
Scott Hutchison
Senior Business Systems Analyst
CNO Financial Group
CNO Financial Group
Senior Business Systems Analyst
I help finance and accounting people with the software systems they need to do their job.
I spend about half my day in meetings and half my day working by myself. My meetings are either with finance / accounting people to understand their needs and concerns or with IT people to make sure they understand what the finance / accounting people need, or to get updates on their progress. My time spent alone is usually a combination of documentation (writing requirements for IT to develop), studying about different technology options, and sending / receiving emails.
Here's the first step for everyone
First, look on LinkedIn to find a couple people close by doing the work you're interested in and ask to shadow them for half a day. See what it's like first-hand. If you're still interested, look at the educational requirements to do that work and come up with a plan to get there. Identify a couple mentors (perhaps the people you shadowed) to meet with occasionally and help guide you along the way.
"You have an undergraduate degree from a Bible college. Why do you want to work in corporate finance / IT now?"