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Financial Managers

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

US jobs
841,710
Median wage
$166,570 a year
Job family
Management and business operations

Can agents do the work of financial managers?

We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Management and business operations:

  • Task levelPartialOnly adjacent evidence. On TheAgentCompany, which gives agents workplace tasks inside a simulated software company, the best agent resolves 42.9% of tasks (a November 2025 result). No task-level benchmark in our collection maps directly to management or business operations.
  • Project levelPartialMixed. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's GDPval deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons, and the best agent passes 73.5% of APEX-Agents tasks on the first try. Running a business is weaker: on Vending-Bench 2 the best model ends a simulated year with $15,515, about a quarter of Andon Labs' estimate for a good strategy.

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • 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.
  • Establish procedures for custody or control of assets, records, loan collateral, or securities to ensure safekeeping.
  • Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital.
  • Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms.
  • Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans.
  • Prepare financial or regulatory reports required by laws, regulations, or boards of directors.
  • Examine, evaluate, or process loan applications.
Other job titles for this occupation (59)

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 · Accountant Supervisor · Accounting Director · Accounting Manager · Accounts Manager · Accounts Payable Manager · Accounts Supervisor · Actuarial Manager · Asset Manager · ATM Manager (Automated Teller Machine Manager) · Auditing Manager · Auditor Supervisor · Auto Finance Manager (Automotive Finance Manager) · Bank Branch Manager · Bank Manager · Banking Branch Manager · Banking Manager · Banking Supervisor · Budget Manager · Cash Manager · City Comptroller · Collections Manager · Comptroller · Cost Accounting Manager · Credit and Collection Manager · Credit Department Manager · Credit Office Manager · Credit Union Manager · District Branch Manager · Exchange Floor Manager · Finance Director · Finance Manager · Financial Director · Financial Institution Branch Manager · Financial Institution Manager · Financial Manager · Financial Officer · Financial Planning and Analysis Manager · Financial Supervisor · Fiscal Manager · International Bank Manager · Investment Manager · Paymaster · Reimbursement Director · Residential Mortgage Manager · Revenue Cycle Manager · Risk and Insurance Manager · Risk Management Director · Tax Director · Tax Manager