Financial Data Analyst
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Financial Data Analyst analyzes financial data and prepares financial reports for management. Responsible for identifying relevant insights and compiling analytical reports that enable other employees in the organization to make sound decisions. May include analysis of prices of key financial instruments, or forecasts based upon financial trends.
Job Outlook
There were 119 Financial Data Analyst job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 3165 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Data / Data Mining Analyst industry, which includes the Financial Data Analyst career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:
Salary
Many new Financial Data Analyst jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $56,732.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $43,545.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Financial Data Analyst postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $31,733.
Education and Experience
Posted Financial Data Analyst jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 29.29% |
| Master's Degree | 9.35% |
| Doctoral Degree | 3.67% |
| Other | 33.08% |
Posted Financial Data Analyst jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 65.49% |
| 3 to 5 years | 25.5% |
| 6 to 8 years | 5.16% |
| 9+ years | 3.85% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Financial Data Analyst positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (38.1%)
- Detail Oriented (28.94%)
- Management (23.19%)
- Customer Service (21.33%)
- Microsoft Excel (19.49%)
- Operations (19.24%)
- Microsoft Office (14.28%)
- Leadership (13.74%)
- Research (13.65%)
- Problem Solving (13.36%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Data Analysis (19.06%)
- Data Processing (15.18%)
- Data Management (21.19%)
- Data Quality (6.98%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (10.33%)
- Marketing (12.51%)
- Invoicing (5.59%)
- Auditing (13.15%)
- Accounting (16.51%)
- Data Entry (33.17%)
- Data Integrity (6.23%)
- Finance (24.28%)
- Python (Programming Language) (11.82%)
- Data Science (12.89%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (16.19%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Financial Data Analyst skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Data Clerk
- Assembly Clerk
- Data Processing Clerk
- Retail Associate Manager
- Wealth Management Associate
- Processing Clerk
- Data Control Clerk
- Management Associate
- Summer Associate
- Flex Associate
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Financial Data Analyst jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- T-Mobile US (102)
- JPMorgan Chase (64)
- Equitable (62)
- Penske Automotive Group (47)
- Johnson & Johnson (45)
- Belk (41)
- Ingles (39)
- Grail (28)
- The Nature Conservancy (28)
- BNY Mellon (27)
North Carolina
- Ingles (25)
- Belk (8)
- Grail (5)
- North Carolina State University (4)
- T-Mobile US (3)
- Captrust (3)
- Martin Marietta (3)
- New Hanover County Schools (3)
- Guidehouse (3)
- Butler Aerospace & Defense (2)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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