The Investor Relations Office is the firm's link with the firm's investors. This office issues press releases about the firm and provides information to the firm's investors and potential investors. The controller does financial planning, cost analysis, and maintains the books for the firm. The position calls for a high level of accounting knowledge and experience as well as the ability to deal with the rest of the firm. Many of the corporate finance jobs involve solving problems using a combination of intuition and analytical skills.
Corporate finance is a good area of people who enjoy problem solving.
This calls for an understanding of spreadsheets, word processors and presentation packages. Intermediate positions in the corporate finance area involves long-run financial planning and implementing those plans. It also involves areas such as risk management and dealing with fluctuations in the value of money. The finance group is the bridge between the investment community and the shop floor. In a day and age when institutional investors are increasingly active, it is crucial that managers get the message that their job is to create shareholder value.