Where a bookkeeper can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bookkeeper already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Bookkeepers record and assemble the day-to-day financial transactions of an organisation or company, consisting usually of sales, purchases, payments and receipts. They ensure all financial transactions are documented in the appropriate (day) book and general ledger, and that they are balanced out. Bookkeepers prepare the recorded books and ledgers with financial transactions for an accountant to then analyse balance sheets and income statements.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 72%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 3difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 36required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- tax clerk 41% covered · difficulty 55.1
- financial controller 39% covered · difficulty 59.4
- accounting manager 31% covered · difficulty 74.6
- tax inspector 29% covered · difficulty 63.8
- accounting analyst 29% covered · difficulty 69.6
- budget manager 24% covered · difficulty 77.4
- tax advisor 24% covered · difficulty 74.7
- financial fraud examiner 22% covered · difficulty 69.4
- financial auditor 21% covered · difficulty 80.1
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bookkeeper is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a bookkeeper already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.