Finance & insurance

The finance and insurance sector offers specialist support to their customers. These services support individuals and businesses to maximise profit and reduce financial risk.

Finance & insurance

Facts and figures

Finance and insurance employees deliver a wide variety of financial services to their customers. These roles include banking, insurance, risk management and investing.

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Careers in finance & insurance

Career progression

There are a wide range of entry level jobs across the professional services sector these include:

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Top skills requested by employers

Skills for professional services jobs can be split between ‘general’ skills and ‘specialist’ skill. General are transferrable between sectors and sought by most employers, whilst specialist skills are more focused on the sector.

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General skills

Communication

Management

Detail Oriented

Customer Service

Sales

Specialist skills

Finance

Accounting

Auditing

Invoicing

Financial Statements

Green jobs

Green finance & insurance

Many finance and insurance companies are working to become more sustainable and develop more sustainable products. There are green elements featured in many roles including:

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LMI & resources

Labour market information

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