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Financial Manager

Financial Manager

  • Lead financial strategies to drive business success and growth.
  • Impact organizations by managing and optimizing financial resources.
  • Navigate diverse financial sectors, from banking to securities, with expertise.
💰 Earn $129K-$228K
📚 Bachelor Degree

Overview

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

Scoop

Minimum Education

Bachelor Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

2 to 4 years

Job Openings

75,100 in Total

Earnings

$169,780 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Establish and maintain relationships with individual or business customers or provide assistance with problems these customers may encounter.
  • Oversee the flow of cash or financial instruments.
  • 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.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Influencing or leading others
  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Relating with or serving others

You are skilled in 💫

  • Monitoring
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Coordination
  • Judgment and Decision Making

You value 🙏

  • Job security
  • Receiving recognition
  • Independence
  • Working Conditions
  • Having freedom
  • Recognition

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