- Based on 10 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Risk Analyst in their career, on average, they have 1.12 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 2.6 years on average in this job building experience and earn $107K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Risk Analyst are Security Consultant, Business Analyst Intern and Risk Analyst. While Security Consultant isn't from the Risk/Statistics job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Senior Risk Analyst shown by Risk Analyst also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Risk Analyst are Risk Manager, Project Lead and Student based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Risk Manager, the most common step before Senior Risk Analyst, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Senior Risk Analyst, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Senior Risk Analyst.
- While Risk Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Risk Analyst that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Risk Analyst career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Senior Risk Analyst so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Risk Manager is from the same job family, Risk/Statistics as Senior Risk Analyst, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Project Lead also leading to Senior Risk Analyst.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Risk Analyst are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Statistics, Master Degree In Computer Science, and Bachelor Degree In Computer Science. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Risk Manager being on the path to and from Senior Risk Analyst. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Senior Risk Analyst is part of the Risk/Statistics job family which has a limited number of unique role types (14) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Senior Risk Analyst.