
Financial Analysts
Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:
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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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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 |
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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 | 120 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | INTEGRATED INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT | Postsecondary award/certificate/diploma(< 1 academic year) - CERT | 15 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | FINANCE, GENERAL | Bachelor Degree - BS | 126 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | APPLIED BUSINESS | Associate Degree - AS | 63 |
Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | Public | FINANCE | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
Wichita State University | Wichita | Public | FINANCE | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
Fort Hays State University | Hays | Public | FINANCE | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
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 |