Management · Holland code ECS

Financial Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.

Also called: Banking Center Manager (BCM), Branch Manager, Credit Administration Manager, Financial Center Manager, Accounting Supervisor, Business Banking Manager, Credit Manager, Financial Planning Manager.

O*NET 11-3031.00

At a glance

US median annual pay: $166,570; Middle half earn $125,490 to $219,980. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: Bachelor's Degree; 56% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 4 of 5; Considerable preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
US employment outlook, 2024 to 2034: +15% · Much faster than average; 868,600 jobs in 2024, projected 997,400. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, which groups this with similar roles as "Financial managers".

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

Establish procedures for custody or control of assets, records, loan collateral, or securities to ensure safekeeping.
Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital.
Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of workers in branches, offices, or departments of establishments, such as branch banks, brokerage firms, risk and insurance departments, or credit departments.
Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans.
Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Reading Comprehension4.0 / 5
Active Listening4.0 / 5
Speaking4.0 / 5
Critical Thinking4.0 / 5
Writing3.8 / 5
Monitoring3.8 / 5

Knowledge areas

Customer and Personal Service4.7 / 5
Administration and Management4.3 / 5
Economics and Accounting4.1 / 5
Mathematics3.7 / 5
Administrative3.7 / 5
Law and Government3.6 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic6
Investigative24
Artistic10
Social34
Enterprising100
Conventional76

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

financial manager · DE Finanzmanager/Finanzmanagerin · FR directeur financier/directrice financière
bank treasurer · DE Bankangestellter/Bankangestellte · FR trésorier de banque/trésorière de banque
corporate treasurer · DE Schatzmeister/Schatzmeisterin · FR trésorier d'entreprise/trésorière d'entreprise
banking products manager · DE Bank-Produktmanager/Bank-Produktmanagerin · FR responsable de produits bancaires
bank manager · DE Bankmanager/Bankmanagerin · FR directeur d'agence bancaire/directrice d'agence bancaire
brokerage firm director · DE Direktor einer Maklergesellschaft/Direktorin einer Maklergesellschaft · FR directeur de maison de courtage/directrice de maison de courtage

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Financial managers and directors (1131)461,400 employed
Marketing, sales and advertising directors (1132)253,900 employed
Professional/Chartered company secretaries (2435)1,700 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Managers”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Managers, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€96,629
Italy	€96,052
Germany	€90,192
Austria	€82,936
Netherlands	€69,857
Sweden	€60,369
France	€58,740
Ireland	€55,854
Spain	€54,121
Portugal	€39,189
Poland	€19,596

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

Exposure to AI

This occupation sits in the higher third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of +1.45. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.

Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.

Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (11-3031).

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