Summary
Praise for the previous edition:
"...clearly written and well organized..."—American Reference Books Annual
The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that jobs in financial services will grow 12 percent over the next several years. The demand will be higher for certain positions in accounting, financial reporting, client services, and risk management due both to recently enacted legislation that imposes more rigorous financial reporting standards and to demographic changes, including a rise in the elderly population.
Career Opportunities in Banking, Finance, and Insurance, Second Edition profiles 86 jobs, including eight new to this edition. All information has been reviewed and updated to reflect current industry trends and salaries. The appendixes have been completely revised and updated as well.
New career profiles include:
- Account executive, insurance
- Customer service representative, banking
- Financial analyst
- Performance analyst
- Portfolio manager
- Purchasing manager
- Residential mortgage originator
- Tax preparer
- and more.
Specifications
Index. Appendixes. Bibliography. Glossary.
About the Author(s)
Thomas Fitch is an experienced banker, business writer, and editor with specialties in banking, investment management, corporate treasury management, and corporate executive-training programs for more than 20 years. He is an editor of Risk Management, a quarterly newsletter published by the Association for Financial Professionals, and a contributor to Corporate University Xchange. His previous credits include editorial content manager for the Investment Management Institute, consultant and writer for Global Access Corp., and contributing editor for Corporate Cashflow magazine. He is the author of Barron's Dictionary of Banking Terms and coauthor of Barron's Business Banking. He lives in Connecticut.
Foreword author Robert R. Johnson, Ph.D., CFA, is Managing Director of the CFA and CGIPS Programs Division at the CFA Institute.