Question: I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."

Thanks in anticipation.

Answer: 
**avaricious** [TFD](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/avaricious)

adj

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> immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy.
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> When you put the most **avaricious** in charge, they use the tools of
>  governance to further enrich themselves. New York Times Dec 7, 2018
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*Financially motivated* typically refers to cash-strapped sellers and suggests you can get what ever they are selling at a bargain. In this sense, *desperate* is about right. But you seem to be looking for something like a person who's *all business*. 

I suggest the idiom *sees dollar signs* - he does his job well when he sees dollar signs.

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> The White House Sees Only Dollar Signs in the Arctic 
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[The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/opinion/the-white-house-sees-only-dollar-signs-in-the-arctic.html)

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> Twista Sees Dollar Signs on 'Stackin Paper': Premierete 
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<https://www.zerchoo.com/music/twista-sees-dollar-signs-on-stackin-paperpremiere/> 

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> Law firm sees dollar signs in drone technology 
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<https://finance-commerce.com/2014/08/law-firm-sees-dollar-signs-in-drone-technology/>