Finance Concentration

The Finance Concentration enables you to gain perspective in financial analysis and planning needed for careful decision-making in the ever-changing economy. It also allows you to conduct analysis and management of financial assets and provides a strong background in capital markets.

Areas of Focus

• Forecasting, data modeling, and statistical analysis
• Analyzing financial statements and understanding the uses and misuses of accounting data
• Modeling and evaluating strategic investments and disinvestments including capital outlays, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Understanding how the corporate control function provides operating support
• Valuing financial assets with appropriate models
• Managing portfolios including asset allocation and use of derivatives in the management of financial risk
• Analyzing firm, industry, and economy-wide information with respect to financial performance
• Modeling techniques for financial data
• Trading in capital markets

Career Possibilities

Career options include opportunities in a wide variety of financial positions from revenue analyst and project-finance manager to taxation analyst, risk manager, and merger-and-acquisition analyst. Also included are positions as investment analyst, financial consultant, portfolio manager, and risk-assessment manager. Below is a sample of recent graduate positions:

• Finance Manager, Pfizer
• Senior Associate Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Global Rotational Program, MBNA Bank
• Financial Analyst, ExxonMobil
• Marketing and Development Specialist, Liberty Property Trust
• Project Manager, Reuters
• Management Associate, Citigroup
• Controller, Environmental Credit Corporation