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 = ¥154.55, European Central Bank rate for Sep 14, 2026

Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Credit Risk Managing Director	￥31,750,000≈ $205,400	￥25,000,000 to ￥45,000,000≈ $161,800 to $291,200	2	￥11,112,500≈ $71,900	￥42,862,500≈ $277,300
Market Risk Managing Director	￥29,250,000≈ $189,300	￥25,000,000 to ￥35,000,000≈ $161,800 to $226,500	2	￥10,237,500≈ $66,240	￥39,487,500≈ $255,500
Operational Risk Managing Director	￥27,000,000≈ $174,700	￥22,000,000 to ￥32,000,000≈ $142,300 to $207,100	2	￥9,450,000≈ $61,150	￥36,450,000≈ $235,800
Credit Risk Director	￥24,000,000≈ $155,300	￥20,000,000 to ￥32,000,000≈ $129,400 to $207,100	2	￥8,400,000≈ $54,350	￥32,400,000≈ $209,600
Market Risk Director	￥22,000,000≈ $142,300	￥18,000,000 to ￥29,000,000≈ $116,500 to $187,600	2	￥7,700,000≈ $49,820	￥29,700,000≈ $192,200
Operational Risk Director	￥21,750,000≈ $140,700	￥18,000,000 to ￥28,000,000≈ $116,500 to $181,200	2	￥7,612,500≈ $49,260	￥29,362,500≈ $190,000
Credit Risk Vice President	￥17,625,000≈ $114,000	￥14,000,000 to ￥24,000,000≈ $90,590 to $155,300	2	￥6,168,750≈ $39,910	￥23,793,750≈ $154,000
Market Risk Vice President	￥16,375,000≈ $106,000	￥13,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $84,120 to $129,400	2	￥5,731,250≈ $37,080	￥22,106,250≈ $143,000
Operational Risk Vice President	￥15,625,000≈ $101,100	￥12,000,000 to ￥19,000,000≈ $77,650 to $122,900	2	￥5,468,750≈ $35,390	￥21,093,750≈ $136,500
Credit Risk Associate	￥11,375,000≈ $73,600	￥8,000,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $51,760 to $90,590	2	￥3,981,250≈ $25,760	￥15,356,250≈ $99,360
Market Risk Associate	￥11,250,000≈ $72,790	￥8,500,000 to ￥14,000,000≈ $55,000 to $90,590	2	￥3,937,500≈ $25,480	￥15,187,500≈ $98,270
Operational Risk Associate	￥10,250,000≈ $66,320	￥7,000,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $45,290 to $84,120	2	￥3,587,500≈ $23,210	￥13,837,500≈ $89,530
Credit Risk Analyst	￥7,750,000≈ $50,150	￥5,500,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $35,590 to $71,170	2	￥2,712,500≈ $17,550	￥10,462,500≈ $67,700
Market Risk Analyst	￥7,375,000≈ $47,720	￥5,500,000 to ￥9,000,000≈ $35,590 to $58,230	2	￥2,581,250≈ $16,700	￥9,956,250≈ $64,420
Operational Risk Analyst	￥6,875,000≈ $44,480	￥5,500,000 to ￥8,000,000≈ $35,590 to $51,760	2	￥2,406,250≈ $15,570	￥9,281,250≈ $60,050

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 378 Financial Specialist postings we track, at 81 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
7%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
3%
No mention
90%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
2%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
22%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
9%
Mentioned, level not specified
11%
No mention
55%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Asset Management
41%
Investment Banking / M&A
22%
Risk Management
20%
Excel
20%
Compliance
12%
Data Analysis
11%
Stakeholder Management
10%
Derivatives
10%
PowerPoint
9%
Private Equity
7%

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Project Management
6%
Regulatory Reporting
5%
Portfolio Management
5%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

3-4 years of experience
16%
University degree
13%
5-9 years of experience
12%
1-2 years of experience
9%
10+ years of experience
7%
Master's degree
7%
Management experience
6%

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