Career Overlap Transition record
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Accounting analyst to corporate treasurer

An accounting analyst already meets 48% of what the corporate treasurer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From accounting analyst
48 % overlap
Partial match
To corporate treasurer
15 You already bring
6 Still to learn
40 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.5/ 100

1 How much of what a corporate treasurer is expected to do is already part of an accounting analyst’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the corporate treasurer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A corporate treasurer role treats 10 of its required skills as things an accounting analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • analyse financial risk
  • evaluate budgets
  • financial department processes
  • financial statements
  • interpret financial statements

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A corporate treasurer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an accounting analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held treasury management system business, administration and law
  • already held identify if a company is a going concern information skills
  • already held public offering business, administration and law
  • already held liquidity management business, administration and law
  • already held evaluate budgets management skills
  • already held financial department processes business, administration and law

All 15 carried skills, including the 10 the corporate treasurer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 management skills 3 required, 7 supplementary
  • still to learn create a financial plan required
  • still to learn manage budgets required
  • still to learn plan medium to long term objectives required
  • optional, not held convert currency optional
  • optional, not held develop revenue generation strategies optional
  • optional, not held perform currency reserve management optional
  • optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
  • optional, not held handle cash flow optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
  • optional, not held manage securities optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • still to learn financial analysis required
  • still to learn financial forecasting required
  • optional, not held banking activities optional
  • optional, not held insurance market optional
  • optional, not held property law optional
  • optional, not held risk transfer optional
  • optional, not held securities optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse market financial trends required
  • optional, not held create risk reports optional
  • optional, not held manage currency exchange risk mitigation techniques optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on credit rating optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
  • optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held trade securities optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a corporate treasurer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held evaluate budgets skill
  • already held financial department processes knowledge
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held investment analysis knowledge
  • already held liquidity management knowledge
  • already held review investment portfolios skill
  • already held treasury management system knowledge
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held identify if a company is a going concern skill
  • already held prepare financial statements skill
  • already held public offering knowledge
  • already held stock market knowledge
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held convert currency optional
  • optional, not held develop revenue generation strategies optional
  • optional, not held perform currency reserve management optional
  • optional, not held advise on credit rating optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
  • optional, not held banking activities optional
  • optional, not held create risk reports optional
  • optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
  • optional, not held handle cash flow optional
  • optional, not held insurance market optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
  • optional, not held manage currency exchange risk mitigation techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage securities optional
  • optional, not held property law optional
  • optional, not held risk transfer optional
  • optional, not held securities optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held trade securities optional
24 held skills the corporate treasurer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business processes skill
  • not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role draft accounting procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information skill
  • not needed by the target role explain accounting records skill
  • not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
  • not needed by the target role forecast account metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role global standards for sustainability reporting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role international financial reporting standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with shareholders skill
  • not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor financial accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform forensic accounting skill
  • not needed by the target role perform stock valuation skill
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise accounting operations skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn financial analysis required
  • still to learn financial forecasting required
  • optional, not held banking activities optional
  • optional, not held insurance market optional
  • optional, not held property law optional
  • optional, not held risk transfer optional
  • optional, not held securities optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from accounting analyst

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an accounting analyst become a corporate treasurer?

Yes, and it is a moderate move. An accounting analyst already covers 48% of what a corporate treasurer is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 10 of which the corporate treasurer role treats as required.

What skills does an accounting analyst need to become a corporate treasurer?

6 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is analyse market financial trends.

How hard is the move from accounting analyst to corporate treasurer?

Its learning distance is 52.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.