Financial Analysts

Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:

TASK DUTIES
Collaborate with investment bankers to attract new corporate clients to securities firms.
Determine the prices at which securities should be syndicated and offered to the public.
Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.
Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports.
Inform investment decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.
Monitor developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory.
Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.
Monitor fundamental economic, industrial, and corporate developments by analyzing information from financial publications and services, investment banking firms, government agencies, trade publications, company sources, or personal interviews.
Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public.
Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses.
Present oral or written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries.
Conduct financial analyses related to investments in green construction or green retrofitting projects.
Determine the financial viability of alternative energy generation or fuel production systems, based on power source or feedstock quality, financing costs, potential revenue, and total project costs.
Evaluate financial viability and potential environmental benefits of cleantech innovations to secure capital investments from sources such as venture capital firms and government green fund grants.
Forecast or analyze financial costs associated with climate change or other environmental factors, such as clean water supply and demand.
Identify potential financial investments that are environmentally sound, considering issues such as carbon emissions and biodiversity.
Research and recommend environmentally-related financial products, such as energy futures, water rights, carbon credits, government environmental funds, and cleantech industry funds and company stocks.
Purchase investments for companies in accordance with company policy.
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*Note: Not all occupations will have a full list of Task Duties or associated programs

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Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.

INSTITUTION NAME	CITY	INSTITUTION TYPE	PROGRAM TITLE	AWARDS	HOURS
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	Public	ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE	Less Than One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	18
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	Public	ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE	One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	30
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	Public	ACCOUNTING	Associate Degree - AAS	61
University of Kansas	Lawrence	Public	FINANCE	Bachelor Degree - BSB	120
Washburn University	Topeka	Public	FINANCE	Bachelor Degree - BBA	124
Emporia State University	Emporia	Public	FINANCE	Bachelor Degree - BSB	124
Kansas State University	Manhattan	Public	APPLIED BUSINESS	Associate Degree - AS	63
Kansas State University	Manhattan	Public	FINANCE, GENERAL	Bachelor Degree - BS	126
Kansas State University	Manhattan	Public	INTEGRATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	Postsecondary award/certificate/diploma(< 1 academic year) - CERT	15
Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg	Public	FINANCE	Bachelor Degree - BBA	124
Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg	Public	KANSAS INSURANCE CERTIFICATE	Postsecondary award/certificate/diploma(< 1 academic year) - CERT	12
Labette Community College	Parsons	Public	FINANCIAL SERVICES (VOC. APP.)	Associate Degree - AAS	60
Wichita State University	Wichita	Public	FINANCE	Bachelor Degree - BBA	120
Fort Hays State University	Hays	Public	FINANCE	Bachelor Degree - BBA	124
Colby Community College	Colby	Public	ACCOUNTING/MANAGEMENT	One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	31
ExamFX, Inc	Leawood	Private	SERIES 66	Certificate - CERT	0
ExamFX, Inc	Leawood	Private	SERIES 6 & 63	Certificate - CERT	0
ExamFX, Inc	Leawood	Private	SERIES 7	Certificate - CERT	0
ExamFX, Inc	Leawood	Private	SERIES 24	Certificate - CERT	0
ExamFX, Inc	Leawood	Private	SERIES 26	Certificate - CERT	0
ExamFX, Inc	Leawood	Private	SERIES 65	Certificate - CERT	0
Webster University	Kansas City	Private	FINANCE	Master of Arts - MA	0
DeVry University - Holmes Rd	Kansas City	Private	CPA PREPARATION - PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP	Graduate Certificate - CERTG	0
DeVry University - Holmes Rd	Kansas City	Private	FINANCE	Master of Science - MS	0
National American University - Wichita	Wichita	Private	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTING	Bachelor of Science - BS	0
National American University - Wichita Education Center	Wichita	Private	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTING	Bachelor of Science - BS	0
National American University - Garden City	Garden City	Private	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EMPH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT	Bachelor of Science - BS	0
National American University - Garden City	Garden City	Private	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EMPH ACCOUNTING	Bachelor of Science - BS	0

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