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

financial markets back office administratortosecurities broker

A financial markets back office administrator already meets 50% of what the securities broker role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial markets back office administrator
50%
Overlap1
To securities broker
17 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
50.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 50.7

This move: 50.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the securities broker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the financial markets back office administrator 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A securities broker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a financial markets back office administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held trade securities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide financial product information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held stock market business, administration and law
  • already held maintain records of financial transactions information skills
  • already held trace financial transactions information skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the securities broker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse financial risk required
  • required, not held analyse market financial trends required
  • required, not held assess risks of clients' assets required
  • required, not held forecast economic trends required
  • required, not held obtain financial information required
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
  • optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on financial matters required
  • required, not held apply technical communication skills required
  • required, not held protect client interests required
  • required, not held review investment portfolios required
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
03 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held create a financial plan required
  • optional, not held operate financial instruments optional
04 business, administration and law 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a securities broker 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held actuarial science knowledge
  • already held economics knowledge
  • already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • already held financial markets knowledge
  • already held financial products knowledge
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • already held securities knowledge
  • already held stock market knowledge
  • already held trade securities skill
  • already held accounting knowledge
  • already held banking activities knowledge
  • already held communicate with banking professionals skill
  • already held electronic communication knowledge
  • already held provide financial product information skill
  • already held statistics knowledge
  • already held trace financial transactions skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held operate financial instruments optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
  • optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
12 held skills the securities broker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
  • not needed by the target role foreign valuta knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle paperwork skill
  • not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage securities trading skill
  • not needed by the target role office administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role trade foreign currencies skill
2 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 modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index

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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.