Corporate finance jobs include work as a financial analyst, financial reporting specialist, and a number of managerial positions, including vice president of financial planning and chief financial officer. Each of these positions has numerous unique duties, but your general responsibilities in this career field revolve around making the shareholders as much money as possible while preserving the financial stability of the firm. As a financial analyst, your role is to provide managers analysis of potential strategies. The managers and VPs then assess different options and make recommendations to the CFO.