financial risk manager

Financial risk managers identify and assess potential risk areas threatening the assets or capital of organisations and give advice on how to deal with them. They specialise in either credit, market, operational or regulatory risk analysis. They use statistical analysis to evaluate risk, make recommendations to reduce and control financial risk and review documentation for legal compliance.

The most in-demand skills for this role include risk transfer, financial forecasting, financial management, risk management, international commercial transactions rules, assessment of risks and threats. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives financial risk manager 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.