Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a budget analyst can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a budget analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Budget analysts monitor the spending activities of public and private institutions and companies. They prepare budget reports, review the budget model used in the company and ensure compliance with the budgeting policies and other legal regulations.

Also known as budget and policy analyst, budget accountant, budget officer, cost and planning analyst.

Professionals 23 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: cost analyst, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
cost analyst 39% covered financial controller 34% covered budget manager 31% covered corporate treasurer 22% covered public finance accountant 21% covered budget analyst You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from budget analyst, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a budget analyst already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A budget analyst needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • exert expenditure control management skills
  • support development of annual budget management skills
  • evaluate budgets management skills
  • financial department processes business, administration and law
  • use office systems management skills
  • identify process improvements management skills
  • develop financial statistics reports information skills
  • analyse financial performance of a company information skills
  • budgetary principles business, administration and law
  • assess financial viability information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a budget analyst does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Budget analyst is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a budget analyst’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.