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Execute financial transactions

Work activity · O*NET

Execute financial transactions is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing Administrative Activities. 74 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Execute sales or other financial transactions
  • Process sales or other transactions
  • Process customer bills or payments
  • Process medical billing information
  • Conduct gaming transactions
  • Take customer orders
  • Issue money, credit, or vouchers
  • Pay charges, fees, or taxes

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 33.3% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 72.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 24th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Cashiers 6
Counter and Rental Clerks 5
Fast Food and Counter Workers 5
New Accounts Clerks 5
Online Merchants 5
Parts Salespersons 5
Customs Brokers 4
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers 4
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners 4
Pharmacy Technicians 4
Tellers 4
Waiters and Waitresses 4
Gambling Cage Workers 3
Gambling Dealers 3
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 3
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 3
Baristas 2
Bartenders 2
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products 2
Cooks, Fast Food 2
Cooks, Short Order 2
Customer Service Representatives 2
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers 2
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 2
Food Preparation Workers 2
Freight Forwarders 2
Insurance Sales Agents 2
Medical Assistants 2
Postal Service Clerks 2
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 2
Retail Salespersons 2
Accountants and Auditors 1
Advertising Sales Agents 1
Athletic Trainers 1
Billing and Posting Clerks 1
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1
Cargo and Freight Agents 1
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 1
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks 1
Credit Counselors 1

Showing 40 of 74 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 38 occupations in occupations that perform Execute financial transactions.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Food Preparation Workers Athletic Trainers Medical Assistants Waiters and Waitresses Parts Salespersons First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers Tellers Cargo and Freight Agents Customs Brokers Online Merchants Billing and Posting Clerks Customer Service Representatives AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Execute financial transactions., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Execute financial transactions." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/execute-financial-transactions

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Execute financial transactions. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/execute-financial-transactions

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-execute-financial-transactions,
  title  = {Execute financial transactions},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/execute-financial-transactions}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.