Jobs / Finance and accounting / 13-2054.00
Financial Risk Specialists
Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.
- US jobs
- 63,850
- Median wage
- $117,330 a year
- Job family
- Finance and accounting
Can agents do the work of financial risk specialists?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Finance and accounting: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SpreadsheetBench 2, 54.5% of tasks completed.
Direct evidence that disagrees: APEX-Accounting, 14.8% of tasks fully completed (Pass@1).
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 23%Analyze business or financial risksNot measured
- 8%Develop operational or technical procedures or standardsNot measured
- 8%Analyze business or financial dataNot measured
- 7%Advise others on business or operational mattersNot measured
- 5%Provide information to guests, clients, or customersNot measured
- 3%Assess characteristics or impacts of regulations or policiesNot measured
- 3%Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizationsNot measured
- 3%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in finance and accounting, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- 54.5%arito · 13 Sep 2026Emerging
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Retired
Their maintainers or a major evaluator stopped using them as a frontier measure. They do not count.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations.
- Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.
- Conduct statistical analyses to quantify risk, using statistical analysis software or econometric models.
- Confer with traders to identify and communicate risks associated with specific trading strategies or positions.
- Consult financial literature to ensure use of the latest models or statistical techniques.
- Contribute to development of risk management systems.
- Determine potential environmental impacts of new products or processes on long-term growth and profitability.
- Develop contingency plans to deal with emergencies.
- Develop or implement risk-assessment models or methodologies.
- Devise scenario analyses reflecting possible severe market events.
- Devise systems or processes to monitor validity of risk assessments.
- Document, and ensure communication of, key risks.
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