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middle office analyst

Middle office analysts work in the treasury of a financial company, ensuring compliance with company policy and legislation, providing research and analysis on financial matters, measuring risk and supporting operations in the front office.

middle office analyst middle office analysts work in the treasury of a financial company, ensuring compliance with company policy and legislation, providing research and analysis on financial matters, measuring risk and supporting operations in the front office. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.58 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include treasury management system, banking activities, financial management, office administration, business processes.

AI exposure
5.8/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £50,330 a year for Finance and investment analysts and advisers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

Middle half of full-time jobs: £36,872 to £70,665 a year

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2422). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only middle office analyst, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹42,717 a month
Rural India
₹30,424 a month
All India
₹38,466 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

treasury management system banking activities financial management office administration business processes office software apply company policies ensure compliance with legal requirements handle paperwork comply with legal regulations

Knowledge you'll build

  • English Language
  • Administration and Management
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Mathematics
  • Education and Training
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Economics and Accounting
  • Personnel and Human Resources

What you'd actually do

  • Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
  • Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
  • Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
  • Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
  • Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
  • Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.

Tools & technology you'd use

Atlassian JIRA hot Microsoft Excel hot Microsoft Office software hot Microsoft Outlook hot Microsoft Power BI hot Microsoft PowerPoint hot Microsoft Visio hot Python hot Structured query language SQL hot Tableau hot Adobe Acrobat hot Adobe InDesign hot

Frequently asked questions

What does middle office analyst do?

Middle office analysts work in the treasury of a financial company, ensuring compliance with company policy and legislation, providing research and analysis on financial matters, measuring risk and supporting operations in the front office.

What skills does middle office analyst need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include treasury management system, banking activities, financial management, office administration, business processes, office software. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace middle office analyst?

Our AI-durability model gives middle office analyst a score of 0.58 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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