Where an accounting manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an accounting manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Accounting managers assume responsibility for all accounting activities relating to financial reporting. They develop and maintain accounting principles and procedures to ensure timely and accurate financial statements, supervise accounting staff and manage the accounting activities within the appropriate time frame and budget.
Also known as financial director, head of accounts, accounts payable manager, financial accounts supervisor, accounting office manager, accounting department manager, accounting director, group accounting manager, financial accounting manager, cost accounting manager.
Managers 62 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: financial controller, 76%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An accounting manager needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- depreciation business, administration and law
- ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information information skills
- draft accounting procedures communication, collaboration and creativity
- supervise accounting operations management skills
- identify if a company is a going concern information skills
- explain accounting records management skills
- accounting entries business, administration and law
- ensure compliance with accounting conventions information skills
- national generally accepted accounting principles business, administration and law
- support development of annual budget management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an accounting manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- financial manager 75% covered · difficulty 35.6
- accountant 58% covered · difficulty 52.4
- budget manager 54% covered · difficulty 56.1
- financial controller 48% covered · difficulty 61
- accounting analyst 48% covered · difficulty 61.1
- financial auditor 46% covered · difficulty 63.1
- bookkeeper 31% covered · difficulty 74.6
- tax advisor 21% covered · difficulty 82.6
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Accounting manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an accounting manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.