What exactly is a job in finance?

Deangelo Marchak: I agree with Dave, with a few clarifications.Finance is a major (concentration, specialty) under a bba in most fully accredited four year programs. Finance can also be the focus of a PhD in business studies. Within this context, finance is money management. Those of us who work in finance tend to focus on particular areas of money management: banking, investment, funding the start up of companies, the ongoing of companies, or the taking apart of companies. In addition, obvious in Dave's answer, entire companies focus their efforts on key concepts of money management, often for other companies or people.Another way to think of finance is a combination of the hard (math) side of accounting with the soft (theoretical) side of economics. If you like numbers, theories, & planning, you might do well in finance.It is also true that, like many things, finance has many levels. At its lowest level it is very simple and does not require much education or bra! in power. At the other end of the scale, it is extraordinarily complex and involves some of the smartest people you will ever meet....Show more

Shemeka Laker: A job in finance is very broad ~ like saying a job in manufacturing. Financial service companies generate almost 20% of revenues for all businesses. Here are some categories:Investing- investment banking- research- brokerage / financial advise- investment managementReal Estate- mortgage - investment - realtorCommercial Banking- lending- credit cards- payroll servicesInsurance Economics (Teaching, Gov, Research)Accounting (internally at any type of company, or tax prep) All generally have field jobs - think branch offices, and headquarter jobs (think NYC, London, Hong Kong)...Show more