Financial Risk Manager
Impact: Financial Stability, Regulatory Compliance, Strategic Decision-making
Identify, measure, analyze, and mitigate financial risks to including market, credit, liquidity, and operational risks to to safeguard organizational assets and ensure regulatory compliance, while developing risk management strategies, modeling stress scenarios, and communicating findings to stakeholders.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Minimal
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 45-55
- Stress level
- High
At a glance
- Median salary
- $135,000
- Entry-level
- $75,000
- Senior
- $200,000
- Growth by 2033
- 15%
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High
- Typical student debt
- $40,000 - $80,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Financial Modeling
- Data Analysis
- Statistical Analysis
- Regulatory Knowledge
Soft skills
- Analytical Thinking
- Communication Skills
- Decision-making
- Adaptability
Technical complexity: Very High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Risk Analyst
- Financial Risk Manager
- Senior Financial Risk Manager
- Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Low
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 5/10
- Social perception
- High