Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.

“Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.” is a core task performed by Treasurers and Controllers. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#16 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Advise others on business or operational matters. in Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.003% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 79% of that use is work-related
• 97% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Evaluate needs for procurement of funds and investment of surpluses and make appropriate recommendations. · importance 4.5
• Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments. · importance 4.5
• Prepare and file annual tax returns or prepare financial information so that outside accountants can complete tax returns. · importance 4.5
• Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and external accounting personnel to facilitate financial activities. · importance 4.4
• Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all legal and regulatory requirements are met. · importance 4.4
• Supervise employees performing financial reporting, accounting, billing, collections, payroll, and budgeting duties. · importance 4.3
• Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures. · importance 4.3
• Develop internal control policies, guidelines, and procedures for activities, such as budget administration, cash and credit management, and accounting. · importance 4.3
• Coordinate and direct the financial planning, budgeting, procurement, or investment activities of all or part of an organization. · importance 4.2
• Receive cash and checks and make deposits. · importance 4.2
• Prepare or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies. · importance 4.1
• Perform tax planning work. · importance 4.1
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of accounting and other financial staff, recommending and implementing personnel actions, such as promotions and dismissals. · importance 4.1
• Analyze the financial details of past, present, and expected operations to identify development opportunities and areas where improvement is needed. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Treasurers and Controllers page.

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Advise management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-8868}
}