Best Financial Modeling Jobs Descriptions and Skills

Introduction to Financial Modeling

Financial Modeling is an integral part of the business decision-making process. The Financial model allows companies to explore the impact of different scenarios like operational or financial scenarios for the business i.e. in Merger and acquisition, Project finance, DCF Modeling and so on. Financial Modeling is widely used by Investment Banks, Credit Rating Agencies, Equity Research, Mutual Funds, Financial KPIs and Project Finance companies.

Most of our students ask the following question?

“What are the Financial Modeling jobs? and how to get financial modeling analyst job position in an Investment Bank?”

Also, many of us looking for jobs in investment banking because of a high learning curve in investment banks, high salary/bonuses, lifestyle/culture at investment banks or for some other reasons.

Financial Modeling skills are the Key

Financial Modeling skills will be helpful for you to get entry into an investment bank. For an entry-level job in financial modeling for investment banking, equity research firms, credit research firms, brokerage houses or analytic firms; you will need to know about financial Modeling.

Investment bankers heavily ask questions on financial modeling. Having skills like financial modeling as a fresher candidate will determine a learning attitude and helps to differentiate you from others. If you look at any job advertisements for financial modeling, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance or Equity Research roles, you will find that this kind of jobs required financial modeling skills.
For example, if we searched “financial modeling” as a keyword in an Indian job portal, and the results were as per below – 22,354 financial modeling jobs!

source – naukri.com

Now there are several important questions asked by graduate or an MBA student like

• “After doing Financial Modeling what are the financial modeling job opportunities ahead?”
• “What kind of jobs are available in the market after completion of financial  modeling?”
• “Can you provide me a list of companies which hires candidates having financial modeling skill?”

Here are the answers:

After complementing financial modeling or having financial modeling skill you can approach to the following companies. Financial modeling is the heart and soul of Financial research and hence, anyone who knows this skill-set is apt for firms like

• Investment Banks
• Equity Reseach Companies
• Project Finance Companies
• Analytic companies
• Credit Rating Companies

Most investment banks hire new candidates/entry level for analyst positions. In case of equity research, an analyst is responsible for researching and gathering data about markets performing an industry analysis, building a financial model and then provide recommendations based on the model to managers and his associates.

Below is the list of firms offering Financial Modeling jobs –

Financial Modeling for investment banking

• Goldman Sachs
• J.P. Morgan
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Evercore Partners
• Citibank
• Morgan Stanley
• Credit Suisse
• Deutsche Bank
• HSBC
• Barclays Capital
• BNP Paribas
• Nomura
• RBC

Financial Modeling jobs – List of Credit Rating Agencies Global

• Moody’s
• Standard & Poor’s
• Fitch
• Egan-Jones
• DBRS
• A.M Best
• Japan Credit Rating Agency Limited
• Rating and Investment Information Inc
• LACE Financial
• Realpoint LLC

Financial Modeling jobs – List of Credit Rating Agencies – India

• Crisil Limited
• Credit Information Bureau India Limited
• Fitch Ratings India Private Ltd.
• Equifax
• Credit Analysis & Research Ltd
• ICRA Limited
• ONICRA
• High Mark Credit Information Services
• SME Rating Agency of India Ltd
• Brickwork Ratings India Private Ltd

Financial Modeling jobs – List of Analytics companies

• Wipro Analytics
• Accenture Analytics
• TCS Analytics
• HCL Analytics
• Mckinnsey Knowledge Center
• IBM Analytics
• Mu Sigma Analytics
• Cognizant Analytics
• Latent View
• AbsolutData

Financial Modeling jobs – List of Job Portals

• Naukri
• Times Jobs
• Monster India
• Placement India
• CareerBuilder
• Shine
• Jobs DB India
• Career Age
• Alltimejobs.com

Example of Financial Modeling Job Description (contains financial modeling skill)

• 0-3 years experience in Financial Modelling & Analytics
• Conducting competitor analysis & Valuation Matrices
• Relationship-building skills in the investment community
• Monitoring analyst reports and summarizing them for senior management
• Organizing conferences, road shows, earnings calls with shareholder representatives, and investor meetings
• Excellent presentation & communication skills
• A desire to learn in-depth about a sector and trends in that sector

Education Background

• Engineers or graduates with knowledge of Financial Modeling
• Expert in Excel/VBA
• CA and/or MBA
• CFA also preferred

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