analyst

An analyst is an individual who performs analysis of a topic. The term may refer to one of the following professions:

Accounting, business and finance

• Accounting analyst, an accounting analyst evaluates and interprets public company financial statements
• Business analyst, an employee who examines the needs and concerns of clients and stakeholders to determine where potential problems and opportunities lie, known also as a Business Systems Analyst in business
• Cost analyst, an employee who analyzes business operations to determine which courses of action are most efficacious in business
• Financial analyst, an individual who analyzes securities and business equity in economics and finance
• Industry analyst, an individual who performs market research on segments of specific industries toward the identification of trends in business and finance
• Marketing analyst, a person who analyzes price, customer, competitor and economic data to help companies
• Quantitative analyst applies mathematical techniques to investment banking, especially in the fields of risk management, trading and financial derivatives

Der Ausdruck Analyst, in der Schweiz auch Analytiker, laut österreichischem Wörterbuch nur Letzteres, ist zu einem Sammelbegriff für unterschiedliche Berufsbilder geworden. Es ist jedoch möglich, anhand der Schwerpunkte in der täglichen Arbeit von Analysten eine relativ klare Unterscheidung zu treffen.

Een analist is een persoon die in hoedanigheid van zijn werk bepaalde analyses uitvoert. Er bestaan onder meer de volgende soorten analisten in verschillende disciplines:

• Laborant
• Financieel analist
• Politiek analist
• Systeemanalist
• Informatieanalist of Functioneel analist als verzamelnaam voor iemand die de taken van zowel Business analist als Technisch analist uitvoert
• analist (sport), bespreker van sportwedstrijden

The Analyst (o Analyst) può riferirsi a:

• The Analyst (saggio) ("A Discourse addressed to an Infidel Mathematician"), un saggio di matematica del 1734 di George "Bishop" Berkeley (Google Books editions]
• The Analyst (giornale), giornale liberiano
• The Analyst (romanzo), romanzo di John Katzenbach