Occupations/11-3031.01

Treasurers and Controllers

Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

77%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

45%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

66%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met.

  • Mostly routine

    Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures.

  • Task

    Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations.
  2. 02Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments.
  3. 03Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities.
  4. 04Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met.
  5. 05Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures.
  6. 06Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities, such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.68
  • Degree of automation2.58
  • Time sitting4.64
  • Originality (ability)3.25
  • Conflict situations3.12
  • Hands-on objects/tools1.83
  • Outdoors / weather1.04
  • Disease exposure1.08
  • Decision freedom4.36

Top abilities

  • Written Comprehension4.12
  • Inductive Reasoning4.12
  • Written Expression4.00
  • Problem Sensitivity4.00
  • Oral Expression4.00
  • Oral Comprehension4.00
  • Near Vision4.00
  • Deductive Reasoning4.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.12
  • Active Listening3.88
  • Writing3.62
  • Speaking4.00
  • Mathematics3.75
  • Science1.25
  • Critical Thinking4.12
  • Active Learning3.62
  • Learning Strategies3.00
  • Monitoring3.88

CIP matches

30.1601Accounting and Computer Science30.7104Financial Analytics52.0215Risk Management52.0304Accounting and Finance52.0305Accounting and Business/Management52.0801Finance, General52.0806International Finance52.0808Public Finance52.0809Credit Management52.0810Financial Risk Management52.0899Finance and Financial Management Services, Other

Schools offering related programs

12 of 88 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$62,4004%96%

1 yr $166,516

2 yr $163,337

Master's · CIP 52.02

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$68,2004%96%

1 yr $166,356

2 yr $170,426

Master's · CIP 52.02

City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College

Chicago, IL · Public

Risk Management

52.0215

$4,600100%27%

1 yr $160,423

2 yr $189,565

Master's · CIP 52.02

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

Risk Management

52.0215

$15,20024%87%

1 yr $150,453

2 yr $143,744

Master's · CIP 52.02

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $150,006

2 yr $145,543

Master's · CIP 52.02

Howard University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$33,20053%65%

1 yr $112,701

2 yr $114,046

Master's · CIP 52.02

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$60,1004%96%

1 yr $88,639

2 yr $96,183

Master's · CIP 52.02

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

Risk Management

52.0215

$17,70018%93%

1 yr $87,942

2 yr $83,177

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

Risk Management

52.0215

$9,00017%91%

1 yr $76,041

2 yr $73,823

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

Risk Management

52.0215

$13,8009%92%

1 yr $73,549

2 yr $81,456

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$60,80011%91%

1 yr $73,112

2 yr $77,283

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private nonprofit

Risk Management

52.0215

$65,40012%95%

1 yr $67,660

2 yr $69,338

Bachelor's · CIP 52.02