30 real finance jobs, broken down.
Helps companies raise money, buy other companies, or get listed on the stock exchange.
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Studies companies and writes reports telling investors whether to buy, hold, or sell their shares.
Buys and sells shares, bonds, or derivatives for the bank’s clients and its own book.
Decides what a fund actually buys and sells, aiming to beat the market for investors.
Uses maths and code to find trading strategies, price complex products, and manage risk.
Helps everyday people plan their money — saving, investing, insurance, and retirement.
Manages money for wealthy individuals and families, covering investing, tax, and legacy planning.
Works out what could go wrong for a bank or fund and sets rules to keep losses in check.
Makes sure the firm follows all the rules — and catches anything sketchy before regulators do.
Uses statistics to price insurance and pensions by predicting how long people live or claims happen.
Decides whether to insure someone and at what price, based on the risk they bring.
Manages a company’s cash, debt, and financial risks so it never runs out of money.
The top finance boss of a company — oversees all money decisions, reporting, and strategy.
Builds budgets and forecasts inside a normal company to help managers make decisions.
Assesses whether a person or company is likely to repay a loan, and how much to lend them.
Researches companies and sectors to help fund managers decide what to buy.
Buys whole companies, improves them, and sells them for a profit a few years later.
Funds startups in exchange for a slice of ownership, hoping a few become huge.
Hunts for mispriced assets to make money in any market — up, down, or sideways.
Trades currencies — buying and selling dollars, euros, and yen for clients or the bank.
Makes sure every trade actually settles and the back-office machinery runs smoothly.
Designs and ships finance apps and features — think GrabPay, Revolut, or robo-advisors.
Uses data and machine learning to detect fraud, score credit, or build smarter products.
Manages relationships with a bank’s clients, selling them the right products over time.
The bridge between clients and traders — relaying orders and sharing market colour.
Calculates what a fund is worth each day and makes sure the numbers are right.
Helps people and companies pay the right amount of tax — and not a cent more.
Checks companies’ financial statements to make sure they are honest and accurate.
Approves mortgages and business loans, assessing whether borrowers can repay.
Builds and runs the systems that move money between people, banks, and businesses.
Researches bitcoin, ethereum and other digital assets to figure out what they are really worth.
Uses algorithms to trade automatically, hunting tiny price gaps thousands of times a day.
Executes a hedge fund’s bold bets — going long, short, and using leverage to profit any which way.
Leads private equity deals — choosing which companies to buy, fix up, and sell for a fortune.