Finance
Corporate Finance
Steward the numbers behind the strategy: planning, forecasting, and the capital case for every bet.
What you'd actually do
- Own a forecast and be able to explain every variance against it.
- Partner with a business unit on their budget and their tradeoffs.
- Model scenarios for an investment or pricing decision.
- Build the reporting package leadership uses each month.
Common job titles
Entry level
- Financial Analyst
- FP&A Analyst
- Finance Rotational Associate
Mid-level
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Finance Manager
Senior
- Director of FP&A
- VP Finance
Compensation
Entry level
$70K–$95K
Mid-career
$105K–$145K
Senior
$170K+
Typical U.S. base salary estimates. Compensation varies by company, location, and experience.
Common employers
AppleNvidiaVisaSalesforceDeltaAtlassianShopifySpotify
Core skills
Three-statement modelingForecasting and variance analysisExcel depthBusiness partneringERP and BI toolsSQL basics
Common backgrounds
- Accounting, audit, or banking analyst roles
- Economics and finance degrees
- Operations analysts with strong quantitative skills
- Consulting roles focused on performance improvement
What success looks like
- Their numbers are trusted without a second check.
- They translate finance into decisions the business can act on.
- They see the risk in a plan before it shows up in the actuals.
Career path
- Analyst
- Senior Analyst
- Manager
- Director
- VP
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