Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

accounting assistanttobilling clerk

A accounting assistant already meets 37% of what the billing clerk role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From accounting assistant
37%
Overlap1
To billing clerk
8 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
56.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.7/ 100

1 Share of the billing clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the accounting assistant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A billing clerk role treats 5 of its required skills as things a accounting assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • allocate bills
  • follow up accounts receivables
  • handle financial transactions
  • maintain financial records
  • use office systems

What stands in the way is 7 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A billing clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a accounting assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held follow up accounts receivables information skills
  • already held allocate bills management skills
  • already held prepare financial statements information skills
  • already held use office systems management skills
  • already held manage accounts management skills
  • already held interpret financial statements information skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the billing clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held file documents required
  • required, not held fill out forms required
  • required, not held maintain credit history of clients required
  • required, not held maintain customer records required
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held assess debtor's financial situation optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held financial department processes required
  • required, not held financial capability required
03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held organise business documents required
  • optional, not held count money optional
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held interview bank loanees optional
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a billing clerk 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held allocate bills skill
  • already held follow up accounts receivables skill
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held maintain financial records skill
  • already held use office systems skill
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held manage accounts skill
  • already held prepare financial statements skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create a financial report optional
  • optional, not held assess debtor's financial situation optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held count money optional
  • optional, not held handle petty cash optional
  • optional, not held interview bank loanees optional
  • optional, not held process payments optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
32 held skills the billing clerk 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 attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate tax skill
  • not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consumer goods industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role depreciation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
  • not needed by the target role identify accounting errors skill
  • not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
  • not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain register of shareholders skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain statutory books skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cash desk skill
  • not needed by the target role manage corporate bank accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage payroll reports skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the general ledger skill
  • not needed by the target role perform account allocation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform business research skill
  • not needed by the target role perform cost accounting activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dunning activities skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare tax returns forms skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare trial accounting balances skill
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use accounting systems skill
2 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held financial department processes required
  • required, not held financial capability required
Index

Other moves recorded from accounting assistant

Full index of moves from accounting assistant

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.