accounting assistanttobookkeeper
A accounting assistant already meets 83% of what the bookkeeper role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
83%
20.2/ 100
1 Share of the bookkeeper 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 this move works
A bookkeeper role treats 16 of its required skills as things a accounting assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accounting department processes
- accounting entries
- accounting techniques
- attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions
- bookkeeping regulations
- company policies
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bookkeeper 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.
- already held manage cash desk management skills
- already held prepare trial accounting balances information skills
- already held use accounting systems management skills
- already held follow up accounts receivables information skills
- already held depreciation business, administration and law
- already held allocate bills management skills
All 28 carried skills, including the 16 the bookkeeper role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 3 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.
- required, not held perform balance sheet operations required
- optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- optional, not held organise business documents optional
- required, not held commercial law required
- optional, not held financial department processes optional
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with accounting conventions optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a bookkeeper role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 commercial law knowledge · sector specific
- 02 perform balance sheet operations skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held accounting department processes knowledge
- already held accounting entries knowledge
- already held accounting techniques knowledge
- already held attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions skill
- already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- already held company policies knowledge
- already held depreciation knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held follow the statutory obligations skill
- already held identify accounting errors skill
- already held maintain financial records skill
- already held manage the general ledger skill
- already held prepare financial statements skill
- already held prepare trial accounting balances skill
- already held tax legislation knowledge
- already held use accounting systems skill
- already held allocate bills skill
- already held calculate tax skill
- already held follow up accounts receivables skill
- already held handle financial transactions skill
- already held interpret financial statements skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held manage accounts skill
- already held manage cash desk skill
- already held manage payroll reports skill
- already held prepare tax returns forms skill
- already held statistics knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held financial department processes optional
- optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with accounting conventions optional
- optional, not held handle petty cash optional
- optional, not held organise business documents optional
12 held skills the bookkeeper role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
- not needed by the target role consumer goods industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role disseminate information on tax legislation skill
- 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 corporate bank accounts 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 use office 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.
- required, not held commercial law required
- optional, not held financial department processes optional
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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.