Financial analyst resumes should demonstrate modelling depth, business partnering capability, and the scale of decisions your analysis informed. Pair technical credentials with specific financial outcomes.
How to write a financial analyst resume
State your professional qualifications upfront: CFA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent.
Quantify the decisions your analysis supported: budget size, deal value, cost savings identified.
Highlight specific modelling skills: DCF, LBO, three-statement modelling, variance analysis.
Show both the technical work and the communication — presenting to senior stakeholders or boards.
CFA charterholder and senior financial analyst with 6 years of experience in FP&A and corporate finance for technology and media businesses. Business partner to three divisional MDs across a £380M group revenue base.
Senior Financial Analyst — Meridian Media Group (Sep 2022–Present)
Business partner to three divisional MDs managing combined £380M revenue; produce monthly performance packs, reforecasts, and investment appraisals.
Built a three-statement integrated model used for the £65M refinancing that reduced annual interest cost by £2.1M.
Redesigned the monthly close process, reducing reporting cycle from 10 working days to 5.
Financial Analyst — Kestrel Capital Advisory (Aug 2020–Aug 2022)
Built DCF and comparable company models for 14 M&A and capital raise transactions with combined deal value of £420M.
Produced the information memorandum for a £38M Series B fundraise completed in 2022.