Credit adviser to mortgage broker
A credit adviser already meets 56% of what the mortgage broker role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.4/ 100
1 How much of what a mortgage broker is expected to do is already part of a credit adviser’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 mortgage broker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A mortgage broker role treats 11 of its required skills as things a credit adviser already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- banking activities
- credit control processes
- interview bank loanees
- maintain client debt records
- maintain credit history of clients
- mortgage loans
What stands in the way is 10 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mortgage broker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a credit adviser background worth leading with.
- already held interview bank loanees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain credit history of clients information skills
- already held maintain client debt records information skills
- already held mortgage loans business, administration and law
- already held analyse loans information skills
- already held credit control processes business, administration and law
All 20 carried skills, including the 11 the mortgage broker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- still to learn inform on interest rates required
- still to learn moderate in negotiations required
- still to learn negotiate loan agreements required
- optional, not held protect client interests optional
- still to learn collect property financial information required
- still to learn monitor loan portfolio required
- still to learn examine mortgage loan documents required
- still to learn manage loan applications required
- still to learn decide on loan applications required
- still to learn real estate underwriting required
- optional, not held foreclosure optional
- still to learn actuarial science required
- optional, not held assist in loan applications optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mortgage broker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 actuarial science study this
- 02 collect property financial information practise this
- 03 inform on interest rates practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held banking activities knowledge
- already held credit control processes knowledge
- already held interview bank loanees skill
- already held maintain client debt records skill
- already held maintain credit history of clients skill
- already held mortgage loans knowledge
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held property law knowledge
- already held provide support in financial calculation skill
- already held securities knowledge
- already held tax legislation knowledge
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held analyse loans skill
- already held business loans knowledge
- already held communicate with banking professionals skill
- already held consult credit score skill
- already held debt systems knowledge
- already held examine credit ratings skill
- already held interpret financial statements skill
- already held synthesise financial information skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held foreclosure optional
- optional, not held assist in loan applications optional
- optional, not held protect client interests optional
27 held skills the mortgage broker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on credit rating skill
- not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
- not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the credit history of potential customers skill
- not needed by the target role assess debtor's financial situation skill
- not needed by the target role assess risks of clients' assets skill
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
- not needed by the target role consumer protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role credit card payments knowledge
- not needed by the target role determine loan conditions skill
- not needed by the target role develop investment portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
- not needed by the target role forecast future levels of business skill
- not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
- not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role microfinance knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor national economy skill
- not needed by the target role perform debt investigation skill
- not needed by the target role prepare credit offers skill
- not needed by the target role prepare credit reports skill
- not needed by the target role provide financial product information skill
- not needed by the target role review investment portfolios skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn actuarial science required
- still to learn real estate underwriting required
- optional, not held foreclosure optional
Common questions about this move
Can a credit adviser become a mortgage broker?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A credit adviser already covers 56% of what a mortgage broker is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 11 of which the mortgage broker role treats as required.
What skills does a credit adviser need to become a mortgage broker?
10 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is actuarial science.
How hard is the move from credit adviser to mortgage broker?
Its learning distance is 48.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.