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Financial Manager

BLS: Financial ManagersSOC 11-3031Salary source: BLS OEWS May 2025
Career advancement roadmap

Your path to the next level

Bachelor's degree → entry role → credentials → graduate path → mid-level → senior-level.

  1. Recommended bachelor's path
    Finance
    Business
    Your academic foundation
  2. Entry-level role
    No entry-level role mapped yet.
  3. Credentials that advance you
    CPA
    Finance
  4. Graduate paths worth considering
    MBA
    Business
  5. Mid-level roleYou are here
    Financial Manager
    Mid
    2–5 years typical
  6. Senior-level role
    No senior-level role mapped yet.
Overview

Degrees that lead to this role

Career ladder

How the climb looks

  1. 1
    Financial Manager
    Current • you are here
    years
  2. 2
    Senior Financial Manager
    Next
    years
Salary

What you can realistically earn

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025SOC 11-3031View source
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Certifications

Credentials that advance you

Finance
High
CPA
Finance
Finance
Medium
CFA
Finance
Business/Finance
Medium
CMA
Business/Finance
Medium
FPAC
Master's degrees

Graduate paths worth considering

Business
High
MBA
Business/Finance
Medium
MS Finance
Business/Finance
Medium
MS Accounting

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