Occupation Atlasfinancial manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/30f3ea93-882a-4525-841c-1d5b4b64076f
financial manager
Financial managers handle all the matters in reference to the finance and investments of a company. They manage financial operations of companies such as the assets, liabilities, equity and cash flow aiming to maintain the financial health of the company and operative viability. Financial managers evaluate the strategic plans of the company in financial terms, maintain transparent financial operations for taxation and auditing bodies, and create the financial statements of the company at the end of the fiscal year.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional5.56
- S Social3.04
- I Investigative2.46
- A Artistic1.59
- R Realistic1.36
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Financial Managers (11-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (38)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accounting
- accounting department processes
- accounting entries
- accounting techniques
- advise on financial matters
- analyse business plans
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse market financial trends
- banking activities
- control financial resources
- cost management
- create a financial plan
- create a financial report
- economics
- enforce financial policies
- evaluate budgets
- financial analysis
- financial department processes
- financial forecasting
- financial management
- financial statements
- follow company standards
- funding methods
- liaise with auditors
- liaise with managers
- liquidity management
- manage accounts
- manage budgets
- monitor charity's budget
- monitor financial accounts
- prepare financial statements
- prepare tax returns forms
- report on overall management of a business
- securities
- strive for company growth
- supervise accounting operations
- support development of annual budget
- tax legislation
Optional (68)
- advise on investment
- advise on public finance
- advise on risk management
- advise on tax planning
- align efforts towards business development
- analyse financial risk
- analyse insurance risk
- assess financial viability
- bookkeeping regulations
- budget for financial needs
- budgetary principles
- business loans
- check accounting records
- collect financial data
- communicate with banking professionals
- conduct financial audits
- corporate law
- debt collection techniques
- debt systems
- develop company strategies
- develop financial products
- draft accounting procedures
- ensure compliance with accounting conventions
- ensure compliance with company regulations
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- ensure information transparency
- estimate profitability
- ethics
- execute feasibility study
- financial jurisdiction
- financial markets
- financial products
- fraud detection
- handle financial transactions
- implement strategic planning
- international financial reporting standards
- international trade
- interpret financial statements
- investment analysis
- liaise with board members
- liaise with financiers
- liaise with shareholders
- maintain records of financial transactions
- make investment decisions
- make strategic business decisions
- manage corporate bank accounts
- manage financial risk
- manage profitability
- manage securities
- manage staff
- manage the general ledger
- national generally accepted accounting principles
- offer financial services
- operate financial instruments
- perform cost accounting activities
- perform project management
- perform risk analysis
- perform stock valuation
- prepare financial auditing reports
- present reports
- promote financial products
- provide financial product information
- public finance
- real estate market
- statistics
- stock market
- synthesise financial information
- trace financial transactions
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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