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

financial managertopublic finance accountant

A financial manager already meets 69% of what the public finance accountant role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial manager
69%
Overlap1
To public finance accountant
18 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
30.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

30.7/ 100

1 Share of the public finance accountant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the financial 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

Why this move works

A public finance accountant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a financial manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting techniques
  • budgetary principles
  • conduct financial audits
  • control financial resources
  • create a financial report
  • financial forecasting

What stands in the way is 3 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A public finance accountant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a financial manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on public finance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor financial accounts information skills
  • already held bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law
  • already held debt systems business, administration and law
  • already held public finance business, administration and law
  • already held conduct financial audits information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the public finance accountant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect government incomes required
  • required, not held inspect government expenditures required
  • optional, not held calculate tax optional
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop account strategy required
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
03 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held debt classification optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
04 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held public administration optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a public finance accountant 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held budgetary principles knowledge
  • already held conduct financial audits skill
  • already held control financial resources skill
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held financial forecasting knowledge
  • already held monitor financial accounts skill
  • already held public finance knowledge
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held advise on public finance skill
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held debt systems knowledge
  • already held ensure cross-department cooperation skill
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held manage accounts skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage financial risk skill
  • already held manage staff skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held public administration optional
  • optional, not held calculate tax optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held debt classification optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
88 held skills the public finance accountant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role accounting department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on investment skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on risk management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tax planning skill
  • not needed by the target role align efforts towards business development skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse insurance risk skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends 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 budget for financial needs skill
  • not needed by the target role business loans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
  • not needed by the target role collect financial data skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with banking professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
  • not needed by the target role debt collection techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop company strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop financial products skill
  • not needed by the target role draft accounting procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role enforce financial policies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with company regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate profitability skill
  • not needed by the target role ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial management knowledge

48 further entries not listed here

4 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 public administration optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held debt classification optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from financial manager

Full index of moves from financial manager

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.