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Financial Managers and Directors

Financial managers and directors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate financial information and advise on company financial policy.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 20,650
£ 57,087
£ 127,338

New workers start around £20,650. Normal pay is £57,087 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £127,338.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 303,481 vacancies for this type of job

2.10%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Assesses and advises on factors affecting business performance.

  • Determines staffing levels appropriate for accounting activities.

  • Plans external and internal audit programmes, arranges for the collection and analysis of accounting, budgetary and related information, and manages the company.

  • Participates in the formulation of strategic and long-term business plans, assesses the implications for the organisation financial mechanisms and oversees their implementation.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Finance

  • Accounting

  • Auditing

  • Financial Statements

  • Balance Sheet

  • Internal Controls

  • Financial Controls

  • External Auditing

  • Reconciliation

  • Financial Services

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Forecasting

  • Budgeting

  • Leadership

  • Operations

  • Planning

  • Sales

  • Detail Oriented

  • Influencing Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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