Financial Manager (General)

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Financial Manager directs and plans the financial activities of a company or organization. Prepares financial statements and business activity and forecasting reports; supervises accounting and preparation of financial reports; advises management with regard to finance decisions.

Job Outlook

There were 2466 Financial Manager (General) job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 78173 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Financial Manager industry, which includes the Financial Manager (General) career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Financial Manager (General) 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 $129,763.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $130,854.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Financial Manager (General) postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $109,586.

Education and Experience

Posted Financial Manager (General) 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	67.68%
Master's Degree	27.46%
Doctoral Degree	2.94%
Other	9.09%

Posted Financial Manager (General) 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	15.92%
3 to 5 years	49.03%
6 to 8 years	21.46%
9+ years	13.6%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Financial Manager (General) 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.

Management (52.45%)
Communication (47.26%)
Leadership (37.84%)
Operations (30.35%)
Sales (30.25%)
Forecasting (26.7%)
Budgeting (24.04%)
Microsoft Excel (23.88%)
Customer Service (23.72%)
Planning (22.99%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Accounting (50.08%)
Financial Statements (26.54%)
Finance (68.32%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Profit And Loss (P&L) Management (5.84%)
Accounts Receivable (7.58%)
Auditing (20.69%)
Accounts Payable (6.57%)
Reconciliation (5.01%)
Business Development (9.31%)
Internal Controls (8.79%)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (7.33%)
Investments (12.36%)
External Auditing (5.4%)
Financial Services (10.92%)
Economics (10.05%)
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (10.58%)
Financial Planning (10.63%)
Financial Analysis (20.63%)
Data Analysis (8.07%)
Risk Management (7.87%)
Loans (10.83%)
Invoicing (7.02%)
Financial Modeling (11.16%)
Portfolio Management (9.55%)
Marketing (10.42%)
Project Management (15.98%)
Process Improvement (11.63%)
Financial Management (10.93%)
Sales Prospecting (7.98%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Automotive Finance (4.67%)
Variance Analysis (5.13%)
Cash Flow Forecasting (2.56%)
Commercial Finance (1.22%)
Financial Systems (7.09%)
International Financial Reporting Standards (1.23%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Automotive Finance (6.74%)
Commercial Finance (1.76%)
Finance (98.63%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Financial Manager (General) skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Finance Manager
Automotive Finance Manager
Finance Business Partner
Relationship Manager
Portfolio Manager
Financial Manager
Finance and Insurance Manager
Financial Administrator
Treasury Manager
Banking Center Manager

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 Manager (General) jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Amazon (1590)
Bank of America (1288)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (1081)
Deloitte (972)
CBRE (915)
Johnson & Johnson (826)
JPMorgan Chase (612)
Ryder (605)
Robert Half (487)
New York Life (484)

North Carolina

Wells Fargo (106)
Bank of America (94)
Truist Financial (51)
Lowe's (47)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (44)
EasyCare Recruiting (42)
Disability Solutions (37)
First Horizon Bank (31)
First Citizens Bank (28)
Deloitte (24)

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!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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