Are nearly all finance Jobs all sales driven (debt, analysis, tax)

[concept_fusion]

Is it possible to get a finance job that doesn't involve trying to sell people on one product or another? Simply doing market research of securities, industries or similar? Without a connection? I have an excellent trading track record and can write great articles in the subject of finance.

[NewChoices]

Seems most jobs these days have an element of sales attached to them.

[ohhwanderlust]

Sadly no.

You basically have to be:

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One way or another, you must annoy the world.

[G-fused]

There are different forms of finance.

My org has a finance dept, it is rather large. They don't sell us anything. They're tasked with ensuring the financial health of the institution.

So yes, there are plenty of finance jobs that don't involve sales. Getting one is pretty similar to getting most other jobs.

Edit: Best of luck!

[NYCresident2014]

Originally Posted by G-fused

There are different forms of finance.

My org has a finance dept, it is rather large. They don't sell us anything. They're tasked with ensuring the financial health of the institution.

So yes, there are plenty of finance jobs that don't involve sales. Getting one is pretty similar to getting most other jobs.

Edit: Best of luck!

Agree with the above. Look into corporate treasury departments.

[Dd714]

Originally Posted by concept_fusion

Is it possible to get a finance job that doesn't involve trying to sell people on one product or another? Simply doing market research of securities, industries or similar? Without a connection? I have an excellent trading track record and can write great articles in the subject of finance.

Trading? Are you a stock broker? You aren't talking about finance jobs in the first place. Yeah, a stockbroker is not a finance job, it's a sales job. Don't use "stockbroker' and "finance" in the same sentence. Your job has more in common with used car salesmen to be frank.

A true finance job is pretty variable but usually involves the analysis and interpretation of financial information in order to make business decisions. This can include accounting data, roll forwards, investments, risk analysis, account reconciliations, contracts analysis, regulatory requirements (SoX, GAAP, IFRS, etc - and if you don't know what any of that is without looking it up, then you aren't in finance), tax impacts, forex impact, cash flow, long term vs short term debt, etc.