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Managers · code 1211

Finance managers

Finance managers plan, direct and coordinate the financial operations of an enterprise or organization, in consultation with senior managers and with managers of other departments or sections, or of enterprises that provide financial services to other enterprises and organizations. Tasks include - (a) planning, directing and coordinating the financial operations of an enterprise or organization; (b) assessing the financial situation of the enterprise or organization, preparing budgets and overseeing financial operations; (c) consulting with the chief executive and with managers of other departments or sections; (d) establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources; (e) establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures; (f) planning and directing daily operations; (g) overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff; (h) representing the enterprise or organization in dealings with outside bodies. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Company secretary - Finance manager Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Financial institution branch manager - 1346 - Financial controller - 2411 - Management accountant - 2411

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 302 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • financial manager

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

62.7
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 37.3 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 37.3 = 62.7

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

8.5
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 3 US jobs

8.3
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 19.1 · hand skill 4.2 · cramped spaces 1.6 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 8.5 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 43.5, while the average is 37.3. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 43.5

    Assessing the financial situation of the enterprise or organization, preparing budgets and overseeing financial operations

    Low
  2. 41.5

    Planning, directing and coordinating the financial operations of an enterprise or organization

    Low
  3. 38

    Planning and directing daily operations

    Low
  4. 37

    Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources

    Low
  5. 36.5

    Representing the enterprise or organization in dealings with outside bodies.

    Low
  6. 36

    Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures

    Low
  7. 33.8

    Consulting with the chief executive and with managers of other departments or sections

    Low
  8. 32

    Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff

    Low

8 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

3 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
73.3
AI does it for you
45.7

Helping wins by 27.6 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 1321, 1322, 2212

Compared with similar jobs

There are 30 jobs in the “Managers” group, averaging 63.9. This one is below that.