Risk analyst vs treasury analyst

The differences between risk analysts and treasury analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a risk analyst and a treasury analyst. Additionally, a risk analyst has an average salary of $81,484, which is higher than the $72,667 average annual salary of a treasury analyst.

The top three skills for a risk analyst include risk management, risk assessments and powerpoint. The most important skills for a treasury analyst are treasury, cash management, and ACH.

Risk analyst vs treasury analyst overview

	Risk Analyst	Treasury Analyst
Yearly salary	$81,484	$72,667
Hourly rate	$39.17	$34.94
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	71,284	50,817
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	4	4

What does a risk analyst do?

As a risk analyst, you will oversee the identification, assessment, and monitoring of risks that your company has been exposed to. You will evaluate financial documents, potential clients, and economic conditions to determine the level of risk in business decisions. You will be responsible for aggregating data from several sources to develop a comprehensive assessment and create reports, processes, and presentations to better present results. You are also expected to work closely with other team members to analyze and show data effectively.

What does a treasury analyst do?

A treasury analyst is an individual who manages and analyses the financial activities of an organization that can include cash flows, liability obligations, and assets. Treasury analysts are required to execute the daily cash management of the organization such as cash forecasting, investing of excess cash, and running a hedging program in interest rates. They must present monthly reports and daily briefings on cash flows to senior management and provide advice on the financial operations of the movement of cash. Treasury analysts also update treasury policies and procedures for the organization to comply.

Risk analyst vs treasury analyst salary

Risk analysts and treasury analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Risk Analyst	Treasury Analyst
Average salary	$81,484	$72,667
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $112,000	Between $52,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Connecticut	California
Best paying company	The Citadel	Google
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Automotive

Differences between risk analyst and treasury analyst education

There are a few differences between a risk analyst and a treasury analyst in terms of educational background:

	Risk Analyst	Treasury Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Risk analyst vs treasury analyst demographics

Here are the differences between risk analysts' and treasury analysts' demographics:

	Risk Analyst	Treasury Analyst
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 51.1% Female, 48.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 14.1% White, 68.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 14.1% White, 68.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between risk analyst and treasury analyst duties and responsibilities

Risk analyst example responsibilities.

Create programs in Java to automate trade execution and ensure market clear downloads are facilitate by the same.
Manage financial derivative models to ensure accurate calculation, structure and pricing.
Manage investigation and reporting of occurrences to applicable regulatory agencies when indicate and facilitate disclosure to patients and families.
Manage litigation through appropriate selection of counsel, developing strategic action plans a while monitoring an active trial calendar.
Manage treasury workstation steering team for automation of core treasury operations for increase reliability of financial reporting and decision making.
Use SAS and SQL to originate and maintain analytic data marts and automate reporting.

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Treasury analyst example responsibilities.

Develop, maintain financial models/applications (VBA Excel/Access) to automate and streamline business processes and perform financial analysis.
Administrate treasury /liquidity analysis, foreign currency transactions, EFT and ACH activity.
Serve as key decision-maker in management of corporate treasury functions for this brokerage service provider.
Perform month-end processes- including SOX quarterly compliance testing, internal controls testing for external auditors.
Perform cash forecasting activities to model future financial liquidity perform financial analysis to determine cash position, and daily bank reconciliations.
Compile foreign exchange rates for Hyperion team.

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Risk analyst vs treasury analyst skills

Common risk analyst skills

Risk Management, 19%
Risk Assessments, 6%
PowerPoint, 6%
Portfolio, 5%
Data Analysis, 4%
SAS, 3%

Common treasury analyst skills

Treasury, 17%
Cash Management, 16%
ACH, 5%
Treasury Operations, 4%
Reconciliations, 4%
Cash Flow, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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