At a glance
Description 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.
Alternate titles
- Analyst
- Bank and Savings Securities Trader
- Bond Analyst
- Business Risk Manager
- Compliance Risk Manager
- Corporate Securities Research Analyst
- Credit Risk Analyst
- Energy Risk Management Analyst
- Enterprise Risk Manager
- Equity Research Analyst
- Estate Executor
- Financial Risk Analyst
- Loss Control Consultant
- Loss Control Inspector
- Market Risk Analyst
- Market Risk Specialist
- Operational Risk Analyst
- Operational Risk Consultant
- Operational Risk Manager
- Operational Risk Officer
Alternate titles
- Risk Adjustment Analyst
- Risk Analyst
- Risk Control Consultant
- Risk Management Analyst
- Risk Management Consultant
- Risk Management Manager
- Risk Management Specialist
- Risk Manager
- Risk Specialist
- Securities Analyst
- Securities Consultant
- Securities Research Analyst
- Security Consultant
- Third Party Risk Manager
Average hourly wage $37.49 - $59.90
($77,980.00 - $124,600.00 annually)*
Annual total openings13
Total number employed183
A day in the life
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- 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.
Work tasks
- 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.
- Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports.
- Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.
- Evaluate the risks and benefits involved in implementing green building technologies.
- Evaluate the risks related to green investments, such as renewable energy company stocks.
- Gather risk-related data from internal or external resources.
- Identify key risks and mitigating factors of potential investments, such as asset types and values, legal and ownership structures, professional reputations, customer bases, or industry segments.
- Inform financial decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.
- Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.
- Maintain input or data quality of risk management systems.
- Meet with clients to answer queries on subjects such as risk exposure, market scenarios, or values-at-risk calculations.
- Monitor developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory.
- Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses.
- Produce reports or presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions, or recommend changes.
- Provide statistical modeling advice to other departments.
- Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public.
- Recommend ways to control or reduce risk.
- Review or draft risk disclosures for offer documents.
- Track, measure, or report on aspects of market risk for traded issues.
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Education & Training
Education Bachelor's degree
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Training None
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Regional Occupation Data
Data provided by CWRI
Total number employed
183
Average annual wage*
$77,980 - $124,600
Annual total openings
13
Average hourly wage*
$37.49 - $59.90
Total number employed
32
Average annual wage*
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Annual total openings
3
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Total number employed
36
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Total number employed
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Average annual wage*
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Job description details and pay & demand data for this occupation provided by CWRI, ONET, and Career Onestop.
Related Trainings
- University of Maine at Farmington
Training Type BachelorAddress- Central Maine Community College
Training Type Associate of Applied ScienceAddressMethod of Delivery- York County Community College
Training Type Associate of Applied ScienceAddressMethod of Delivery