Financial Managers, Branch or Department
Direct and coordinate financial activities of workers in a branch, office, or department of an establishment, such as branch bank, brokerage firm, risk and insurance department, or credit department.
Also called: Banking Center Manager (BCM), Branch Manager, Credit Administration Manager, Vice President
Knowledge:
- accounting and economics
- management
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Achievement/Effort
- Persistence
- Leadership
Technology:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
- Fund accounting software
- Intuit QuickBooks
