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Finance and Investment Analysts and Advisers

Job holders in this unit group advise customers, who may be individuals, companies or specialist groups, on the purchase of investments, insurance, mortgages, pensions and other financial services and products.

Average Salary

£37,840

New workers start around £24,027. Normal pay is £37,840 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £67,886.

Jobs

179,098

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Identifies and attracts new clients by arranging visits and explaining the benefits of financial products.

  • Keeps up to date with financial products, legislation and requirements for compliance with the relevant regulatory authority.

  • Prepares summary reports of findings for fund managers.

  • Monitors information on the socio-economic environment and interprets the implications of such information for their clients.

  • Advises on the relative merits of pension schemes, insurance policies and mortgages that best meet the needs of clients given their personal circumstances.

  • Analyses the financial position of clients, taking into account outgoings, dependants and commitments.

  • Predicts the likely long- and short-term future performance of securities and other financial products and advises upon what will be an appropriate investment for their clients.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Finance

  • Accounting

  • Financial Services

  • Mortgage Loans

  • Forecasting

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Communications

  • Sales

  • Management

  • Customer Service

  • Detail Oriented

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.