FINANCIAL MANAGER

Financial Managers analyze the financial data of bigger corporations or companies

GENERAL WORK ACTIVITIES

• Use computers
• Analyze data
• Process info
• Judge the value of objects, people, and services

HELPFUL HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

• Accounting
• Banking & finance
• Computer applications
• Economics
• Intro to buisness

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Communicate: to understand and tell people about information given
• Reason and problem solve: be able to interpret data and information given and determine importance

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Sit for long periods of time
• Speak clearly so people can understand
• See close things in good detail

WORKING CONDITIONS

• High level of staff contact
• Communicate by phone, email, etc...
• Always inside
• Must be exact in recording information

PREPERATION

• High school diploma
• Bachelors degree
• 5 years of experience in the field
• Test in economics, risk management, and business administration
• Attend seminars and graduate classes

Minnesota avg. : $118,000

USA avg. : $121,000

Top 1/4 earn $160,00+

Hourly : $58.54-$81.15

This career is interesting to me because I like math, and one big part of this career is being able to work with money: math. The pay also interests me because I want to be able to provide my family very well in life