Japan Financial Specialist Salary Guide 2026

15 roles benchmarked against up to five published 2026 salary guides, with the typical agency fee beside every median.

Salary Consensus by Role

Median across published Japan salary guides, with the fee stacked on top

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1 USD = ¥157.25, European Central Bank rate for Oct 30, 2026

Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Credit Risk Managing Director	￥31,750,000≈ $201,900	￥25,000,000 to ￥45,000,000≈ $159,000 to $286,200	2	￥11,112,500≈ $70,670	￥42,862,500≈ $272,600
Market Risk Managing Director	￥29,250,000≈ $186,000	￥25,000,000 to ￥35,000,000≈ $159,000 to $222,600	2	￥10,237,500≈ $65,100	￥39,487,500≈ $251,100
Operational Risk Managing Director	￥27,000,000≈ $171,700	￥22,000,000 to ￥32,000,000≈ $139,900 to $203,500	2	￥9,450,000≈ $60,100	￥36,450,000≈ $231,800
Credit Risk Director	￥24,000,000≈ $152,600	￥20,000,000 to ￥32,000,000≈ $127,200 to $203,500	2	￥8,400,000≈ $53,420	￥32,400,000≈ $206,000
Market Risk Director	￥22,000,000≈ $139,900	￥18,000,000 to ￥29,000,000≈ $114,500 to $184,400	2	￥7,700,000≈ $48,970	￥29,700,000≈ $188,900
Operational Risk Director	￥21,750,000≈ $138,300	￥18,000,000 to ￥28,000,000≈ $114,500 to $178,100	2	￥7,612,500≈ $48,410	￥29,362,500≈ $186,700
Credit Risk Vice President	￥17,625,000≈ $112,100	￥14,000,000 to ￥24,000,000≈ $89,030 to $152,600	2	￥6,168,750≈ $39,230	￥23,793,750≈ $151,300
Market Risk Vice President	￥16,375,000≈ $104,100	￥13,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $82,670 to $127,200	2	￥5,731,250≈ $36,450	￥22,106,250≈ $140,600
Operational Risk Vice President	￥15,625,000≈ $99,360	￥12,000,000 to ￥19,000,000≈ $76,310 to $120,800	2	￥5,468,750≈ $34,780	￥21,093,750≈ $134,100
Credit Risk Associate	￥11,375,000≈ $72,340	￥8,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $50,870 to $89,030	2	￥3,981,250≈ $25,320	￥15,356,250≈ $97,650
Market Risk Associate	￥11,250,000≈ $71,540	￥8,500,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $54,050 to $89,030	2	￥3,937,500≈ $25,040	￥15,187,500≈ $96,580
Operational Risk Associate	￥10,250,000≈ $65,180	￥7,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $44,520 to $82,670	2	￥3,587,500≈ $22,810	￥13,837,500≈ $88,000
Credit Risk Analyst	￥7,750,000≈ $49,280	￥5,500,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $34,980 to $69,950	2	￥2,712,500≈ $17,250	￥10,462,500≈ $66,530
Market Risk Analyst	￥7,375,000≈ $46,900	￥5,500,000 to ￥9,000,000≈ $34,980 to $57,230	2	￥2,581,250≈ $16,410	￥9,956,250≈ $63,310
Operational Risk Analyst	￥6,875,000≈ $43,720	￥5,500,000 to ￥8,000,000≈ $34,980 to $50,870	2	￥2,406,250≈ $15,300	￥9,281,250≈ $59,020

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 532 Financial Specialist postings we track, at 113 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
11%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
3%
No mention
86%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
5%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
20%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
7%
Mentioned, level not specified
12%
No mention
56%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Asset Management
34%
Excel
27%
Investment Banking / M&A
24%
Risk Management
22%
Compliance
13%
PowerPoint
12%
Stakeholder Management
12%
Data Analysis
11%
Derivatives
9%
Private Equity
6%

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Project Management
6%
Portfolio Management
5%
Regulatory Reporting
5%
Fixed Income
3%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

University degree
14%
5-9 years of experience
13%
3-4 years of experience
13%
1-2 years of experience
9%
Master's degree
9%
10+ years of experience
5%
Management experience
5%

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