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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
£14,597
£25,933
£40,628

New workers start around £14,597. Normal pay is £25,933 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £40,628.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 43,236 vacancies for this type of job

3.95%

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

  • Risk Analysis

  • Financial Services

  • Compliance Management

  • Risk Management

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Information Privacy

  • Anti Money Laundering

  • Compliance Risk

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

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Operations

  • Organizational Skills

  • Problem Solving

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Office

  • Governance

  • Customer Service

How do I get a job like this?

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