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Summary: A financial analyst is someone who usually evaluates results between actual amounts and budgets, someone who builds budgets and someone who works on sophisticated models for reacting to various financial circumstances. Discover how many financial analysts start out as operational accountants with help from a certified public accountant in this free video on financial analysts.
Miranda Chook is a CPA with expertise in international operations. She has held executive positions with both publicly listed and privately held companies. In addition to her finance...read more
"My name's Miranda Chook, a CPA. A financial analysis skills can apply whether you're an accountant or a financial analyst. Now, typical financial analyst, however, will do things such as evaluate results between actuals and budgets. A lot of times, financial analyst are actually also responsible for building budgets with line management. They can also work on modeling very sophisticated what-if models, what-if scenarios to budgets as well. Sometimes, there are special transactions that financial analyst or those with financial analysis skills get involved in such as measures and acquisitions or divestitures. The financial analysis field is quite broad and many accountants actually start out as operational accountants, and move into financial analysis."
eHow Article: What Is a Financial Analyst?