How to get a financial analyst job?

I’ve been helping my bf apply to financial analyst roles as he’s trying to transition from sales. He has experience doing food sales for a distribution company and it was too much drama/work due to the lack of management from the owners. He quit and is now working for a family friend as a project manager for their construction company. I’ve been encouraging him to pursue the career he’s always talking about (financial analyst) because where he is at now there’s not much room for growth but he feels insecure about his qualifications allowing him to make the change into financial analyst. I’m in the medical science field so even though I am trying to support him I really have no idea what this career requires and if I’m actually giving him good/bad advice. Any info on how to make his application more attractive for jobs or on how he can relate current experience to get a job in the financial analyst would be very much appreciated. Info he has a bachelors in Econ