The Task Exposure Indexv2026.Q3
Occupation · SOC 13-2054.00 · Job Zone 4

AI exposure: Financial Risk Specialists

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.

Reading this score

computed

53.4% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Financial Risk Specialists at the 91th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 3.3 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.

What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 30 tasks it averages 1.97 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.

The most exposed thing this job does is Draw charts and graphs, at 86.7%. The least is Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public, at 30.0%. A gap of 56.7% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.

Within business and financial operations occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 48 roles in the group is 47.1%, and only 12 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.

What would move this score. Of 30 tasks, 27 are currently banded exposed, 3 assisted and 0 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.

Task by task

30 tasks, O*NET 31.0
TaskExposedAssistedUntouchedImportanceBand
Draw charts and graphs, using computer spreadsheets, to illustrate technical reports.86.7%13.3%0.0%exposed
Monitor developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory.86.7%13.3%0.0%exposed
Provide statistical modeling advice to other departments.80.0%20.0%0.0%exposed
Gather risk-related data from internal or external resources.73.3%26.7%0.0%exposed
Inform financial decisions by analyzing financial information to forecast business, industry, or economic conditions.73.3%26.7%0.0%exposed
Maintain input or data quality of risk management systems.73.3%26.7%0.0%exposed
Develop or implement risk-assessment models or methodologies.70.0%30.0%0.0%exposed
Document, and ensure communication of, key risks.60.0%40.0%0.0%exposed
Identify key risks and mitigating factors of potential investments, such as asset types and values, legal and ownership structures, professional reputations, customer bases, or industry segments.58.3%29.2%12.5%exposed
Interpret data on price, yield, stability, future investment-risk trends, economic influences, and other factors affecting investment programs.58.3%29.2%12.5%exposed
Track, measure, or report on aspects of market risk for traded issues.55.4%32.1%12.5%exposed
Contribute to development of risk management systems.50.0%25.0%25.0%exposed
Develop contingency plans to deal with emergencies.50.0%25.0%25.0%exposed
Devise systems or processes to monitor validity of risk assessments.50.0%25.0%25.0%exposed
Evaluate and compare the relative quality of various securities in a given industry.50.0%25.0%25.0%exposed
Prepare plans of action for investment, using financial analyses.50.0%25.0%25.0%exposed
Analyze areas of potential risk to the assets, earning capacity, or success of organizations.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Conduct statistical analyses to quantify risk, using statistical analysis software or econometric models.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Determine potential environmental impacts of new products or processes on long-term growth and profitability.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Devise scenario analyses reflecting possible severe market events.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Evaluate the risks and benefits involved in implementing green building technologies.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Evaluate the risks related to green investments, such as renewable energy company stocks.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Recommend ways to control or reduce risk.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Review or draft risk disclosures for offer documents.45.0%30.0%25.0%exposed
Analyze new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.40.0%35.0%25.0%exposed
Produce reports or presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions, or recommend changes.40.0%35.0%25.0%exposed
Consult financial literature to ensure use of the latest models or statistical techniques.36.7%13.3%50.0%exposed
Confer with traders to identify and communicate risks associated with specific trading strategies or positions.35.0%40.0%25.0%assisted
Meet with clients to answer queries on subjects such as risk exposure, market scenarios, or values-at-risk calculations.35.0%40.0%25.0%assisted
Recommend investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the public.30.0%45.0%25.0%assisted

Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean. 30 task(s) lacked a usable O*NET weight and are shown but excluded from the weighting.

Where the score comes from

judged

Every task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.

DimensionMeanScale
Capability3.280-4
Embodiment0.050-3
Presence0.330-3
Accountability1.270-3
Context1.970-3
Verification cost1.750-3

What this means in practice

Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.

Occupations either side of this one

The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.

Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.