Occupation Atlasfinancial broker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c01cdf85-3ce0-4d12-ae86-e4e63493fafa
financial broker
Financial brokers undertake financial market activities on behalf of their clients. They monitor securities, financial documentation of their clients, market trends and conditions and other legal requirements. They plan buying and selling activities and calculate transactions costs.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.08
- C Conventional5.27
- S Social3.07
- I Investigative2.53
- A Artistic1.29
- R Realistic1.26
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 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (41-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
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.
- actuarial science
- advise on financial matters
- analyse market financial trends
- apply technical communication skills
- create a financial plan
- economics
- financial jurisdiction
- financial products
- maintain financial records
- manage financial risk
- obtain financial information
- protect client interests
- provide financial product information
- securities
- synthesise financial information
- trade securities
Optional (14)
- banking activities
- communicate with banking professionals
- communicate with customers
- conduct financial audits
- handle financial disputes
- handle financial transactions
- maintain records of financial transactions
- modern portfolio theory
- operate financial instruments
- optimise financial performance
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- provide support in financial calculation
- review investment portfolios
- trace financial transactions
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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