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. You’ll focus on:

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
• Vice President of Alternative Investments, Bear Stearns
• Project Manager, Reuters
• Management Associate, Citigroup
• Associate, Lehman Brothers
• Controller, Environmental Credit Corporation