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

financial auditortoaudit supervisor

A financial auditor already meets 61% of what the audit supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial auditor
61%
Overlap1
To audit supervisor
19 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
40.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.9/ 100

1 Share of the audit supervisor 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 audit supervisor role treats 13 of its required skills as things a financial auditor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • arrange audit
  • corporate law
  • develop audit plan
  • financial statements
  • internal auditing

What stands in the way is 5 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 audit supervisor 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 arrange audit information skills
  • already held develop audit plan management skills
  • already held internal auditing business, administration and law
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles business, administration and law
  • already held pose questions referring to documents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held international financial reporting standards business, administration and law

All 19 carried skills, including the 13 the audit supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare audit activities required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held audit techniques required
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits required
  • optional, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues required
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
05 information skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a audit supervisor 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 analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • already held arrange audit skill
  • already held corporate law knowledge
  • already held develop audit plan skill
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held internal auditing knowledge
  • already held international financial reporting standards knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held pose questions referring to documents skill
  • already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held accounting department processes knowledge
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held conduct financial audits skill
  • already held financial department processes knowledge
  • already held follow the statutory obligations skill
  • already held make strategic business decisions skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
  • optional, not held audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
41 held skills the audit supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
  • 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 tax planning skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
  • 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 control financial resources skill
  • not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
  • 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 ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
  • 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 identify if a company is a going concern 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 international tariffs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role joint ventures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with shareholders skill
  • 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 obtain financial information 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 trace financial transactions skill

1 further entry not listed here

5 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 audit techniques required
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards 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.