Job prospects Finance Director in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Financial managers (NOC 10010) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Financial managers in Manitoba:

• Approximately 1,900 people work in this occupation.
• Financial managers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 18%
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services (NAICS 5412): 8%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 7%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 90% of financial managers work all year, while 10% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 50 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 42% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 57% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 17% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 19% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 40% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 16% compared to 8% for all occupations

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