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You will find Cameron-Brooks offers
many of the career fields that are available in Corporate
America. To be as successful as you can in your transition,
it’s recommended that you review and learn as much
as you can about all of the career fields listed below.
Since a lot of career fields are interrelated, the more
you learn, the better you will perform in your new career.
This will also give you a good idea of where you might best
fit in the business world.
Business Analysis |
Consulting |
Engineering |
Finance |
General Management
Information Technology |
Manufacturing |
Marketing |
Operations |
Professional Sales
Top Secret and Secret Clearance
Definition: The management, analysis, and planning of financial resources, involving investment decisions, as well as financing and capital structure decisions.
General: In the past, finance was a separate department in a company where analysts spent the majority of their time developing elaborate computer models for financial reporting. Today, finance has totally changed. Financial managers partner with operating groups and get involved in planning, problem solving and decision making at every level of the company. By encouraging interaction between financial managers and operating personnel, a company ensures that operational decisions have solid financial objectives built in from the beginning which facilitate strong short and long-term financial performance.
Financial
skills: Positions
in Corporate Finance require a solid background in finance
and accounting. You may be asked technical finance questions
during your interviews (net present value calculations,
etc.), and it is important that you are confident in your
current skills, as well as in your ability to learn quickly
on the job (especially if your skills are rusty). Highlight
any finance classes you took in school (undergraduate
or MBA).
Leadership/teamwork
skills: Because
of the interaction between finance and operating units
(your internal customers), strong interpersonal skills
are a must. You will spend the majority of your time working
with teams of people providing financial advice on a project,
decision, or new strategy. While you have no responsibility
to tell a team what to do, you are fully responsible for
the financial aspects of your team's strategy. You must
be able to influence others with your communication skills
and ability to establish rapport with them. Your ability
to understand the business strategy, as well as the financial
aspects, is important.
Analytical skills:
As an analyst, you will look hard at numbers and data
to determine courses of action. It is critical that you
provide examples of times in your past where you had to
interpret data and solve problems. Since you have no authority
over your peers/team, you secure their agreement by making
effective use of data and facts. Discuss any finance case
studies that you did in a business class or masters program.
PC spreadsheet skills are also important.
Project management
skills: You
must be able to handle multiple projects from start to
finish. You will define project scope, develop specifications,
analyze resource requirements, establish timelines, manage
budgets, resolve conflicts, work with external vendors,
and manage projects to conclusion. Use projects you managed
in the military as proof of your project management skills.
Financial Analyst
Analyst
Cost Analyst
Financial Manager
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You will begin your Finance career as a member of an audit/business process review team (3-5 people per team). In this role, you will work on projects designed to obtain an understanding of business systems controls for various functions and activities throughout the company. You will work with internal business groups to evaluate processes and systems and identify opportunities for improvement. While you will be responsible for the analysis of financial and operational data, you will also be expected to go beyond the numbers to understand the effectiveness and efficiency of their business condition to include strategy, processes, technology, risk, controls and more. You will identify business trends, develop root causes of business issues and proactively identify opportunities to reduce costs or improve productivity. As a result of your review, you will be actively involved with management, making oral and written recommendations and presenting agreed-upon actions to improve operations and reduce costs. Finance serves as the primary "feeder" group for talented professionals and, as a result of the exposure and valuable experience you gain in this role, you will be well positioned for roles of increased responsibility within the company.
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