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Financial Manager Job Description

A financial manager is a person who is employed by an organization to oversee their financial activities. A financial manager oversees and directs the budgets and investments of their organization to ensure accountability and profitability.

A financial manager should be honest, persuasive, confident and assertive, and have the ability to lead, organize, delegate, evaluate and budget. They should be able to manage their organization’s financial activities to promote profitability and ensure accurate budgeting and financial planning. They should also be able to communicate effectively to explain complex information to others in the simplest of ways.

What does a Financial Manager do?

Financial managers may do some or all of the following:

Working Conditions

Financial managers usually work normal office hours, but may sometimes work evenings or weekends to meet deadlines. They work in offices, but may travel to visit clients.

What is Required to Become a Financial Manager?

To become a financial manager, you will need to have at least a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business management or a bachelor’s degree in a different discipline with a master’s degree in any of the mentioned disciplines.

Secondary school students interested in becoming financial managers should take preparatory subjects such as math, business, economics, statistics and computer science.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

Financial managers need to have:


Alternative Careers
