What Does a Corporate Financial Analyst Do?
04/28/20 • 25 min
What does a corporate financial analyst do? I asked myself this question as I was going to school for my BBA in Finance however I never found an honest response. I thought it would be a boring job as many people seemed to be talking all about investment banking or IB as they liked to call it. I decided in undergrad that I would try and work on the trading side or the investment banking side as it required more driven people.
To my surprise I was actually doing corporate finance and I didn't really realize it. I had been working at a start-up manufacturing company for a few years and I slowly transitioned into helping with the finances and accounting as well as many other jobs. The job was so busy all the time I just viewed myself as someone doing business. Looking back on the experience, one of my main jobs was to do corporate finance. I was involved on gathering data, analyzing the data, and making presentations about the results. This in a nutshell is what corporate financial analysts do. They provide a financial perspective to the business problems.
Many of the skills needed to be a financial analyst were taught in my finance undergrad. Discounted cash flow models (DCF), debt pricing (bonds), and ROI were common tasks. Some of my projects including financial reporting, profitability of custom projects, developing pricing models, reviewing supply and demand of markets, creating and presenting PowerPoint presentations to investors and customers, conducting cash flow analysis, and providing information on decision making for manufacturing costs including raw materials and labor.
The career is slower than other areas of finance however the job is much more stable. The environment is fairly cyclical with reporting while allowing some creativity in ad hoc projects. People are usually friendly and you get the opportunity to work with a variety of departments as finance effects every part of a business. Many of these jobs have a relaxed dress code or casual Fridays. You might work a 50-60 hour week when deadlines arise however most of the time you will work around 40 hours and be able to have a life outside of work.
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What does a corporate financial analyst do? I asked myself this question as I was going to school for my BBA in Finance however I never found an honest response. I thought it would be a boring job as many people seemed to be talking all about investment banking or IB as they liked to call it. I decided in undergrad that I would try and work on the trading side or the investment banking side as it required more driven people.
To my surprise I was actually doing corporate finance and I didn't really realize it. I had been working at a start-up manufacturing company for a few years and I slowly transitioned into helping with the finances and accounting as well as many other jobs. The job was so busy all the time I just viewed myself as someone doing business. Looking back on the experience, one of my main jobs was to do corporate finance. I was involved on gathering data, analyzing the data, and making presentations about the results. This in a nutshell is what corporate financial analysts do. They provide a financial perspective to the business problems.
Many of the skills needed to be a financial analyst were taught in my finance undergrad. Discounted cash flow models (DCF), debt pricing (bonds), and ROI were common tasks. Some of my projects including financial reporting, profitability of custom projects, developing pricing models, reviewing supply and demand of markets, creating and presenting PowerPoint presentations to investors and customers, conducting cash flow analysis, and providing information on decision making for manufacturing costs including raw materials and labor.
The career is slower than other areas of finance however the job is much more stable. The environment is fairly cyclical with reporting while allowing some creativity in ad hoc projects. People are usually friendly and you get the opportunity to work with a variety of departments as finance effects every part of a business. Many of these jobs have a relaxed dress code or casual Fridays. You might work a 50-60 hour week when deadlines arise however most of the time you will work around 40 hours and be able to have a life outside of work.
CFI Financial Analyst Skills:
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/careers/jobs/what-does-a-financial-analyst-do-day-in-the-life/
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