How much work experience do I need?

Four years (48 months) of acceptable professional work experience are required for regular membership. This experience may be accrued while you're in the CFA Program, after you've passed all three exam levels, or from previous positions. Just remember that you must be a regular member to be eligible for the CFA charter.

What's acceptable work experience?

You are required to spend at least 50 percent of your time in qualifying activities to accrue your required professional work experience. Summer, part-time, and internship positions do not qualify. Managing your own investments does not qualify.

  Qualifying activities include being:  

  Directly involved in the investment decision making process

  or

  Engaged in responsibilities and/or producing a work product that informs or adds value to that process

View list of sample job titles.  

Look at some sample work experience descriptions.

Sample Job Titles

  Titles alone can't determine your qualifications for regular membership. You must spend at least 50% of your time in the investment decision-making process.

  Many of our members hold these job titles. This listing illustrates the range of positions that can qualify for regular membership in CFA Institute, but positions with other titles can qualify as well. The details you provide about your work experience will determine your eligibility for membership.

Accountant
Actuary
Auditor
Compliance analyst/officer
Consultant
Corporate chief financial officer
Corporate finance analyst
Client service representative or relationship
manager
Derivatives analyst
Economist
Financial adviser
Financial journalist/editor
Institutional sales professional/business
development (buy and sell side)
Investment banking analyst
Investment consultant
Investment strategist
Investor relations
Mutual fund sales
Portfolio administrator
Portfolio manager
Private client investment adviser
Product/software developer
Professor/instructor
Quantitative investment or risk analyst
Real estate investment manager
Regulator
Securities trader
Securities underwriter
Security/investment analyst
Supervisor of investment firm
Valuator of closely held business
Venture capital analyst

Work Experience Descriptions

  You must spend at least 50% of your time in the investment decision-making process in order for your work experience to qualify. Keep in mind that there are no "good" or "bad" job titles. Just tell us how your experience relates to the investment decision-making process and be as descriptive as possible.

JobTitle
Work ExperienceDescription
DescriptiveEnough?
Portfolio Manager
Rebalance high-net-worth clients' portfolios by trading short-term assets and pooled funds. Analyze and evaluate client performance reports.
Yes
 
Rebalance portfolios; perform reporting.
No (too brief)
Securities Underwriter
Prepare financial models based on reviewed information; participate in the valuation and decision-making process; analyze fundamental and value acquisition targets for clients.
Yes
 
My company provides risk analysis and financial planning for customers.
No (does not describe job duties
Auditor
I perform financial statement audits of investment companies and in the process test the custody and pricing of the portfolios. Used Bloomberg and learned the accounting of several security types, including equities, bonds, options, and futures.
Yes
 
Review the internal control processes to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and recommend process improvements. Perform non-SOX-related financial and operational audits on businesses to identify control and process weaknesses and recommend process improvements.
No (does not add value to the investment decision-making process)
Quantitative Investment Analyst
As a financial engineer in an asset management company, I am responsible for evaluating product development and using quantitative methods and tools to recommend asset allocations, construct portfolios, and perform derivative analysis.
Yes
 
My work is related to product design and quantitative analysis.
No (too brief)
Consultant
I am a management consultant to the financial services industry, working with risk management functions, assisting clients in developing and refining statistically based credit risk models covering a diverse range of portfolios.
Yes
 
Management consulting for the financial services industry.
No (too brief)
Actuary
I perform projections, cash flow analysis, and durational analysis of individual health insurance policies. These activities have a direct bearing on the investments chosen to back the reserves for these blocks of business.
Yes
 
Support annual actuarial valuation process. Benefit calculations.
No (does not add value)

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