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Finance Officers

Finance officers oversee book-keeping, general accounting and other financial and related clerical functions mainly within local government and a variety of public sector organisations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£14,739
£25,172
£41,584

New workers start around £14,739. Normal pay is £25,172 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £41,584.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 42,984 vacancies for this type of job

4.01%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Coordinates the activities and resources of finance departments.

  • Plans work schedules and assigns tasks to financial clerks.

  • Prepares or arranges the preparation of financial reports for managers.

  • Oversees the recording and checking of daily financial transactions, the preparation of provisional balances and reconciliation of accounts.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Auditing

  • Regulatory Compliance

  • Risk Analysis

  • Financial Services

  • Compliance Management

  • Anti Money Laundering

  • Risk Management

  • Finance

  • Information Privacy

  • Due Diligence

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • Operations

  • Customer Service

  • Problem Solving

  • Organizational Skills

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Investigation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Finance (Industry)

Lancaster University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Lancaster · 10/2024

Tariff points: 136/144

Economics and Finance

London Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Islington · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Finance with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 6 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Finance

Heriot-Watt University

MA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Edinburgh · 09/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Finance

University of Strathclyde

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Glasgow · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Accounting

University Academy 92 (UA92)

CertHE · 1 Year · Full-time · Manchester · 04/11/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Finance and Investment

Coventry University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Economics

De Montfort University

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Accounting

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Finance

University of Manchester

BAEcon · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Corporate Finance

Royal Holloway, University of London

Msci (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Egham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Business Finance

Aberystwyth University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Aberystwyth · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/120

Economics with a Year Abroad

Queen Mary University of London

BSc Econ H · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · London · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Accounting

Edinburgh Napier University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Edinburgh · 09/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Finance

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with time abroad · London · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/120

Finance

University of Bristol

BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · Bristol · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

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