Learn the essential soft skills that you need to develop in order to succeed as a financial analyst.
By the end of this course, you will be able to learn:
What you’ll learn
- You will be able to understand why finance in particular requires a special set of soft skills compared to other industries..
- You will learn the key traits that you need to possess in order to excel as a junior financial analyst..
- You will look at case studies that will teach you how to deal with certain situations in your professional life..
- You will learn best practices and tips for elevating your performance and make you stand out from your peers..
Course Content
- Welcome to the Course –> 1 lecture • 3min.
- Introduction to the Course –> 2 lectures • 3min.
- Essential Soft Skills of a Financial Analyst –> 10 lectures • 16min.
- Case Studies –> 10 lectures • 7min.
- Best Practices & Tips –> 10 lectures • 10min.
Requirements
By the end of this course, you will be able to learn:
· Why finance in particular requires a special set of soft skills compared to other industries
· We will analyze the various soft skills that you need to develop from your very first years in finance in order to cope with the demanding environment of finance and perform at your best
· Then, we look at specific case studies that will teach you how to tackle various challenging situations in your professional environment.
· In the last section, we will present specific best practices and tips that will get you to the next level and make you stand out from your peers.
This course is addressed to financial analysts, who want to start or upgrade their career in the competitive field of finance and specifically in fields like corporate finance, investment banking, asset management, business development, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, etc.
For the purposes of this course, I have created a PowerPoint presentation with the whole material that we will cover in this course. You are suggested to download the file, to follow me in the next modules.
This course is part of the “Short Courses for New Financial Analysts” series, which consists of various courses in the field of finance. By completing all these courses, you will equip yourself with the confidence to strongly support your job-seeking efforts or upgrade your performance if you have already secured a position. This confidence derives from the deep knowledge of the technical material along with the soft skills that you should possess in order to withstand the highly demanding environment of finance.