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

financial auditortoaccounting analyst

A financial auditor already meets 54% of what the accounting analyst role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial auditor
54%
Overlap1
To accounting analyst
19 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
48.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.4/ 100

1 Share of the accounting analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the financial auditor 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

Why this move works

A accounting analyst role treats 11 of its required skills as things a financial auditor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting department processes
  • accounting entries
  • accounting techniques
  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • analyse financial risk
  • check accounting records

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A accounting analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a financial auditor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information information skills
  • already held identify if a company is a going concern information skills
  • already held accounting entries business, administration and law
  • already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions information skills
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles business, administration and law
  • already held check accounting records information skills

All 19 carried skills, including the 11 the accounting analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 4 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 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held create a financial report required
  • required, not held analyse business processes required
  • required, not held monitor financial accounts required
  • optional, not held forecast account metrics optional
  • optional, not held perform forensic accounting optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
  • optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify process improvements required
  • required, not held explain accounting records required
  • required, not held supervise accounting operations required
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held draft accounting procedures required
  • optional, not held review investment portfolios optional
04 business, administration and law 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held investment analysis optional
  • optional, not held treasury management system optional
  • optional, not held liquidity management optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
  • optional, not held stock market optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a accounting analyst 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting department processes knowledge
  • already held accounting entries knowledge
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held check accounting records skill
  • already held financial department processes knowledge
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held international financial reporting standards knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • already held ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information skill
  • already held evaluate budgets skill
  • already held follow the statutory obligations skill
  • already held identify if a company is a going concern skill
  • already held liaise with shareholders skill
  • already held make strategic business decisions skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held investment analysis optional
  • optional, not held treasury management system optional
  • optional, not held forecast account metrics optional
  • optional, not held liquidity management optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held perform forensic accounting optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
  • optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
  • optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
  • optional, not held review investment portfolios optional
  • optional, not held stock market optional
41 held skills the accounting analyst 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 tax planning skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange audit skill
  • not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate with banking professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct financial audits skill
  • not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
  • not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop audit plan skill
  • not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify accounting errors skill
  • not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect tax returns skill
  • not needed by the target role internal auditing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role joint ventures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain trusts skill
  • not needed by the target role mergers and acquisitions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor banking activities skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role pose questions referring to documents skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • not needed by the target role present reports skill
  • not needed by the target role produce statistical financial records skill
  • not needed by the target role provide support in financial calculation skill
  • not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill

1 further entry not listed here

6 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
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held investment analysis optional
  • optional, not held treasury management system optional
  • optional, not held liquidity management optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
  • optional, not held stock market optional
Index

Other moves recorded from financial auditor

Full index of moves from financial auditor

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.