Measurable impact on hiring outcomes
Bryq is a talent assessment platform built on peer-reviewed research and validated by I/O psychologists. It works for pre-hire screening across all financial services functions and for internal mobility decisions on current employees.
2x
Faster hiring
47%
Lower attrition
112%
Boost in DEI
Why credentials don't predict performance in finance
A finance degree tells you someone sat in the right classes. It doesn't tell you how they reason under pressure, how they handle a client who is panicking about their portfolio, or whether they catch the error in a spreadsheet three levels deep.
Bryq's cognitive ability assessment measures numerical reasoning, logical reasoning, attention to detail, and verbal reasoning directly. These scores predict on-the-job performance in ways that credentials do not.
A candidate with a strong numerical reasoning score and low attention to detail is a compliance risk. A candidate with high emotional stability and strong verbal reasoning is your next client relationship manager. Bryq gives you the data to make that distinction before the hire.
Emotional intelligence is the other half of finance hiring
Quantitative skill is necessary but not sufficient in most financial services roles. Client-facing staff need to stay composed in volatility, explain complex information simply, and build trust over time.
Bryq's personality assessment, based on Big Five research, measures emotional stability, interpersonal warmth, openness to feedback, and conscientiousness. These scores pair with cognitive data to give you a complete picture of each candidate.
AccountingProse uses Bryq to ensure every hire is analytically strong and a natural fit for client communication. Both halves, evaluated in 15 minutes.
The AI Fluency Assessment: now load-bearing in financial services
AI tools are moving into financial analysis, reporting, compliance review, and client communication. The analysts and advisors who can work effectively with these tools are already outperforming those who can't.
Bryq's AI Fluency Assessment scores candidates 0 to 100 across five dimensions: AI Task Strategy, Prompting and Interaction Quality, Critical Evaluation and Validation, Ethical and Responsible Use, and Workflow Integration and Output Quality. Three fluency levels (Aware, Functional, Advanced) calibrate to the role. Tool-agnostic, so it works whether your team uses ChatGPT, Copilot, or an internal model.
For compliance-heavy roles, the Ethical and Responsible Use dimension is especially relevant. For analyst roles, Workflow Integration and Output Quality tells you who will use AI to ship faster without losing accuracy.
Cut attrition. Keep institutional knowledge.
Financial services has a persistent retention problem. Onboarding is expensive, training timelines are long, and bad-fit hires cost more than in most other sectors. A wrong analyst hire can take 6 to 12 months to fully recognize and address.
Bryq cuts this risk by improving fit at the point of hire. Candidates who score well on role-fit profiles stay longer because the role actually fits who they are. Bryq customers report 47% lower attrition. That changes the economics of your talent pipeline.
Case Study:
Proof from Accounting Prose
Accounting Prose uses Bryq to hire financial staff who are analytically strong and effective with clients.
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