Credit analyst to corporate treasurer
A credit analyst already meets 37% of what the corporate treasurer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.6/ 100
1 How much of what a corporate treasurer is expected to do is already part of a credit analyst’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 corporate treasurer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A corporate treasurer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a credit analyst already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- financial forecasting
- financial statements
- interpret financial statements
- investment analysis
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 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A corporate treasurer 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.
- already held advise on credit rating communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held public offering business, administration and law
- already held manage securities management skills
- already held investment analysis business, administration and law
- already held stock market business, administration and law
- already held review investment portfolios communication, collaboration and creativity
All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the corporate treasurer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 4 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 create a financial plan required
- still to learn evaluate budgets required
- still to learn manage budgets required
- still to learn plan medium to long term objectives required
- optional, not held convert currency optional
- optional, not held develop revenue generation strategies optional
- optional, not held perform currency reserve management optional
- optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
- optional, not held handle cash flow optional
- optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
- still to learn financial department processes required
- still to learn treasury management system required
- still to learn financial analysis required
- still to learn liquidity management required
- optional, not held insurance market optional
- optional, not held property law optional
- optional, not held risk transfer optional
- optional, not held securities optional
- still to learn analyse financial performance of a company required
- optional, not held identify if a company is a going concern optional
- optional, not held create risk reports optional
- optional, not held manage currency exchange risk mitigation techniques optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
- optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
- optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
- optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
- optional, not held trade securities optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a corporate treasurer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 financial department processes study this
- 02 treasury management system study this
- 03 analyse financial performance of a company 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held financial forecasting knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held interpret financial statements skill
- already held investment analysis knowledge
- already held review investment portfolios skill
- already held advise on credit rating skill
- already held banking activities knowledge
- already held manage securities skill
- already held public offering knowledge
- already held stock market knowledge
- already held tax legislation knowledge
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held convert currency optional
- optional, not held develop revenue generation strategies optional
- optional, not held identify if a company is a going concern optional
- optional, not held perform currency reserve management optional
- optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
- optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
- optional, not held create risk reports optional
- optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
- optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
- optional, not held handle cash flow optional
- optional, not held insurance market optional
- optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
- optional, not held manage currency exchange risk mitigation techniques optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
- optional, not held property law optional
- optional, not held risk transfer optional
- optional, not held securities optional
- optional, not held trade securities optional
18 held skills the corporate treasurer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- 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 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 develop investment portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role examine credit ratings skill
- not needed by the target role financial engineering 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 maintain client debt records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain credit history of clients skill
- not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
- not needed by the target role perform debt investigation skill
- not needed by the target role synthesise financial information skill
8 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 financial department processes required
- still to learn treasury management system required
- still to learn financial analysis required
- still to learn liquidity management required
- optional, not held insurance market optional
- optional, not held property law optional
- optional, not held risk transfer optional
- optional, not held securities optional
Other moves recorded from credit analyst
- credit adviser 43% covered · substantial
- loan officer 42% covered · substantial
- mortgage loan underwriter 42% covered · moderate
- bankruptcy trustee 40% covered · substantial
- investment manager 38% covered · substantial
- insurance rating analyst 35% covered · substantial
- financial planner 32% covered · substantial
- mortgage broker 31% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a credit analyst become a corporate treasurer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A credit analyst already covers 37% of what a corporate treasurer is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 7 of which the corporate treasurer role treats as required.
What skills does a credit analyst need to become a corporate treasurer?
9 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is financial department processes.
How hard is the move from credit analyst to corporate treasurer?
Its learning distance is 62.6 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.