Also called: FINRA Examiner
Inspects stock brokerages for FINRA or the SEC to catch rule-breaking and protect investors.
You review a brokerage's trading records, interview its compliance staff and find that brokers were selling risky products to retirees.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance or accounting.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Accounting.
Growing much faster than average (about 17% over 10 years). Tracks financial examiners.
Medium risk for 10 years. Surveillance tools automate data review; examiners interview firm staff and judge whether rules were broken.
Classes: Accounting class, AP Government, Business class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2061.
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