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

tax advisortoaccountant

A tax advisor already meets 28% of what the accountant role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tax advisor
28%
Overlap1
To accountant
15 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
75.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance A rebuild

75.8/ 100

1 Share of the accountant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax advisor 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 accountant role treats 8 of its required skills as things a tax advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting entries
  • calculate tax
  • commercial law
  • fraud detection
  • interpret financial statements
  • prepare financial statements

What stands in the way is 18 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A accountant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held accounting entries business, administration and law
  • already held prepare tax returns forms information skills
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles business, administration and law
  • already held manage payroll reports information skills
  • already held calculate tax information skills
  • already held international financial reporting standards business, administration and law

All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the accountant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 42 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held accounting department processes required
  • required, not held depreciation required
  • required, not held financial department processes required
  • required, not held accounting techniques required
  • required, not held bookkeeping regulations required
  • required, not held financial statements required
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
  • optional, not held liquidity management optional
02 information skills 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
  • required, not held check accounting records required
  • required, not held ensure compliance with accounting conventions required
  • required, not held identify accounting errors required
  • required, not held prepare trial accounting balances required
  • optional, not held keep track of expenses optional
  • optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held calculate production costs optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
03 management skills 4 required, 11 supplementary
  • required, not held attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions required
  • required, not held explain accounting records required
  • required, not held manage accounts required
  • required, not held perform balance sheet operations required
  • optional, not held resolve difficult account allocation cases optional
  • optional, not held check the production schedule optional
  • optional, not held manage inventory optional
  • optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
  • optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
  • optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
  • optional, not held manage revenue optional
  • optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held draft accounting procedures required
  • optional, not held consult with motion picture producer optional
  • optional, not held consult with production director optional
  • optional, not held liaise with auditors optional
  • optional, not held perform dunning activities optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held follow the statutory obligations required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held statistics required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting entries knowledge
  • already held calculate tax skill
  • already held commercial law knowledge
  • already held fraud detection knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held prepare financial statements skill
  • already held prepare tax returns forms skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held conduct financial audits skill
  • already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • already held international financial reporting standards knowledge
  • already held manage payroll reports skill
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held film production process optional
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held keep track of expenses optional
  • optional, not held resolve difficult account allocation cases optional
  • optional, not held check the production schedule optional
  • optional, not held consult with motion picture producer optional
  • optional, not held consult with production director optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held manage inventory optional
  • optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
  • optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
  • optional, not held advise on risk management optional
  • optional, not held calculate production costs optional
  • optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
  • optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with auditors optional
  • optional, not held liquidity management optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
  • optional, not held manage revenue optional
  • optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
  • optional, not held perform dunning activities optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
27 held skills the accountant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tax planning skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tax policy skill
  • not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cadastral taxation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect tax skill
  • not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role develop taxation policies skill
  • not needed by the target role inform on fiscal duties skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect tax returns skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect taxation documents skill
  • not needed by the target role international taxation of transfer prices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal finances skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate in legal cases skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
  • not needed by the target role research taxation procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role secure sensitive customer's information skill
  • not needed by the target role sign income tax returns skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role value-added tax law knowledge
11 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 accounting department processes required
  • required, not held depreciation required
  • required, not held financial department processes required
  • required, not held accounting techniques required
  • required, not held bookkeeping regulations required
  • required, not held financial statements required
  • required, not held statistics required
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
  • optional, not held liquidity management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from tax advisor

Full index of moves from tax advisor

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.