Is finance a "sales" job?

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Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:30:28 +0000

The jobs you are seeing is probably jobs to sell life insurance or be a broker in wealth management when you type “finance” on some job sites. Those jobs are more financial sales and you are probably interested in a pure finance position like a financial analyst. For the most part, until you reach a much higher positions, you won’t need to pitch or bring in new business. As an analyst, all you need to know is excel and how to simplify reports. I think that is probably what’s confusing you. “Finance” can be a sales position but for the most part it isn’t.