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Finance

Banking, insurance, fintech, and capital markets — one of the highest-paying industries globally.

17 roles$168,824 avg salary24+ transitions
Roles

All Finance roles

Transitions

Popular transitions in Finance

moderate55% overlap
Lawyer → Risk Manager

Move into banking/insurance where legal skills command premium salaries.

12 mo-13% salary
easy74% overlap
Financial Analyst → Senior Financial Analyst

Natural progression from financial-analyst to senior-financial-analyst — same track, higher scope and compensation.

7 mo+40% salary
moderate57% overlap
Financial Analyst → Finance Manager

Fast-track jump from financial-analyst to finance-manager — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

21 mo+80% salary
easy77% overlap
Senior Financial Analyst → Finance Manager

Natural progression from senior-financial-analyst to finance-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

9 mo+29% salary
moderate51% overlap
Senior Financial Analyst → Controller

Fast-track jump from senior-financial-analyst to controller — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

21 mo+58% salary
easy78% overlap
Finance Manager → Controller

Natural progression from finance-manager to controller — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+23% salary
moderate56% overlap
Finance Manager → CFO

Fast-track jump from finance-manager to cfo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

21 mo+126% salary
easy80% overlap
Controller → CFO

Natural progression from controller to cfo — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+84% salary
easy76% overlap
FP&A Manager → Finance Manager

Natural progression from fp-and-a-manager to finance-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+0% salary
moderate51% overlap
FP&A Manager → Controller

Fast-track jump from fp-and-a-manager to controller — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

18 mo+23% salary
easy73% overlap
Investment Banker → Private Equity Analyst

Natural progression from investment-banker to private-equity-analyst — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+21% salary
moderate59% overlap
Investment Banker → Portfolio Manager

Fast-track jump from investment-banker to portfolio-manager — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

16 mo+46% salary
easy72% overlap
Private Equity Analyst → Portfolio Manager

Natural progression from private-equity-analyst to portfolio-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

9 mo+21% salary
easy74% overlap
Venture Capital Analyst → Corporate Development Manager

Natural progression from venture-capital-analyst to corporate-development-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+0% salary
moderate60% overlap
Venture Capital Analyst → Chief Product Officer

Fast-track jump from venture-capital-analyst to cpo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

23 mo+111% salary
easy80% overlap
Corporate Development Manager → Chief Product Officer

Natural progression from corporate-development-manager to cpo — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+111% salary
easy77% overlap
Credit Analyst → Risk Manager

Natural progression from credit-analyst to risk-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

11 mo+28% salary
moderate55% overlap
Credit Analyst → Chief Compliance Officer

Fast-track jump from credit-analyst to chief-compliance-officer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

13 mo+166% salary
easy77% overlap
Risk Manager → Chief Compliance Officer

Natural progression from risk-manager to chief-compliance-officer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+108% salary
easy79% overlap
Quantitative Analyst → Portfolio Manager

Natural progression from quantitative-analyst to portfolio-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+21% salary
easy71% overlap
Actuary → Risk Manager

Natural progression from actuary to risk-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

9 mo-14% salary
moderate54% overlap
Actuary → Chief Compliance Officer

Fast-track jump from actuary to chief-compliance-officer — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

23 mo+78% salary
easy77% overlap
Tax Manager → Controller

Natural progression from tax-manager to controller — same track, higher scope and compensation.

7 mo+42% salary
moderate57% overlap
Tax Manager → CFO

Fast-track jump from tax-manager to cfo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

21 mo+162% salary