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Financial Analyst

Track how a company is performing and forecast what happens next, so leaders can decide where to spend.

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Typical pay: €32k–€58k
Usual education: Degree
Outlook: Every mid-size and large company needs this — broad, portable demand.

A day in the life

Close the monthly numbers, explain why marketing spend jumped, build next quarter's forecast, and present a summary to a department head.

Ways in

Finance or business degree
Finance apprenticeship
Accountancy training then move

What to study at 16

The subjects you choose for the final years of secondary school can shape which degrees, exams and careers are easiest to reach. This is about choosing courses, not choosing a school.

Spain

Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales

Portugal

Ciências Socioeconómicas

France

Bac général — spécialités

Germany

Oberstufe — Leistungskurse

Netherlands

Profiel Economie & Maatschappij

Poland

Liceum — rozszerzenia

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Skills that matter

Data Analysis Communication Financial Literacy

Best courses to take

The study routes that lead most directly into this career.

Degree

BSc Economics

How markets, money and policy interact, with a strong quantitative core.

Strong analytical alternative.

Helpful school subjects: Maths, Economics

Degree

BSc Finance & Investment

Valuation, markets and corporate finance — the standard route into banking and investing.

Directly relevant valuation and modelling.

Helpful school subjects: Maths, Economics