Locate a job description for a Financial Statement Analyst position. Assume you were to apply for the job and have been granted an interview for this position. As your initial post, provide the interviewer with an explanation about how the skills you have learned in this course prepared you for the position. Discuss in detail the specific skills that the position requires and how you learned those skills in this course.

Be sure to post an initial, substantive response by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. MST and respond to two or more peers with substantive responses by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MST. A substantive initial post answers the question presented completely and/or asks a thoughtful question pertaining to the topic. Substantive peer responses ask a thoughtful question pertaining to the topic and/or answers a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor.

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According to Clement & Simon (2011), one of the most crucial employees in a company is a financial analyst. Among many other functions, a financial analyst is responsible for financial planning and analysis of a company and projecting the company’s financial future (Clement, 2011). A financial analyst is also tasked with forecasting the organization’s future revenues and establishing and following the working of cost structures for the company. Financial analysts work with Chief Financial Officers to set company policies regarding the company’s financial situations, set financial policies, and advise executive-level employees on potential investment directions that the company can take. Working in such a position demands that one have an invaluable set of skills that they will apply to be successful. These are skills that we have learned in this course that will help me in this position.

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