Financial Manager

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

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Accounting Supervisor; Banking Center Manager (BCM); Branch Manager; Business Banking Manager; Credit Administration Manager; Credit Manager; Financial Center Manager; Financial Planning Manager; Financial Reporting Manager; Financial Systems Manager

Tasks

• 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.
• Oversee training programs.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service
• Administration and Management
• Economics and Accounting
• Administrative
• Mathematics
• Law and Government
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Sales and Marketing
• Education and Training
• English Language
• Computers and Electronics

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Monitoring
• Mathematics
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Fluency of Ideas
• Flexibility of Closure
• Category Flexibility
• Speed of Closure