Financial Advisor South Africa

i am currentl studying a bachelor of commerce (general) degree in south africa, which is where i would like to pursue my career as a financial advisor, i am not sure if the degree im am studying will beteer my chances of becoming a financial advisor. if anyone knows of any extra modules i can take to enhance my degree so that i will be able to pursue my desired career please dont be hesitat to let me know. thank you,

The best source for this type of information would be your actual counselors or proffesors at your school. They will help you mold and guide your studies in the direction that you want to move. Also, find someone who already does financial Advising for a living who is willing to give you an idea of what the job requires.
Good Luck!!!!

Just for added knowledge:

Growing Concerns
"Leadership Thinking" Is Needed to Be a True Valued Business Advisor
Part I
By: Mark N. Clemente



June 2002 — Consider the proverbial business advisor.


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Most professional service providers -- accountants, attorneys, finance and investment specialists -- claim to serve as such. Few truly do. Yet more than ever, clients demand that their high-priced counselors and senior managers not just be "technicians," but rather broad-based, forward-thinking confidantes who can help them better manage and grow their business.

Any professional who strives to be a true business advisor faces a challenge. It is in understanding what specific skills define the role, and then working continually to cultivate the capabilities that are needed to maximize client satisfaction and development.

So what does it take to be a bonafide business advisor? The answer lies in the increasingly systematized professional discipline and art of executive leadership.

Being an effective advisor requires understanding the strategic, operational and human resource challenges that corporate leaders struggle with daily. The problems facing CEOs, CFOs and COOs are leadership problems. Therefore, to advise a C-level leader you have to think like a C-level leader. What’s more, you have to focus acutely on the problems that -- as they say -- keep those executives up at night.

Herein lies a key insight for professionals who want to enhance their business advisory skills: By embracing leadership thinking, professionals can better anticipate and act upon the accounting- and finance-related imperatives that support their clients’ efforts to achieve growth and profitability.

Let’s consider the concept of leadership for a moment. First off, are leaders born or made? This is the age-old question that’s been answered quite decisively in recent years. By all accounts, the people who we view today as great leaders developed the skills that make them such.

The fact is, everyone is born with the intrinsic ability to cultivate leadership skills. But only the people who actively hone those traits can actualize their potential to become genuine leaders.

Why is all this important for accounting and finance professionals? It’s because that, by developing leadership skills -- and hence, leadership thinking -- you can improve your ability to deliver valuable advisory insights from the perspective that is your particular area of functional expertise. Leadership thinking becomes an analytical orientation -- a new frame of reference for evaluating recurring business challenges.

Executive leadership encompasses a broad range of skill sets and personal characteristics. But the analytical lens that is leadership thinking emphasizes these four areas:
Focusing the corporate vision and mission
Managing organizational change
Developing employees to effect retention and productivity
Fostering collaboration, teamwork and operational coordination
Some may pose the question: "I work with controllers and CFOs. Why would I have to worry about such non-financial things ... ‘soft issues’ that my clients would only tangentially consider in their daily business activities?"

Such is the query of a technician, not of a business advisor.

Serving as a strategically oriented counselor requires considering the financial ramifications of clients’ non-financial initiatives. For instance, a company may be seeking to expand in overseas markets. Or open a new production facility. Or geographically re-deploy a significant portion of their employee base. None of these are financial issues per se. But they all have distinct fiscal ramifications. Thus, it’s necessary to look at broad strategic and organizational issues, then explore the accounting- and finance-specific critical success factors relative to those issues.

Clearly, many audit and financial professionals do indeed "think beyond the numbers" while never losing sight of them. But to provide true added value as advisors, it’s necessary to continually consider the essential inter-relationship of seemingly "soft issues" that have "hard-dollar" consequences.

This is a multifaceted subject. Next month we'll focus on the aforementioned components of leadership thinking. We’ll look at how to address the core business issues in each area to help advise on common organizational and strategic problems. And, for public accountants and consultants, we'll address using leadership thinking to better identify client needs and cross-sell services.

MARK N. CLEMENTE provides personal coaching in leadership, sales, and career management to professional clients nationwide. A former director of marketing and communications for Coopers & Lybrand, he is the author of four books and dozens of journal articles on management development and corporate growth. His clients have included professionals from Big Five and middle-market accounting and management consultancies, as well as Fortune 500 companies. Mark speaks worldwide before professional and academic groups, and holds a masters degree in strategic communication and leadership. He can be reached at mark@clementeonline.com or by calling 201-444-9830. Visit his Web site at www.clementeonline.com
© 2002 Smartpros Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

2006-09-12 08:11:47 by miss dust

LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA: Most modern working girls like juggling work and play but this lionhearted financial advisor takes things to the extreme ...

A man from Zimbabwe sent an E. Mail about land he sold that was to be confiscated by Mugabe. He stated his late father secured funds in deposit box, declared content of box as “family valuables,” designated it as an “inheritance” to me. This means the security company not aware the content of deposit box is money. He said it was for "obvious security reasons."
This is what he wants
"
I hereunder outline for you:
1. For us to be able to transfer the funds to you, we have to designate same as further inheritance to you from my family.
2. It will interest you to note that designation of the funds to you as inheritance from my family and subsequent transfer of same to your account will be affected strictly in accordance with the inheritance laws of South Africa. The financial adviser has made it a point of duty that this is ensured.
If you are interested to help my family in this regard,we shall give you 10% of the principal amount"

Should I help?
If I do and he doesn't pay can sue him?
I have absolutely no idea who this guy is, i am not from zimbabwe, i am not even black
IS IT POSSIBLE THE GUY IS A CHEATER AND FRAUD???????????

You must live under a rock to not know this is a scam. This is a scam. Delete it. Do not respond. This is a scam.

2008-07-26 15:22:42 by Tamina V

I live in south africa and have a mate in london who owes me money, now i have a choice... he can either send me pounds or convert it to Rands (interest free). The exchange rate a month or so ago was +-R13.00 to the Pound and now it's R14.56. Is this just a sudden spike and will drop (in that case i'll take the Rands) or will it continue to climb?

Hi, i know what your question is.

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2006-10-01 15:37:44 by ♂Dyl

Obama to Skip G-20 Summit


U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will not attend this weekend's G-20 Summit being held in Washington DC on the global financial crisis as he believes that there is only one president at a time, and till he enters the White House officially January 20, George Bush is the U.S. President, his aides have said.

"While some may say it's awkward that he's not there, it would be far more problematic to be there. We firmly believe there is only one president at a time," Robert Gibbs, a senior adviser to Obama, said.

Although invited to the global financial summit, Obama has opted to stay in Chicago and not have one-on-one meetings with any of the 19 world leaders, as he would not have had time to be ready for it, considering the fact that he has yet to select members of his economic team.

Analysts say that his decision to stay away is to avoid any conflict of views with President Bush and avoid responding in an informed way on issues that would inevitably come up with world leaders.

It was earlier widely speculated that Obama would join the November 15 summit in which leaders from various countries, will participate. Obama's advisors, however, are likely to meet with world leaders during the summit.

The absence of the most talked about man in the U.S. -- whose remarkable victory has caught global attention -- from the G-20 Summit, is likely to rob it of some of its sheen.

Additionally, some of the world leaders were hoping to meet the president-elect to get to know him better ahead of his inauguration next year.

U.S. President Bush had proposed the G-20 Summit on the financial markets and world economy to find ways to tackle the greatest financial crisis to hit the world in over eight decades and come up with solutions that would get global growth back on track.

The G-20, founded September 25, 1999 in Washington, comprises the United States, the European Union, India, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Obama might be inexperienced in many ways, especially when it comes to running the country, but he knows when he is over his head and will not put himself in the spotlight. If he lost his teleprompter, he would be in much trouble. Uh, aw, uh uh.....

2008-11-15 09:41:26 by NEWSBUSTERS.ORG