823 Advizers
Chris
Associate Finance Manager
Lockheed Martin
CU Boulder
UCLA - MBA

UCLA Anderson
Q1Career path
Career Development
Finance
Accounting
5:07
"I started off freshman at CU Boulder really thinking that I wanted to go into biology. Did that for about a year and didn't quite like how it was going"
Q2Main responsibilities
Project Management
Budgeting
Financial Analysis
3:00
"Um, so those are the main ones and then there's a lot of ad hoc stuff. So every day is different you get questions from all over the place"
Q3Day in the life
Project Management
Communication
Data Analysis
2:53
"it's a lot of managing all these different ad hoc type of issues and problems that come across every day"
Q4Most important skills - role
Critical Thinking
Organization
Communication
3:52
"Having a good system and just being organized in general would set you up for success in a job like this."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Engineering
Finance
Aerospace
2:26
"it's just really cool to listen in and hear them talk about potential Solutions and how they're going to deal with it."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Problem-Solving
Leadership
Communication
1:38
"Making Finance easy and applicable for all of the engineers and their leadership teams that we support."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Government Contracting
Defense
Aerospace
1:17
"It's really cool to be part of something that's very tangible and at least to me very impactful and meaningful."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Goal-Oriented
Strong Work Ethic
Critical Thinking
2:35
"You have to have that strong work ethic you have to get things done."
Q9Wish known before - industry

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Q10Entry-level positions

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Q11Significant lesson - career

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Q12College ideas for success

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