Junior

Junior Financial Institution Treasurer

An entry-level treasury role inside a bank or credit union — supporting senior treasurers on liquidity monitoring, investment portfolio activities, interest rate risk, and the daily balance sheet work that defines treasury. Common entry into financial institution treasury careers.

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Job markets for Junior Financial Institution Treasurers
Employment concentration · ~390 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Junior Financial Institution Treasurer

Most days tend to involve support work on balance sheet management — running daily liquidity reports, helping execute investment portfolio transactions under senior direction, maintaining ALM models, and preparing materials for asset-liability committee. You'll often work under direct supervision, build reports and schedules for ALCO meetings, and learn the institution-specific treasury practices.

The variance between institution size matters — a community bank may have one or two treasury staff; a regional bank has specialized roles for liquidity, investments, and interest rate risk; a money-center bank's treasury function is sophisticated with capital markets access. Regulatory expectations (LCR, NSFR, IRR metrics, capital planning) shape day-to-day priorities.

People who tend to thrive here are comfortable with quantitative balance sheet work, patient with regulatory complexity, and capable of learning ALM modeling. CFA or CTP candidacy anchors career development. The work tends to offer a clear runway toward senior treasurer, ALM analyst, or chief risk officer paths, with the trade-off being the regulatory weight — for those drawn to the structural finance of how a bank actually works, the foundation is meaningful.

Working ConditionsAbove avg
AchievementAbove avg
IndependenceAbove avg
SupportAbove avg
RecognitionAbove avg
RelationshipsModerate
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying386 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Junior Financial Institution Treasurers (SOC 11-3031.01), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$86K–$208K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
819K
U.S. Employment
+14.8%
10yr Growth
75K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$77K$74K$72K$69K$66K201920202021202220232024$66K$77K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Judgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingSpeakingManagement of Financial ResourcesMonitoringActive ListeningMathematicsSystems Evaluation
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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