Supports a company's M&A team with research and models on companies to buy.
You research 20 companies in a target market, build a valuation and help draft the board presentation.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance; often after banking.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks financial analysts.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI can screen companies and draft deal models fast, squeezing the analyst seats that used to do it.
Classes: AP Statistics, Accounting, AP Macroeconomics, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2051.
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