Will AI replace Treasurers and Controllers?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
41/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 66% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 12% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 64% of the work
What the job involves
Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(3)
- Prepare or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies.
- Maintain current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, federal and state policies and directives, and current accounting standards.
- Analyze the financial details of past, present, and expected operations to identify development opportunities and areas where improvement is needed.
Within reach(12)
- Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations.
- Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.
- Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities, such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting.
- Coordinate and direct the financial planning, budgeting, procurement, or investment activities of all or part of an organization.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing personnel actions, such as promotions and dismissals.
and 7 more
Out of reach(7)
- Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met.
- Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities.
- Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments.
- Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Receive cash and checks and make deposits.
and 2 more
Also called
Controller · Comptroller · Treasurer · Corporate Controller · School Treasurer · City Comptroller · City Controller · City Treasurer
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- Budget Analysts64/100
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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