Financial Institution Branch Manager (ANZSCO 149914)

On the Regional Occupation List and Core Skills Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Financial Institution Branch Manager on?

ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Financial Institution Branch Manager comes from:

Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process

What the assessment actually involves

Financial Institution Branch Manager is Group C, AQF Diploma or higher, under the family's standard four-pathway structure, on ROL and CSOL — reaching Employer Nomination, the graduate 407, the Skills in Demand main stream, Skilled Work Regional and Skills in Demand Regional, one of the broader-reaching codes in this family and unusual for including both the graduate and regional visas alongside direct sponsorship, a combination few other ROL/CSOL codes here carry.

Where these applications come unstuck

No mention of any personal financial-services licensing requirement was found on this code's own VETASSESS page in this research pass — a bank employing a branch manager typically holds the entity-level licensing itself, and nothing found here suggests the manager personally needs a separate licence. That is a gap in the research, not a confirmed all-clear, and an applicant should still check directly with the specific institution and role rather than assume no personal licensing applies.

An honest read on this pathway

The five-visa reach here — including both Employer Nomination and the Skills in Demand main stream, plus the regional and graduate options most ROL/CSOL codes lack together — makes this one of the strongest visa positions available to a manager role in this whole family. A genuine bank or credit union branch manager has real direct-sponsorship access; whether personal licensing applies on top is a separate question this research could not settle either way.

VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.

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