Career options for Finance at Murdoch University

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Career options

As a Murdoch Finance graduate, your employment outlook is promising, especially if you combine it with other disciplines. Depending on which skill combinations or specialisations you have, your Murdoch degree may lead you towards work and study opportunities in a number of areas. The following are some professions to consider, including extra majors and minors that will improve your prospects of achieving them.

Financial Analyst

Financial Analysts, also called securities analysts and investment analysts, work for banks, insurance companies, mutual and pension funds, securities firms, and other businesses, helping these companies or their clients make investment decisions. Financial Analysts read company financial statements and analyse commodity prices, sales, costs, expenses, and tax rates in order to determine a companys value and to project its future earnings. They often meet with company officials to gain a better insight into the firms prospects and to determine its managerial effectiveness. Usually, Financial Analysts study an entire industry, assessing current trends in business practices, products, and industry competition. They must keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect the industry, as well as monitor the economy to determine its effect on earnings.

Financial Manager

Financial Managers direct bank branches and departments, resolve customers problems, ensure that standards of service are maintained, and administer the institutions operations and investments.

Credit Manager

Credit Managers oversee the firms issuance of credit, establishing credit-rating criteria, determining credit ceilings, and monitoring the collections of past-due accounts. Managers specialising in international finance develop financial and accounting systems for the banking transactions of multinational organisations.