credit union managertoinsurance product manager
A credit union manager already meets 52% of what the insurance product manager role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
52%
54.4/ 100
1 Share of the insurance product manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the credit union manager 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.
Why this move works
A insurance product manager role treats 14 of its required skills as things a credit union manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- corporate social responsibility
- create a financial plan
What stands in the way is 12 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A insurance product manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a credit union manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop investment portfolio management skills
- already held enforce financial policies management skills
- already held financial analysis business, administration and law
- already held review investment portfolios communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse financial performance of a company information skills
- already held financial statements business, administration and law
All 19 carried skills, including the 14 the insurance product manager role treats as required.
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.
- required, not held principles of insurance required
- required, not held sales strategies required
- required, not held financial products required
- required, not held insurance law required
- required, not held insurance market required
- required, not held marketing management required
- required, not held types of insurance required
- optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
- required, not held develop financial products required
- required, not held supervise sales activities required
- required, not held plan marketing campaigns required
- required, not held promote financial products required
- required, not held create insurance policies required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held sell insurance optional
- optional, not held create cooperation modalities optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held obtain financial information optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a insurance product manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop financial products skill · sector specific
- 02 principles of insurance knowledge · sector specific
- 03 promote financial products skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held advise on financial matters skill
- already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held enforce financial policies skill
- already held financial analysis knowledge
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage financial risk skill
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held develop investment portfolio skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held review investment portfolios skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
- optional, not held sell insurance optional
- optional, not held create cooperation modalities optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
- optional, not held obtain financial information optional
- optional, not held perform market research optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
24 held skills the insurance product manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply credit risk policy skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role business loans knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with banking professionals skill
- not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
- not needed by the target role create credit policy skill
- not needed by the target role credit control processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role debt collection techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role debt systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role impart business plans to collaborators 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 liaise with board members skill
- not needed by the target role maintain credit history of clients skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role make investment decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage credit union operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage loan applications skill
- not needed by the target role mortgage loans knowledge
- not needed by the target role securities knowledge
- not needed by the target role train employees 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.
- required, not held principles of insurance required
- required, not held sales strategies required
- required, not held financial products required
- required, not held insurance law required
- required, not held insurance market required
- required, not held marketing management required
- required, not held types of insurance required
- optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
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.