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What Finance Job is for You? Explanation of 14 Finance Roles
By an Award Winning MBA Prof, IVY League MBA, former Goldman Employee with Hedge Fund & Venture Capital Experience
Last updated 5/2025
English
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What you'll learn
- Learn about 14 different Financial Analyst jobs and how they overlap and work together (including Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Private Wealth Management etc.).
- Investment Banking: Understand from a high level perspective what an Investment Bank is as well as what the role/job is of an Investment Banking Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Venture Capital: Understand from a high level perspective what a Venture Capital firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Venture Capital Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Private Equity: Understand from a high level perspective what a Private Equity firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Private Equity Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Private Wealth Management: Understand from a high level perspective what a Private Wealth Management firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Private Wealth Management Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Sell Side Research Analyst: Understand from a high level perspective what a Sell Side Research Analyst’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Sell Side Research Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Sales Trader: Understand from a high level perspective what a Sales Trader’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Sales Trader Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Buy Side Trader: Understand from a high level perspective what a Buy Side Trader’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Buy Side Trader Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Mutual Fund: Understand from a high level perspective what a Mutual Fund is as well as what the role/job is of a Mutual Fund Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Sell Side Trader: Understand from a high level perspective what a Sell Side Trader’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Sell Side Trader Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Large Non Finance Company: Understand from a high level perspective what a Large Non Finance Company firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Large Non Finance Company Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Equity Capital Markets: Understand from a high level perspective what an Equity Capital Markets’ firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Equity Capital Markets Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Hedge Fund: Understand from a high level perspective what a Hedge Fund is as well as what the role/job is of a Hedge Fund Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Equity Sales: Understand from a high level perspective what as Equity Sales’ firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Equity Sales Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Tech / Artificial Intelligence: Understand from a high level perspective what a Tech / Artificial Intelligence’s firm is as well as what the role/job is of a Tech / Artificial Intelligence Financial Analyst, including the pros and cons.
- Learn what finance role you are most passionate about pursuing.
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Course content
19 sections • 61 lectures • 3h 56m total length
Requirements
- Nothing. Professor Haroun has a good reputation for making it VERY easy to understand complex or advanced topics as he has worked in many finance industries and taught many students how to excel in finance (and enjoy the process too)!
Description
** Chris is the author of the #1 best selling business course on Udemy called "An Entire MBA in 1 Course." **
** ACCORDING TO BUSINESS INSIDER: "Haroun is one of the highest rated professors on Udemy, so you can expect to be in good hands through the course of your education." **
This course will help you understand and choose the finance career that you are most passionate about pursuing. The course gives an explanation of 14 different finance analyst roles, including:
- Investment Banking Financial Analyst Role
- Venture Capital Financial Analyst Role
- Hedge Fund Financial Analyst Role
- Mutual Fund Financial Analyst Role
- Private Equity Financial Analyst Role
- Private Wealth Management Financial Analyst Role
- Sell Side Research Analyst Financial Analyst Role
- Sales Trader Financial Analyst Role
- Buy Side Trader Financial Analyst Role
- Sell Side Trader Financial Analyst Role
- Large Non Finance Company Finance Analyst Role
- Equity Capital Markets Financial Analyst Role
- Equity Sales Financial Analyst Role
- Tech / Artificial Intelligence Financial Analyst Role
Professor Chris Haroun has been profiled in Forbes Magazine and Business Insider and has raised and managed over $1bn in his finance career. He loves teaching students about real world practical concepts with no theory.
Professor Haroun has 20 years of finance analyst experience in several different finance sectors, including 5 years at Goldman Sachs, 8 years in the hedge fund industry at firms that include hedge fund giant Citadel and his own firm, 7 years in the venture capital industry (a venture firm he started had a private investment years ago in Facebook) and 4 years in the finance/tech industry at Accenture where he worked on the merger of Bank of America and Nations Bank as well as setting up an offshore bank for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. His finance work experience has been all over the world in countries that include the United States, England, Scotland, Canada, Japan, China, India and France. He has taught students in more that 160 countries and he is a well known business author of many books. His popular business book: '101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School' was written up in Forbes Magazine as "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs need to read right now." He also has his own column in Inc. Magazine. He has met with many finance icons in his career and he profiles many of these executives in this course so you can learn and use their winning career tips/advice.
Professor Haroun also has an MBA from Columbia University where he majored in Finance.
After taking this course, students should be able to understand how many different finance roles work and have a good idea what finance role they are most passionate about.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in learning more about 14 different finance roles, including Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, etc.
- Students that are potentially interested in finance, but would like to learn what the different Financial Analyst roles are and how they overlap.
- Finance professionals that want to switch to a DIFFERENT finance industry from the current one they work in.