public finance accountanttodefence administration officer
A public finance accountant already meets 33% of what the defence administration officer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
33%
60.2/ 100
1 Share of the defence administration officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the public finance accountant 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 defence administration officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a public finance accountant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accounting techniques
- budgetary principles
- manage accounts
- manage administrative systems
- manage staff
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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A defence administration officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public finance accountant background worth leading with.
- already held manage administrative systems management skills
- already held manage accounts management skills
- already held budgetary principles business, administration and law
- already held accounting techniques business, administration and law
- already held manage budgets management skills
- already held manage staff management skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the defence administration officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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 ensure compliance with policies required
- required, not held recruit employees required
- optional, not held manage military logistics optional
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- required, not held military logistics required
- required, not held personnel management required
- required, not held keep task records required
- optional, not held analyse logistic needs optional
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
- required, not held military code required
- required, not held document management required
- optional, not held ensure information security optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a defence administration officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 document management knowledge · sector specific
- 02 ensure compliance with policies skill · cross sector
- 03 keep task records skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held accounting techniques knowledge
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held manage accounts skill
- already held manage administrative systems skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage budgets skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held assist in military logistics optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse logistic needs optional
- optional, not held assist in military logistics optional
- optional, not held manage military logistics optional
- optional, not held supervise the maintenance of military equipment optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held ensure information security optional
- optional, not held fix meetings optional
- optional, not held monitor military equipment use optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
22 held skills the defence administration officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
- not needed by the target role bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate tax skill
- not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations 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 create a financial report skill
- not needed by the target role debt classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role debt systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop account strategy skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
- not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
- not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role monitor financial accounts skill
- not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
- not needed by the target role public law knowledge
- not needed by the target role tax legislation knowledge
4 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 document management required
- required, not held military code required
- required, not held military logistics required
- required, not held personnel management required
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.