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Financial Managers and Directors

Financial managers and directors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the financial information of companies, the activities and resources of financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, and advise on company financial policy.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£20,048
£56,636
£140,900

New workers start around £20,048. Normal pay is £56,636 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £140,900.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 441,978 vacancies for this type of job

5.63%

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?

  • Ensures compliance with accounting, recording and information storage, retrieval procedures and the statutory regulatory framework.

  • Plans, organises, directs and co-ordinates the activities of financial institutions .

  • 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’s financial systems.

  • 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

  • Financial Statements

  • Auditing

  • Invoicing

  • Business Partnering

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Financial Planning

  • Financial Management

  • Investments

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

  • Communication

  • Forecasting

  • Leadership

  • Budgeting

  • Sales

  • Operations

  • Detail Oriented

  • Decision Making

  • Customer Service

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.

Routes to this career

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Financial Economics

Coventry University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Coventry · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Business Management

De Montfort University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Business Enterprise

University College Birmingham

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 02/02/2026

Tariff points: 32/56

Financial Economics

Birkbeck, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Finance

Queen Mary University of London

BSc Econ H · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Financial Economics

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Financial Mathematics

University of Nottingham

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Accounting

Edinburgh Napier University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Edinburgh · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Accounting

Edge Hill University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Economics and Finance

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc · 4 Years · Sandwich · Newcastle upon Tyne · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Accounting and Finance

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Business and Management

University of Portsmouth

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Applied Mathematics

Swansea University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Swansea · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/144

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