Occupation Atlasfinancial planner
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/21de0f3b-a71a-4263-a9ba-90c5f3721b4d
financial planner
Financial planners assist people dealing with various personal financial issues. They are specialised in financial planning, such as retirement planning, investment planning, risk management and insurance planning, and tax planning. They advise a strategy tailored to the client's needs. They ensure the accuracy of bank and other financial records while maintaining a customer-orientated approach and following ethical standards.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.85
- C Conventional5.61
- S Social4.07
- I Investigative3.27
- A Artistic1.69
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Personal Financial Advisors (13-2052.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse the credit history of potential customers
- apply technical communication skills
- assess risks of clients' assets
- banking activities
- budget for financial needs
- create a financial plan
- customer service
- economics
- financial forecasting
- financial markets
- handle financial transactions
- identify customer's needs
- interpret financial statements
- investment analysis
- maintain credit history of clients
- modern portfolio theory
- obtain financial information
- offer financial services
- provide financial product information
- provide support in financial calculation
- review investment portfolios
- synthesise financial information
Optional (44)
- accounting techniques
- advise on investment
- advise on tax planning
- analyse business plans
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse financial risk
- analyse insurance needs
- analyse loans
- analyse market financial trends
- assess debtor's financial situation
- assist in loan applications
- assist in will writing
- business loans
- calculate employee benefits
- collect financial data
- communicate with banking professionals
- consult credit score
- create banking accounts
- debt systems
- develop investment portfolio
- disseminate information on tax legislation
- financial jurisdiction
- financial management
- financial products
- foreign valuta
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- inform on interest rates
- maintain records of financial transactions
- manage financial risk
- manage pension funds
- monitor loan portfolio
- mortgage loans
- operate financial instruments
- prepare real estate contract
- principles of insurance
- protect client interests
- real estate market
- securities
- sell insurance
- stock market
- tax legislation
- types of insurance
- types of pensions
- value properties
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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