Finance

Overview

Finance is the application of economic principles to the world’s financial markets. Finance careers can span a range of industries. While there are a number of specialized financial roles within the Financial Services industry, there is also an array of functional finance opportunities in other private sector industries and in the public sector.

Key Competencies

• Critical Thinking

  • Apply one’s knowledge to new and changing situations

  • Understand the implication of one’s actions

  • Creatively use new technology

  • Understand dynamic situations

  • Communication

• Communicate complicated subjects effectively

  • Write effectively yet concisely

  • Defend one’s ideas under pressure

  • Ability to train others

  • Leadership skills

  • Quantitative

• Analyze complex financial situations

  • Knowledge of general statistics, regression analysis, financial analysis, accounting procedures, corporate budgets, economics and general business