • study economic and business trends
  • study a company’s financial statements to determine its value
  • meet with company officials to gain better insight into the company’s prospects and management
  • prepare written reports
  • meet with investors to explain recommendations.
What personal requirements will you need?
  • processing a range of information
  • strong communication abilties
  • computer skills, using software packages to analyze financial data, see trends, create portfolios, and make forecasts
  • the ability to make decisions quickly and with flexibility
  • detail oriented
  • mathematical skills
  • motivation to seek out obscure information that may be important to the investment
  • working independently and self-confidence in your judgment.
Undergraduate Courses To Become

Financial Analyst

Recommended major/s to pursue this career

Accounting Professional Economics student Economics single major Finance
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Postgraduate Courses To Become

Financial Analyst

Coursework courses to pursue this career

Build your career as a tax law specialist Graduate Diploma in Taxation Law Build your career as a tax law specialist Master of Taxation Law Graduate Certificate in Social Impact Master of Professional Accounting
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Postgraduate Courses To Become Financial Analyst

Graduate Diploma in Taxation Law

Build your career as a tax law specialist

Master of Taxation Law

Build your career as a tax law specialist

Graduate Certificate in Social Impact

Understand the financing, measurement and leadership of social impact and create meaningful social value.

Master of Professional Accounting

Analyse complex accounting information and learn how to make sound economic decisions.

Graduate Certificate in Business

Take the next step in your management career with the Graduate Certificate in Business and a complete stand-alone degree, or your pathway to an MBA.

Graduate Certificate in Leadership

Gain high-level skills to motivate and inspire the people around you.

Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Do you want to start-up a new venture, enhance your own business or commercialise ideas?

Graduate Certificate in Finance

Are you looking for a career in corporate banking and finance, stock market trading, insurance, investment management and other areas of applied finance?

Graduate Certificate in Commerce

Pursue a career in business.

Master of Business Information and Logistics Management

Business Information Management blends studies in information systems, management science and decision support systems, allowing you to examine a variety of critical issues in business.

Master of Commerce

Whether you're a recent graduate or qualified professional, expand your skill set and gain specialised business knowledge in an area of your choosing.

Graduate Certificate in Public Policy

Are you interested in how governments can work to create a better future?

Master of Business Administration Flexible

Learn how to lead in any situation; whether it be building a commercial enterprise or not-for-profit organisation from the ground up, or running a large, multinational company.

Master of Applied Finance

The UWA Business School's Master of Applied Finance is your path to a global finance career.

Master of Public Policy

Lead the way in shaping economic, social and legal change

Master of Business Administration Intensive

Our MBA Intensive gives you the opportunity to enhance your career prospects through more direct contact with business leaders and a personalised leadership development program.

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