financial controller

Financial controllers handle all tasks related to the budgeting and accounting aspects of a company or organisation. They implement and ensure compliance with internal financial and accounting procedures, and prepare documentation for external audits. They collect information related to financial statements such as assets, liabilities, equity, and cash flow in order to assess the company's financial position to prepare annual budgets and forecasts.

The most in-demand skills for this role include accounting department processes, financial department processes, financial statements, tax legislation, enforce financial policies, develop financial statistics reports. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives financial controller a score of 0.50 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.