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Noah is the founder & Editor-in-Chief at AnalystAnswers. He is a transatlantic professional and entrepreneur with 5+ years of corporate finance and data analytics experience, as well as 3+ years in consumer financial products and business software. He started AnalystAnswers to provide aspiring professionals with accessible explanations of otherwise dense finance and data concepts. Noah believes everyone can benefit from an analytical mindset in growing digital world. When he's not busy at work, Noah likes to explore new European cities, exercise, and spend time with friends and family.

Senior Financial Analyst: What They Do to Earn That High Salary

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Senior financial analysts (Sr financial analysts) earn $81,017 on average in the united states, while normal financial analysts, only $61,060. That’s an average increase of 32%.1 At the same time, it’s difficult to envision that senior analysts do significantly more than normal analysts, which begs the question: what does a senior financial analyst do? In […]

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What is a Corporate Treasury in Finance? 3 Goals, 7 Functions

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Most professionals first hear of treasury departments as a branch of government, but it’s equally important in the financial operations of large companies. In fact, companies generating more than $10 million in revenue (SMBs) build Corporate Finance Departments that are typically split into into three areas: accounting, finance, and treasury. While most people understand the

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Data Analysis: Types, Methods & Techniques (a Complete List)

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(Updated Version) While the term sounds intimidating, “data analysis” is nothing more than making sense of information in a table. It consists of filtering, sorting, grouping, and manipulating data tables with basic algebra and statistics. In fact, you don’t need experience to understand the basics. You have already worked with data extensively in your life,

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Business Analyst vs Data Analyst: what’s the difference?

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In a word, the difference is scope. Business analysts (BAs) collect requirements to improve individual work flows or launch single products, whereas data analysts extract insights from data to understand process efficiency, market potential, customer behavior, financial performance, and more for an entire department. While BAs may use descriptive and diagnostic data analysis to validate

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Financial Analytics: what is it & why is it important?

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Financial analytics is a subcategory of financial analysis that takes place within a company rather than on Wall Street as an investor. More specifically, financial analytics seeks to understand 3 elements within a company: 1. its operations, 2. how those operations impact financial statements (FS), and 3. the company’s performance financial performance based on those

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What is a business analyst? (3 Types You Didn’t Know About)

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A few Google searches show that there’s significant misunderstanding of the business analyst (BA) role. Some claim BAs work on internal processes (such as a supply chain), while others claim BAs are translators between business needs and technical ability (usually in product development). This split lets wonder what a business analyst really is — what

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How to Become a Data Analyst in 7 Steps (With or Without a Degree)

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Fifteen years ago, most companies didn’t hire data analysts, and only a small number of universities offered degrees programs for it. But in the past decade, the data analyst position has grown in popularity, with advances in programming languages and educational programs available each year. On the other hand, many high caliber data analysts don’t

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