Financial Quantitative Analysts, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here32
  • analyst
  • structurer
  • data analyst
  • equity analyst
  • finance analyst
  • research analyst
  • equity structurer
  • financial analyst
  • portfolio manager
  • financial engineer
  • model risk manager
  • predictive modeler
  • risk model auditor
  • investment associate
  • and 18 more
SOC code
13-2099.01
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
13 activities
Activities an agent can take on
5
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Financial Quantitative AnalystsSOC 13-2099.01
88% · agentMostly automatable
Mathematical model developmentWhat can do this →
85% · agentMostly automatable
85% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
78% · agentMostly automatable
35% · you keepPartly automatable
The team5 agents · 5 need no setup
Financial Analysis Agent
Python · R · Microsoft Excel
● No integration needed
Quantitative Modeling Agent
The MathWorks MATLAB · Python · SAS
● No integration needed
Research Reporting Agent
Microsoft Office software · Python · Tableau
● No integration needed
Risk Assessment Agent
R · IBM SPSS Statistics · Microsoft Power BI
● No integration needed
Technical Documentation Agent
Microsoft Visio · Docs · Microsoft Office software
● No integration needed
You keep this
Approve final model implementations and trading strategiesOwn accountability for risk management decisionsMaintain fiduciary responsibility for client portfoliosLead high-stakes negotiations with institutional clients

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Financial analysis and modeling88% · analysis and evaluation work · mostly automatable
Mathematical model development85% · analysis and evaluation work · mostly automatable
Research reports and documentation85% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable

The full activity list

All 13 detailed work activities O*NET records for Financial Quantitative Analysts, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.