Finance associates utilise a wide variety of basic financial functions to provide clients with advice and guidance on strategic planning for long-term financial decisions. Companies and individuals look to them for financial expertise when deciding on a broad range of financial matters, including investments and annual budgets.
Here are the top three finance associate interview questions and tips on how to answer them:
How to answer: This open-ended question is designed to test your fundamental knowledge base of the financial skills involved in the process of preparing taxes and tax calculations as well as your ability to contribute to their team. You should work through a sample tax preparation scenario with a client from start to finish, highlighting areas in which your knowledge base is exceptional.
How to answer: This open-ended question demonstrates your knowledge of standards, industry regulations and fiscal policies. It also provides proof of your ability to promote best practices when it comes to financial regulation compliance. Provide an example of working with a team using this process. If you have not guided anyone through this process, provide best practice steps and how you would work through them with a team.
How to answer: This open-ended question is designed to showcase your knowledge of available financial software and your ability to evaluate the proficiency and applicability of such software. If possible, refer to several financial software options in which you are proficient so you can further demonstrate your breadth of knowledge in this area. Share how you have used, or would use, these software options.
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Convey to the right chanel
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I would start with emails, if that does not work, I would personally try to catch the supervisor and make sure I explain the situation or possible get the right advice I seek. Less
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12
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You can suppose there are n people in the room and think of them in a row. The first one has to shake hands with (n-1) people (because he doesn't have to shake hands with himself). The second one has already shaken hands with the first one, so he has (n-2) shakes remaining... and so on. So you have to sum: (n-1)+(n-2)+(n-3)+...+1= (n/2)*(n-1) Then you have to solve (n/2)*(n-1)=66 and you get n=12. Less
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n(n-1)/2=66 so n=12
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You don't need the test. The answer is given... 1% of the population has the disease... Answer: 1% Less
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1%. The first sentence gives you all the info you need.
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1% chance if using global population. Chances would decrease or increase depending on certain variable or demographic factors so I would say you need more data to give a specific answer. Things like age , gender , race , need to be taken into consideration if you are a 33 year old male and the subject disease is ovarial cancer then you have 0 percent chance . If you are a 40 year old nun and the disease is The clap you have less probably of being infected than say a 26 year old prostitute .. Less
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Out of my over 30 years in Sales I have lead the most successful teams even through 2008 to 2012 which were very rough and tough times here in the states. My team remanded ever dedicated and we came up with creative ideas to make it through that recession. Less
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I have been in Sales and Sales development for over 30 years. I owned my own company for the first 12 years and we ranked number one more than once in our franchise history . I have strong team building skills and motivational skills as a leader. I have been top in my profession for almost all of those years. Less
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I would love to hear more about your opportunities. Thank you for your consideration Less
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Working for the company
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In the next few years as a human resources practitioner, I am look forward to deepening my skills and taking my knowledge base to the next level so I can contribute even more to the growth of the organization. Less
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In the next few years as a human resources practitioner, I am look forward to deepening my skills and taking my knowledge base to the next level so I can contribute even more to the growth of the organization. Less
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Gift cards
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Whatever carries the highest unit contribution margin. Need a decisioning metric which considers top line revenue along with variable costs. Less
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Digital media.
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You can make the SCF from BS and IS
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This is a straight accounting question. You can make Cash Flow from Balance Sheet and Income Statement, so BS and IS is the answer! Less
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the balance sheet is showed all assets of companies and income statement is showed net profit and loss of companies and statement of cash flow is showed the movement of cash flow . Less
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I am biomedical engineering and i need a job so i can hel u in your company and i need to improve my self Less
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Carrier growth and development my skills in advance equipment
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I am a Family Nurse Practitioner, like work abroad had working experience at middle East , fluent in Arabic Less
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17/44 of the stock with variance of .3 and 27/44 from the stock with variance of .2 Less
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Above answers used variance in portfolio variance equation, rather than std. Answer is .386 for security with var .3, and .613 for security with var .2 Less
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Covariance = 0.3 * 0.2 * 0.5 = 0.03 Cov Matrix = c = [0.3 0.03; 0.03 0.2] Inv Cov Matrix = c_inv = [2000/591 -100/197; -100/197 1000/197] Answer = (c_inv * [1; 1])/([1 1] * c_inv * [1; 1]) = [17/44; 27/44] Less
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Reconciliation is the process of comparing two accounts to make sure they are ok. Less
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Two sets of records are in agreement
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To find difference in between two accounts