Financial Analyst
Takes piles of raw numbers and works out what they mean.
A free guide for high school students
Opening Bell
Your Head Start on a Career in Finance
Finance is a word everybody has heard and hardly anybody can explain. Opening Bell is a tour of the real jobs inside it, and the people who do them.
- Financial Analyst
- FP&A
- Corporate Development
- Investment Banking Analyst
- M&A Banker
- Capital Markets
Why I'm writing this
If nobody around you works in finance, it's hard to even know what to look up.
Ask a friend what a private equity associate does and you'll probably get a shrug. I'm a senior at Coppell High School, and I'm writing Opening Bell for students in that spot. It's a tour of the different jobs inside finance, from budgeting at a hospital to buying companies to planning someone's retirement.
— Kothai Karuppiah
How it works
Every job, three ways in
Start with the basics
What does this person really do from Monday to Friday? Every job gets a plain-English explanation.
Meet the people who do it
Five professionals per job, written as short stories instead of Q&A lists. Some took a straight path. Others stumbled in.
Ask: is this you?
Each job ends with a quick gut check, so you can tell whether it might fit the way you think.
Careers
Jobs you'll meet
Corporate Development
Helps the company grow by buying, selling, or teaming up with other businesses.
Contents
What's inside
Chapter 1
Corporate Finance
The people inside a company who track the money, plan what to spend next, and decide whether buying another business makes sense.
Chapter 2Coming soon
Wall Street
A different pace and different stories. Meet the people who advise companies on deals and help them raise money.
- Investment Banking Analyst
- M&A Banker
- Capital Markets
For finance professionals
Share how you got here
Every story in the book comes from a short questionnaire. You choose whether to be named or anonymous, and you approve a proof before anything is published.
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