AI exposure: Treasurers and Controllers
Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.
Reading this score
computed39.6% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Treasurers and Controllers at the 70th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.8 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 22 tasks it averages 2.08 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 Analyze the financial details of past, present, and expected operations to identify development..., at 73.3%. The least is Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel..., at 11.7%. A gap of 61.7% 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 management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 33 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 22 tasks, 16 are currently banded exposed, 4 assisted and 2 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
22 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze the financial details of past, present, and expected operations to identify development opportunities and areas where improvement is needed. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.50 | exposed |
| Compute, withhold, and account for all payroll deductions. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.78 | exposed |
| Perform tax planning work. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.45 | exposed |
| Prepare and file annual tax returns or prepare financial information so that outside accountants can complete tax returns. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 4.10 | exposed |
| Maintain current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, federal and state policies and directives, and current accounting standards. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 3.45 | exposed |
| Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.29 | exposed |
| Receive cash and checks and make deposits. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.55 | exposed |
| Handle all aspects of employee insurance, benefits, and casualty programs, including monitoring changes in health insurance regulations and creating budgets for benefits and worker's compensation. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.75 | exposed |
| Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.96 | exposed |
| Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities, such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.73 | exposed |
| Provide direction and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting and budgeting policies and procedures and efficient control and utilization of financial resources. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.38 | exposed |
| Prepare or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies. | 44.4% | 38.9% | 16.7% | 3.80 | exposed |
| Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met. | 42.5% | 32.5% | 25.0% | 4.39 | exposed |
| Determine depreciation rates to apply to capitalized items and advise management on actions regarding the purchase, lease, or disposal of such items. | 42.5% | 32.5% | 25.0% | 3.22 | exposed |
| Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.09 | exposed |
| Lead staff training and development in budgeting and financial management areas. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.20 | exposed |
| Monitor and evaluate the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing personnel actions, such as promotions and dismissals. | 25.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 3.45 | assisted |
| Conduct or coordinate audits of company accounts and financial transactions to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements and statutes. | 21.7% | 28.3% | 50.0% | 3.70 | assisted |
| Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments. | 20.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 4.17 | assisted |
| Coordinate and direct the financial planning, budgeting, procurement, or investment activities of all or part of an organization. | 20.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 3.90 | assisted |
| Supervise employees performing financial reporting, accounting, billing, collections, payroll, and budgeting duties. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 4.07 | untouched |
| Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 4.17 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery 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.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.79 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.18 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.98 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.41 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.08 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.64 | 0-3 |
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.