Darien

It's been done. Not successfully by me, unfortunately (I got the dreaded "need more detail" and I'm still waiting to hear back after my revisions) but others have done it.

They key is to stress how your job adds value to the investment decision making process, and relate it to the CFA curriculum. For example, if you are in performance, you'll want to talk about "attribution" and other buzzwords from the CFA chapter on performance. etc. etc.