Will AI replace Financial Risk Specialists?
AI reaches most of this job’s work.
58/100
Very high exposure
More exposed to AI than 90% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 24% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 93% of the work
What the job involves
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.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(8)
- Develop or implement risk-assessment models or methodologies.
- Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports.
- Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.
- Inform financial decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.
- Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.
and 3 more
Within reach(21)
- Analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations.
- Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.
- Conduct statistical analyses to quantify risk, using statistical analysis software or econometric models.
- Consult financial literature to ensure use of the latest models or statistical techniques.
- Contribute to development of risk management systems.
and 16 more
Out of reach(1)
- Confer with traders to identify and communicate risks associated with specific trading strategies or positions.
Also called
Analyst · Equity Research Analyst · Risk Analyst · Risk Manager · Risk Specialist · Securities Analyst · Bank and Savings Securities Trader · Bond Analyst
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics