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In a Nutshell

Analysts put together pitch materials to help your firm to get the buying or selling mandate for a company. This involves pulling relevant data together from a variety of sources (company accounts, the web and management presentations), making sense of it and turning it into compact information. There’s a high need for accuracy.

The Good

• An exciting role with the buzz of competition
• You’re surrounded by bright people and you’ll be stretched

The Bad

    •   It’s a macho, Darwinian environment
   •   Long hours in your first few years
   •   The end results of your work are not immediately apparent when starting

Start Salary

£ 40 K

Skill Requirements:

Resilience to deal with unforgiving senior management together with high numeracy level.

Typical Career Path:

Analyst for 3 years, followed by associate for 2/3 years. Approx 50% make Vice President. Thereafter, its Executive Director and MD for the very best talent. Many analysts do an MBA before moving into associate.

How to get into this career ?

Although it's possible to enter with any good degree from a top university, companies are increasingly looking for financial degrees with maths, stats, economics etc from the top 5-10 universities.There's competition too from many foreign graduates.

School Subject Requirements

Not prescribed, however good numeracy is vital. To get into a top university, you will need very strong A levels.

Uni/College Requirements

Any good, numerate degree from a top university.

Alternative routes

none

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