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

tax advisortoaudit supervisor

A tax advisor already meets 30% of what the audit supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tax advisor
30%
Overlap1
To audit supervisor
10 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
68 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68/ 100

1 Share of the audit supervisor 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 audit supervisor role treats 6 of its required skills as things a tax advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • international financial reporting standards
  • interpret financial statements
  • national generally accepted accounting principles
  • observe confidentiality
  • prepare financial auditing reports
  • tax legislation

What stands in the way is 12 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 10 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 tax advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles business, administration and law
  • already held international financial reporting standards business, administration and law
  • already held prepare financial auditing reports information skills
  • already held advise on efficiency improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct financial audits information skills
  • already held make strategic business decisions management skills

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the audit supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 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 business, administration and law 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held audit techniques required
  • required, not held corporate law required
  • required, not held financial statements required
  • required, not held internal auditing required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop audit plan required
  • required, not held prepare audit activities required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
03 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
  • required, not held arrange audit required
  • 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
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues required
  • required, not held pose questions referring to documents required
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 3 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
  • optional, not held follow the statutory obligations 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held advise on efficiency improvements skill
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held conduct financial audits skill
  • already held make strategic business decisions skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes 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 audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
32 held skills the audit supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
  • 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 calculate tax skill
  • 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 commercial law knowledge
  • 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 disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • 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 manage payroll reports 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 prepare financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare tax returns forms 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
10 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
  • required, not held corporate law required
  • required, not held financial statements required
  • required, not held internal auditing required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes 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 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.