认可的工作经验包括：直接参与投资决策过程或者为投资决策过程提供支持等相关工作。

  职位本身的名称不能直接决定是否被CFA协会认可，主要是日常工作中涉及到的职务内容必须50%以上和投资决策相关的才是被认可。如果所从事的工作在以下举例的职位以外，但工作中涉及的职务内容和投资决策相关，亦可提供详细的工作经验给CFA协会，也是被认可的。

  工作职位列表：

  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