Business & Finance
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 salary
$161,700
Typical range
$86k – $291k
Job outlook
+15% (much faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Financial Managers
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Financial Managers Intern
Internship
$43,245
~4 mos to advance
Junior Financial Managers
Entry / Junior
$86,490
~2 yrs to advance
Financial Managers
Established
$161,700
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Financial Managers
Senior
$226,380
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Key skills
A typical 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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.