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

bookkeepertofinancial fraud examiner

A bookkeeper already meets 22% of what the financial fraud examiner role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From bookkeeper
22%
Overlap1
To financial fraud examiner
6 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
69.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 69.4

This move: 69.4 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the financial fraud examiner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the bookkeeper 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A financial fraud examiner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a bookkeeper background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held identify accounting errors information skills
  • already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions information skills
  • already held prepare financial statements information skills
  • already held interpret financial statements information skills
  • already held financial statements business, administration and law
  • already held tax legislation business, administration and law

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the financial fraud examiner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct financial audits required
  • required, not held detect financial crime required
  • required, not held perform forensic accounting required
  • required, not held prepare financial auditing reports required
  • required, not held trace financial transactions required
  • optional, not held identify if a company is a going concern optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held interpret law required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
03 services 2 required
  • required, not held forensic intelligence required
  • required, not held fraud detection required
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held banking activities required
  • optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held international financial reporting standards optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held national generally accepted accounting principles optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage corporate bank accounts required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a financial fraud examiner 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held identify accounting errors skill
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • already held prepare financial statements skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
  • optional, not held identify if a company is a going concern optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held international financial reporting standards optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held national generally accepted accounting principles optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
30 held skills the financial fraud examiner 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 allocate bills skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate tax skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role depreciation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
  • not needed by the target role follow up accounts receivables skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role handle petty cash 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 financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cash desk 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 organise business documents skill
  • not needed by the target role perform balance sheet operations 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 support development of annual budget skill
  • not needed by the target role use accounting systems skill
11 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 banking activities required
  • required, not held forensic intelligence required
  • required, not held fraud detection required
  • optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
  • optional, not held financial products optional
  • optional, not held international financial reporting standards optional
  • optional, not held international law optional
  • optional, not held national generally accepted accounting principles optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from bookkeeper

Full index of moves from bookkeeper

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.