I've noted some people opining on this forum that it will take more time for NOC 1112 to fill up as many other finance related categories have opened up this year. I disagree! While many finance related categories have indeed opened up the jobs are very different and job duties hardly overlap.
For example, NOC 1111 is an accounting and auditors. To be an accountant or an auditor you need to either study accounting in a university or college or have a professional designation in the field (CPA, CMA, etc) and have at least a couple of years of experience (NOTE to apply for FSW, though, you need only 1 years' experience)
NOC 1112, on the other hand, entails either either financial analysis in a company (budgeting, forecasting revenue growth), or investment analysis (analyzing stocks, bonds,etc) in an investment bank or brokerage
NOC 1112 is very different from the duties NOC 1113 - brokers and dealers. Brokers and dealers serve as intermediaries between buyers and sellers and engage in market making (offering to buy and sell stocks and bonds based on market movements). They also do things like helping clients finance their stock purchases, etc.
What I say above is reflected in the number of applications sent according to the spreadsheet as well. 1112 has 101 applicants, whereas 1111 and 1113 have 24 and 4 applications, respectively.
So, what I am trying to say is that don't get into a false sense of ease or complacency thinking that because more finance related fields are opened up this year, people are going to apply to other occupations. If you have worked as an financial analyst, you simply can't pretend that you have worked as an account or broker!