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

credit analysttocorporate investment banker

A credit analyst already meets 30% of what the corporate investment banker role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From credit analyst
30%
Overlap1
To corporate investment banker
10 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
68.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 68.7

This move: 68.7 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the corporate investment banker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the credit analyst 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A corporate investment banker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a credit analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain client debt records information skills
  • already held perform debt investigation information skills
  • already held develop investment portfolio management skills
  • already held examine credit ratings information skills
  • already held stock market business, administration and law
  • already held review investment portfolios communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the corporate investment banker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 business, administration and law 9 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held investment banking required
  • required, not held management consulting required
  • required, not held asset management required
  • required, not held business valuation techniques required
  • required, not held credit control processes required
  • required, not held funding methods required
  • required, not held mergers and acquisitions required
  • required, not held modern portfolio theory required
  • required, not held securities required
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held business loans optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
  • required, not held monitor stock market required
  • optional, not held analyse business plans optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on participation in financial markets required
  • required, not held provide legal advice on investments required
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held economics required
05 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a corporate investment banker 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held banking activities knowledge
  • already held develop investment portfolio skill
  • already held examine credit ratings skill
  • already held review investment portfolios skill
  • already held stock market knowledge
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held maintain client debt records skill
  • already held perform debt investigation skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held analyse business plans optional
  • optional, not held business loans optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
21 held skills the corporate investment banker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on credit rating skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse loans skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the credit history of potential customers skill
  • not needed by the target role apply credit risk policy skill
  • not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
  • not needed by the target role debt classification knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interview bank loanees skill
  • not needed by the target role interview techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain credit history of clients skill
  • not needed by the target role manage securities skill
  • not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role public offering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role synthesise financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
15 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 investment banking required
  • required, not held management consulting required
  • required, not held asset management required
  • required, not held business valuation techniques required
  • required, not held credit control processes required
  • required, not held economics required
  • required, not held funding methods required
  • required, not held mergers and acquisitions required
  • required, not held modern portfolio theory required
  • required, not held securities required
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held business loans optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from credit analyst

Full index of moves from credit analyst

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.