Financial Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.
- Median pay
- $166,570
- Doing it now
- 879,700
- By 2035
- Up 9.7%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
a year
across the country
65,600 openings a year
to get in
What the work involves
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
- 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.
- Recruit staff members.
- Evaluate data pertaining to costs to plan budgets.
- Oversee training programs.
- Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
What to study
The fields of study the Department of Education links to this occupation, most widely taught first.
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesSee 765 colleges that teach it
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsSee 1,587 colleges that teach it
- Accounting and Related ServicesSee 1,192 colleges that teach it
- Data AnalyticsSee 135 colleges that teach it
Who it suits
O*NET scores every occupation on six interest dimensions. This one leans hardest on these three.
Leading and persuading
Organised and precise
Analytical and curious
Careers like this one
Where this comes from: the description and the task list are O*NET, which the Department of Labor maintains. Pay, workforce size, outlook and the education normally needed are the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections programme, 2025 wages and 2025 to 2035 projections. Half of them earn more than $166,570 a year, which means half earn less, and what you would earn depends on where you work and how long you have been doing it. The fields of study come from the National Center for Education Statistics crosswalk.