Looks for things that could go wrong inside a bank, like system failures, fraud or human error.
You investigate why a payment system went down for two hours, calculate the cost and help design a fix.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics or a related field, then on-the-job training in the bank's risk and control processes.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems.
Growing much faster than average (about 8% over 10 years). Tracks financial risk specialists.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI scans incident logs for problems; interviewing teams and finding root causes of failures stays human work.
Classes: Business class, AP Statistics, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2054.
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