About the Observatory
A map of European finance for the people who do the work: what each role does, what it pays, which skills it needs and which rule changes are coming.
What you find here
- Roles: 173 roles in 15 families, each with its levels, skills and processes.
- Regulatory calendar: dated changes of rules and infrastructure, with the roles they affect.
- News: notes and analyses on what a change means for the work.
- Concepts: plain definitions of the terms the work uses.
- Salaries and take-home pay in 50 cities, opening soon.
How it works
Every figure and every date comes from a document anyone can open: official texts, public statistics and published guides. Each page lists its sources. The methodology explains how the catalogue and the salary model are built.
Choose your role once and every page puts first what matters to it. Your choice stays in your browser.
Independence
The European Finance Observatory is an independent project, not connected to any employer or client, and not affiliated with any EU institution. It names no company in its texts and gives no investment, tax or legal advice.