The first management consulting firms were founded in the early 20th century, and many provided financial advice to corporations and other businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies at all levels. As more laws regulating business were passed, and U.S. business activity increased and trade expanded globally, demand grew for financial consultants.
In the 2000s, major financial scandals prompted Congress to pass several laws to address improper corporate activity, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which requires higher levels of financial accounting and disclosure from all publicly held companies, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, which imposes higher standards of accountability on the financial industry and offers improved protections to consumers. These new regulations have created excellent opportunities for financial consultants.
- Accountants
- Actuaries
- Agricultural Consultants
- Assessors and Appraisers
- Audit and Assurance Accountants
- Auditors
- Bank Examiners
- Billing Clerks
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Budget Analysts
- Business Continuity Planners
- Business Development Managers and Directors
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Managers
- Chief Customer Officers
- Chief Executive Officers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Restructuring Officers
- Chief Revenue Officers
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Chief Trust Officers
- Commodities Brokers
- Compliance Managers
- Corporate Climate Strategists
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- Credit Analysts
- Customer Service Representatives
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- Data Scientists
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- Decision Scientists
- Document Management Specialists
- Economists
- Energy Consultants
- Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Economists
- Ergonomists
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Institution Officers and Managers
- Financial Institution Tellers, Clerks, and Related Workers
- Financial Planners
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Financial Services Brokers
- Forensic Accountants and Auditors
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Data Analysts
- Hedge Fund Investor Relations Specialists
- Hedge Fund Relationship Managers
- Human Resources Consultants
- Indoor Environmental Health Specialists
- Information Assurance Analysts
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Consultants
- Information Technology Security Consultants
- Internet Consultants
- Internet Marketing and Advertising Consultants
- Internet Security Specialists
- Internet Transaction Specialists
- Investment Bankers
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- Investment Banking Sales Brokers
- Investment Banking Traders
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- Life Coaches
- Loss Prevention Managers
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Market Research Analysts
- Marketing Consultants
- Mobile Software Developers
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- Mutual Fund Wholesalers
- Office Administrators
- Personnel and Labor Relations Specialists
- Political Consultants
- Press Secretaries
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- Purchasing Agents
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
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- Security Guards
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- Statisticians
- Strategy Managers
- Tax Accountants
- Tax Managers
- Tax Preparers
- User Experience Designers
- Wealth Management Associates
- Wealth Management Investor Relations Specialists
- Workplace Diversity Experts
