NewJerseyFinanceJobs.com includes Finance jobs throughout New Jersey. Review salaries. Post your resume. Find New Jersey Finance Jobs, Post your Resume, Review Salaries, Get Mobile Job Text Alerts & More Find New Jersey Finance Jobs including Financial Analyst, Business Analyst, Financial Advisor, Controller & more. Click on these Job Titles to Find Finance Jobs in New Jersey Financial Analyst Accountant Business Analyst Controller Credit Analyst Director of Finance Financial Advisor Financial Planning See our Finance Jobs Directory Salary Survey Results & Salary Survey! Find out what other Finance employees are earning! Find Finance Degree Programs What is a Financial Analyst? A financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core part of the job.   Analysts use fundamental analysis principles but technical chart analysis and tactical evaluation of the market environment are also routine. Often at the end of the assessment of analyzed securities, an analyst would provide a rating recommending an investment action, e.g. to buy, sell, or hold the security. The analysts obtain information by studying public records and filings by the company, as well as by participating in public conference calls where they can ask direct questions to the management. Additional information can be also received in small group or one-on-one meetings with senior members of management teams. Financial analysts are often employed by mutual and pension funds, hedge funds, securities firms, banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and other businesses, helping these companies or their clients make investment decisions. Financial analysts employed in commercial lending perform balance sheet analysis examining the audited financial statements and corollary data in order to assess lending risks. In a stock brokerage house or in an investment bank, they read company financial statements and analyze commodity prices, sales, costs, expenses, and tax rates in order to determine a company's value and project future earnings. In any of these various institutions, the analyst often meets with company officials to gain a better insight into a company's prospects and to determine the company's managerial effectiveness. Usually, financial analysts study an entire industry, assessing current trends in business practices, products, and industry competition. They must keep abreast of new regulations or policies that may affect the industry, as well as monitor the economy to determine its effect on earnings. Financial analysts use spreadsheet and statistical software packages to analyze financial data, spot trends, and develop forecasts. On the basis of their results, they write reports and make presentations, usually making recommendations to buy or sell a particular investment or security. Senior analysts may actually make the decision to buy or sell for the company or client if they are the ones responsible for managing the assets. Other analysts use the data to measure the financial risks associated with making a particular investment decision.     Get Finance Jobs via Email Email:   Manage your Career Post your Resume or Confidential Career Profile & Let Employers & Recruiters Find You!! Need Help with your Resume?  Get Resume Tips, Find a Resume Writer & More...... Find Finance Recruiters specializing in Finance Placements Nationwide!! Financial analysts in investment banking departments of securities or banking firms often work in teams, analyzing the future prospects of companies that want to sell shares to the public for the first time. They also ensure that the forms and written materials necessary for compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission regulations are accurate and complete. They may make presentations to prospective investors about the merits of investing in the new company. Financial analysts also work in mergers and acquisitions  departments, preparing analyses on the costs and benefits of a proposed merger or takeover. Some financial analysts collect industry data (mainly balance sheet, income statement and capital adequacy in banking sector), merger and acquisition history and financial news for their clients. They normally standardize the different companies data to look uniform and facilitate their clients to do peer analysis. Their main objective is to enable their clients to make better decisions about the investment across different regions. They also provide the abundance of financial ratios calculated from the data that they gather from the financial statements that help clients to read the bottom line of the company. Many people mix up this with the data entry job but actually its far away from just data entry. Some financial analysts, called ratings analysts, evaluate the ability of companies or governments that issue bonds to repay their debt. On the basis of their evaluation, a management team assigns a rating to a company's or government's bonds. Other financial analysts perform budget, cost, and credit analysis as part of their responsibilities. Qualifications At an increasingly large number of firms it is preferred that analysts earn the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. There are also many  regulatory requirements. For example, in the United States, sell-side or Wall Street research analysts must register with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In addition to passing the General Securities Representative Exam, candidates must pass the Research Analyst Examination (series 86/series87) in order to publish research for the purpose of selling or promoting publicly traded securities.    Employers Products & Rates Post a Job INSTANTLY Previous Subscribers Recruitment Firms Products & Rates Post a Job INSTANTLY Previous Subscribers Advertising Agencies Products & Rates Post a Job for your Client Edit/Delete/Add Jobs for your Client  NewJerseyFinanceJobs.com part of eJobstores.com, Inc. E-Mail: jobs@ejobstores.com Copyright 1995. NewJerseyFinanceJobs.com  All Rights Reserved. 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