About Corporate Finance Careers

Resumes for Banking and Financial Careers

Opportunities in Financial Careers

By Michael Sumichrast and Frederick Burkhardt, VGM Career Horizons. Covers the gamut of finance careers with a nice discussion of why corporate finance is an interesting area.

The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Finance

Covers opportunities in corporate finance.

Career Path: Corporate Finance

Steps for developing a corporate finance career. Courtesy of the University of Michigan.

Know-How

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

By Ross, Westerfield and Jordan. The leading undergraduate textbook in corporate finance.

The Complete CFO Handbook: From Accounting to Accountability

By Fabozzi, Drake and Polimeni.

The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual

By Steven Bragg.

Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies

by McKinsey and Company

A classic that should be in the cube of every analyst and associate on the Street.

Financial Modeling

Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean

Applied Mergers and Acquisitions

by Robert F. Bruner and Joseph Perella

Understanding Wall Street

by Jeffrey Little

Capital Ideas Evolving

By Peter Bernstein.

A lucid explanation of the modern theory of finance, the people behind it and the attacks that have arisen in recent years.

The Vest Pocket CFO

By Jae Shim.

Reinventing the CFO: How Financial Managers Can Transform Their Roles and Add Greater Value

By Jeremy Hope

Handbook of Corporate Finance

By Espen Eckbo

Strategic Corporate Finance: Applications in Valuation and Capital Structure

By Justin Pettit

Corporate Risk Management

By Donald H. Chew

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

By Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, Harper Collins Books, 1993. Describes the rather crazy life of one corporate executive. Lots of juicy personality conflict. If you liked the movie you will definitely enjoy the book.

Overview of Corporate Finance from QuickMBA

Organizations

• American Academy of Financial Management
• Association of Financial Professionals (offers the Certified Treasury Professional designation)
• Financial Executives Institute
• Financial Leadership Council
• Financial Management Association

Career Links and Positions

• Find Job Listings on thousands of job sites with one search. Provided by Indeed.com, "a one stop shop for job seekers" (Wall Street Journal).
• AFP Career Listings
• CFO Magazine Career Section
• FEI Career Section (may be the best place to find corporate finance jobs)
• FlipDog List of Finance Jobs
• Robert Half, a leading placement service in corporate finance.
• US News List of Finance Jobs

Magazines and Newspapers

Corporate Finance Journal

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance

Regularly features articles on leading edge topics in corporate finance. Written for practitioners.

Corporate Finance Articles from McKinsey

A number of timely and educational articles.

Wall Street Journal.

The most widely read business periodical in the world. You may also be interested in Careers.wsj.com which frequently lists corporate finance positions.

CFO Magazine

Magazine addressed to senior financial executives covers a wide variety of issues in corporate finance. Good place to start learning about this career area.

Corporate Cashflow

Industry magazine covering treasury operations. (404) 256-9800.

Economist

Widely read weekly covers world of investment banking, politics and art quite well. You have to read this if you plan to go into the field.

Financial Management

This periodical is issued by the Financial Management Association International and carries many articles about current issues in corporate finance. You can receive this and other items including Financial Management Collection by joining a student chapter of the FMA. There is also a finance leaders conference each spring which allows students to meet key financial officers from around the US. If you would like more information write to: Financial Management Association, University of South Florida, College of Business Administration, Tampa, FL 33620, (813) 974-2084.