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Finance Officers

Finance officers oversee book-keeping, general accounting and other financial and related clerical functions mainly within local government and a variety of public sector organisations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£14,596
£25,931
£40,625

New workers start around £14,596. Normal pay is £25,931 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £40,625.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 43,249 vacancies for this type of job

3.97%

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?

  • Coordinates the activities and resources of finance departments.

  • Plans work schedules and assigns tasks to financial clerks.

  • Prepares or arranges the preparation of financial reports for managers.

  • Oversees the recording and checking of daily financial transactions, the preparation of provisional balances and reconciliation of accounts.

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.

  • Auditing

  • Regulatory Compliance

  • Financial Services

  • Risk Analysis

  • Compliance Management

  • Risk Management

  • Information Privacy

  • Finance

  • Compliance Risk

  • Anti Money Laundering

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.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

  • Organizational Skills

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Office

  • Customer Service

  • Governance

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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  • Finance (Industry)

    Lancaster University

    BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Lancaster · 10/2024

    Tariff points: 136/144

  • Finance

    University of Strathclyde

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Accounting

    University Academy 92 (UA92)

    CertHE · 1 Year · Full-time · Manchester · 24/02/2025

    Tariff points: 48/48

  • Business Economics

    University of Hull

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hull · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 120/120

  • Business Finance

    Aberystwyth University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Aberystwyth · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 96/120

  • Finance

    University of Bristol

    BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Bristol · 09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Actuarial Science

    University of East Anglia UEA

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Norwich · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Accounting and Finance

    University of East London

    MAFHMAFH · 4 Years · Full-time · Stratford · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 112/112

  • Accounting Studies Top Up

    University of Roehampton

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Economics with Foundation Year

    University of Plymouth

    BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Plymouth · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 32/80

  • Accountancy

    University of Aberdeen

    MA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Economics

    Brunel University of London

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Uxbridge · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: N/A

  • Accountancy and Finance

    Southampton, Solent University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 112/128

  • Accounting

    University of the West of Scotland

    BAcc (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Hamilton · 09/09/2024

    Tariff points: 114/114