Financial Analysts

Inform investment decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.

Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses.

Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.

Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public.

Determine the prices at which securities should be syndicated and offered to the public.

Present oral or written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries.

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.

Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.

Purchase investments for companies in accordance with company policy.

Monitor developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory.

Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports.

Collaborate with investment bankers to attract new corporate clients to securities firms.

Conduct financial analyses related to investments in green construction or green retrofitting projects.

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.

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.

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.