Which degree course is better for analyst jobs?

username6190931

Accounting and finance or accounting and business?

Reply 1

artful_lounger

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For investment banking? Neither is better or worse than the other, assuming you're doing it at a target uni.

Reply 2

toxicgamage56

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What does an analyst do?

Reply 3

username6190931

Original post by toxicgamage56

What does an analyst do?

theres many jobs with analyst in the title, when it comes to finance-related fields, they tend to manage, analyse and give advice to businesses or single clients. tried my best explaining ngl

Reply 4

toxicgamage56

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Original post by weirdstranger

theres many jobs with analyst in the title, when it comes to finance-related fields, they tend to manage, analyse and give advice to businesses or single clients. tried my best explaining ngl

Oh right, thanks. I have an offer for an analyst position, but I wasn't sure what it would entail.

Reply 5

McGinger

What does a Finance Analyst do - https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/financial-risk-analyst
"Employers are increasingly looking for degrees in finance, mathematics or statistics." ie. Maths heavy degrees.

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artful_lounger

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As above "analyst" is a bit of a vague term. I assume you mean a graduate investment banking analyst in which case as I noted, whatever floats your boat as long as it is from a target uni.

If you want to go into quant finance and be an analyst in that frame, then neither is suitable and you would need at minimum a degree and masters, if not PhD, in something like maths/CS/physics/maybe engineering. For other areas like actuarial analysts and similar stuff a more quantitative degree is likely necessary, although bachelors level would be fine. Likewise as a data science "analyst" you would really need a maths/stats/CS background.