Career Overlap Transition record
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Auditing clerk to audit supervisor

An auditing clerk already meets 45% of what the audit supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From auditing clerk
45 % overlap
Partial match
To audit supervisor
15 You already bring
9 Still to learn
37 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.3/ 100

1 How much of what an audit supervisor is expected to do is already part of an auditing clerk’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 audit supervisor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An audit supervisor role treats 9 of its required skills as things an auditing clerk already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • attend to detail in preparation for audits
  • audit techniques
  • communicate problems to senior colleagues
  • financial statements
  • interpret financial statements
  • observe confidentiality

What stands in the way is 9 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. An audit supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an auditing clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adhere to questionnaires communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held pose questions referring to documents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held attend to detail in preparation for audits assisting and caring
  • already held communicate problems to senior colleagues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held accounting department processes business, administration and law
  • already held financial department processes business, administration and law

All 15 carried skills, including the 9 the audit supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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 business, administration and law 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn corporate law required
  • still to learn internal auditing required
  • still to learn international financial reporting standards required
  • still to learn national generally accepted accounting principles required
  • still to learn tax legislation required
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
02 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse financial performance of a company required
  • still to learn arrange audit required
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
03 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn develop audit plan required
  • still to learn supervise staff required
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
04 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an audit supervisor 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 attend to detail in preparation for audits skill
  • already held audit techniques knowledge
  • already held communicate problems to senior colleagues skill
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held pose questions referring to documents skill
  • already held prepare audit activities skill
  • already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • already held accounting department processes knowledge
  • already held adhere to questionnaires skill
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held conduct financial audits skill
  • already held financial department processes knowledge
  • already held follow the statutory obligations skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
  • optional, not held audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
20 held skills the audit supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out inventory control accuracy skill
  • not needed by the target role document interviews skill
  • not needed by the target role enforce financial policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information security skill
  • not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
  • not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify accounting errors skill
  • not needed by the target role inventory management rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role process commissioned instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role revise legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role use free typing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
9 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 corporate law required
  • still to learn internal auditing required
  • still to learn international financial reporting standards required
  • still to learn national generally accepted accounting principles required
  • still to learn tax legislation required
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from auditing clerk

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an auditing clerk become an audit supervisor?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An auditing clerk already covers 45% of what an audit supervisor is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 9 of which the audit supervisor role treats as required.

What skills does an auditing clerk need to become an audit supervisor?

9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is analyse financial performance of a company.

How hard is the move from auditing clerk to audit supervisor?

Its learning distance is 55.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.