I was always pretty good with numbers throughout my education and in all honesty I loved nothing more than number crunching, it was for that reason that when the time came to choose a career, I decide on a career in finance.
I have always felt the two requirements for choosing a career should be a combination of something you love and something you are good at. Unfortunately for many of my friends, they cashed the money or picked up a career based on something that they were good at but not something that they loved. Fast forward ten years and many of them are unhappy in their work and looking to switch careers. In order to avoid this then you should do as I did and elect a career based on your passion and your skill and if you are a fellow math enthusiast then here are some career ideas for you.
Financial Advisor
This is the role which I currently do and I love it, a financial adviser works with businesses and individuals and offers counsel on how best to spend, save and invest their money. You must be a great salesmen to sell your ideas, you must have great analytical skills to process huge amounts of financial data and condense it into advice and you must have the confidence in your ideas. This profession can pay very well depending on how many clients you have or who your clients are.
Investment Manager
My friend Marc Leder is one of the finest investment managers I know, so successful in fact that he started his own investment company and is now CEO. What my buddy and his colleagues do is to work with businesses and individual investors and help them to manage their portfolios. They offer a personal service to investors and regularly offer them advice or investment opportunities so that they can make the most out of their money. This position requires comprehensive knowledge of finance and housing markets and if you are good at it then you can make a great deal od money from salaries and from commission.
Tax Accountant
As much as I love figures and finance, one thing that I was never very good at was understanding taxation and it takes a special kind of person to be a tax accountant. Businesses rely on tax accountants to amiantus their legality and to ensure that they are never paying too much or too little by way of taxes. To be a tax accountant you will have to first be an accounting major, study hard and take 3 different tests in order to be allowed to practice. Once you have passed your exams however you will be able to have the pick of your jobs as tax accountants are always in demand such are the complexities of the taxation laws. You must also be prepared to constantly keep yourself up to date with the ever changing tax laws and also be a confident individual as you will likely be dealing with some high profile men and women.