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    Financial Risk Specialists
    Today's Date: 6/10/2024
    Exclude this category Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.

    Exclude this category Bachelor's degree

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    Exclude this category Basic Skills
    • Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
    • Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
    • Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
    • Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
    • Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems.
    • Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
    • Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
    • Science Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
    • Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
    • Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

    Social Skills
    • Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
    • Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
    • Negotiation Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
    • Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
    • Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
    • Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

    Complex Problem Solving Skills
    • Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

    Technical Skills
    • Equipment Maintenance Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
    • Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
    • Installation Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
    • Operation and Control Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
    • Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
    • Operations Monitoring Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
    • Programming Writing computer programs for various purposes.
    • Quality Control Analysis Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
    • Repairing Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
    • Technology Design Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
    • Troubleshooting Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

    Systems Skills
    • Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
    • Systems Analysis Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
    • Systems Evaluation Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

    Resource Management Skills
    • Management of Financial Resources Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
    • Management of Material Resources Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
    • Management of Personnel Resources Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
    • Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.

    Desktop Computer Skills
  • SpreadsheetsUsing a computer application to enter, manipulate, and format text and numerical data; insert, delete, and manipulate cells, rows, and columns; and create and save worksheets, charts, and graphs.
  • PresentationsUsing a computer application to create, manipulate, edit, and show virtual slide presentations.
  • InternetNavigating the Internet to find information, including the ability to open and configure standard browsers; use searches, hypertext references, and transfer protocols; and send and retrieve electronic mail (e-mail).
  • NavigationUsing scroll bars, a mouse, and dialog boxes to work within the computer's operating system. Being able to access and switch between applications and files of interest.
  • Word ProcessingUsing a computer application to type text, insert pictures, format, edit, print, save, and retrieve word processing documents.
  • GraphicsWorking with pictures in graphics programs or other applications, including creating simple graphics, manipulating the appearance, and inserting graphics into other programs.
  • DatabasesUsing a computer application to manage large amounts of information, including creating and editing simple databases, inputting data, retrieving specific records, and creating reports to communicate the information.


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      Exclude this category Tools

      Desktop calculator
      • 10-key calculators

      Desktop computers
      • Desktop computers

      Laser fax machine
      • Laser facsimile machines

      Notebook computers
      • Laptop computers
      • Notebook computers

      Personal computers
      • Personal computers

      Technology

      Analytical or scientific software
      • Analyse-it
      • Aptech Systems GAUSS
      • Data visualization software
      • Decisioneering Crystal Ball
      • Genetic algorithm software
      • IBM SPSS Statistics
      • Insightful S-PLUS
      • Keypoint DataDesk
      • Mathematical software
      • Neural network modeling software
      • Palisade Evolver
      • Palisade StatTools
      • Pattern recognition software
      • SAS
      • SAS JMP
      • StataCorp Stata
      • The MathWorks MATLAB
      • Ward Systems Group GeneHunter
      • Ward Systems Group NeuralShell Predictor
      • Wolfram Research Mathematica

      Data base user interface and query software
      • Amazon Web Services AWS software
      • FileMaker Pro
      • IBM Lotus Approach
      • Microsoft Access
      • Microsoft SQL Server
      • Oracle Database
      • ServiceNow
      • Structured query language SQL
      • Yardi software

      Enterprise resource planning ERP software
      • Management information systems MIS
      • Microsoft Dynamics
      • Microsoft Dynamics GP
      • NetSuite ERP
      • Oracle Fusion Applications
      • Oracle Hyperion
      • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
      • Oracle PeopleSoft
      • Oracle PeopleSoft Financials
      • SAP Business Objects
      • SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator
      • SAP software
      • SSA Global Infinium Financial Management

      Financial analysis software
      • Advanced Portfolio Technologies Report Builder
      • Advanced Portfolio Technologies Simulator
      • AnalyzerXL
      • Annuities analysis software
      • Aspen Graphics Technical Analysis Software
      • BizBench
      • BizPricer
      • Business Forecast Systems Forecast Pro
      • DealMaven Comparable Company Valuation Analysis
      • DealMaven M&A Accretion/Dilution One-Pager
      • DealMaven Modeling ToolPack for Excel
      • Delphi Technology
      • Derivatives Imagine Trading System
      • Derivicom FinOptions XL
      • Economic forecasting software
      • Experian Credinomics
      • Express Business Valuations
      • FinEng Solutions PerfoRM
      • FinEng Solutions Quantis
      • Financial modeling software
      • Fractal pattern analysis software
      • Genetic algorithm optimization software
      • Harland Financial Solutions DecisionPro
      • I-flex Solutions Reveleus Investment Performance Measurement
      • Innova Financial Solutions Derivatives Expert
      • Leading Market Technologies EXPO
      • Longview Consolidation
      • Longview Performance Management Platform
      • Longview Solutions Khalix
      • Market forecast software
      • MergerStat Control Premiums
      • MergerStat Price to Earnings Ratios
      • MoneySoft Corporate Valuation
      • Monte Carlo simulation software
      • Montgomery Investment Technology Bonds XL
      • Montgomery Investment Technology Exotics XL
      • Montgomery Investment Technology FinTools
      • Montgomery Investment Technology Options XL
      • Montgomery Investment Technology QuoteTools
      • Montgomery Investment Technology Risk XL
      • Montgomery Investment Technology SigTools
      • Moss Adams Profit Mentor
      • Mutual fund analysis software
      • NeuroSolutions Trading Solutions
      • OptionVue Options Analysis
      • Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
      • Palisade Bond @nalyst
      • Peer-to-Peer Financial Analysis
      • Pi Blue OptWorks Excel
      • Portfolio management software
      • Pricing software
      • Quantifying marketability discount QMD modeling software
      • RiskMetrics Group WealthBench
      • Securities analysis software
      • Spreadware Business Financial Analysis
      • Spreadware Business Valuator
      • Spreadware Pro Forma
      • Steele Mutual Fund and Variable Annuity Expert
      • SunGard BancWare
      • SunGard Kiodex Risk Workbench
      • TechHackers Convertible Bond @nalyst
      • TechHackers Credit @nalyst
      • TechHackers Exotic @nalyst
      • TechHackers Financial @nalyst
      • TechHackers IRO @nalyst
      • TechHackers MBS @nalyst
      • TechHackers Swap @nalyst
      • Tetrahex Fractal Finance
      • Tips Standard Securities Calculation Bond Analytics Module
      • Tips Standard Securities Calculation Mortgage-Backed Analytics Module
      • Trendsetter Software ProAnalyst
      • Unlimited Learning Resources Valusource Pro
      • ValuSource BIZCOMPS
      • Whitebirch Software Projected Financials
      • Wolfram Research Derivatives
      • Wolfram Research Mathematica Finance Essentials
      • Wolfram Research Mathematica UnRisk Pricing Engine

      Information retrieval or search software
      • Factiva
      • LexisNexis
      • S&P Capital IQ
      • Standard & Poor's Capital IQ Compustat
      • TradeTools Financial Market Databases
      • TradeTools Monthly U.S. Economic Database
      • Ward Systems Group NeuroShell Trader
      • dailyVest Investment Personalization Platform