Financial Managers

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

On the job, you would:

• 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.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• certificate after college

Business

• customer service
• management

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Safety and Government

• law and government

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

• changing what is done based on other people's actions
• looking for ways to help people

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

• Attention to Detail
• Integrity
• Cooperation
• Leadership
• Concern for Others
• Dependability

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• use rules to solve problems
• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Visual Understanding

• see hidden patterns