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So you have grown to love numbers and now you are searching for a career that will involve just that. Facts tell us that just about every industry relies on numbers in many ways. From accounting roles through to actuaries, there are many careers that revolve around numbers on a daily basis.

Below is a brief description of just a handful of maths related careers that you might just find to be right up your alley.

• Accounting - As an accountant, you use your training and expertise to prepare financial documents and business accounts. You are responsible for compliance with relevant taxation and corporate law, as well as providing and analysing financial information which will enable clients to identify financial irregularities, review past performance and to plan for the future. The financial information you will deal with includes profit statements, balance sheets, cashflow statements and sensitivity analysis.
• Auditor - Your role as an auditor is to provide an external, independent assessment of an organisation’s finances and accounting systems. You must ensure internal procedures are being used; internal controls are in place, identify irregularities and alert management to areas that are working and those that need attention.
• Actuary - The job of an actuary involves analysing data, whether it be mathematical, statistical, demographic, financial or economic, so as to predict and calculate long-term risks regarding financial decisions and planning. Major economic and management decisions in both the public and private sector reply on the insights and interpretation of complex analysis.  In addition to analysis, actuaries must communicate complex concepts to a wide range of audiences with differing levels of technical understanding.
• Financial Analyst - A financial analyst, often referred to as a securities analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who analyses financial information. Researching macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions, along with company fundamentals, are part of the job. You also communicate business, sector and industry recommendations, write reports on companies, and give your opinion of the company's investment potential with a rating, such as "buy," "sell," or "hold” to brokers, traders or clients.
• Mathematician - Using mathematics to solve problems, make predictions in economics such as the cost of natural disasters associated with insurance risk, in science for predictions related to the weather, oceans and soil erosion, and in business to determine financial market growth and financial risk and to analyse market research or clinical trials results. Mathematics underpins technology: such as the computer modelling and computer programs used in industrial design.

While this is only five examples of a maths related career, there are numerous others out there. We suggest having a look at the careernav website for full details on these and other careers. The profiles will show examples of what you do each day, the education requirements of the career, possible remuneration amounts, plus much more.

We wish you all the luck in your search for a maths related career.

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