Tax advisor to financial auditor

• already held accounting entries knowledge
• already held conduct financial audits skill
• already held inspect tax returns skill
• already held interpret financial statements skill
• already held observe confidentiality skill
• already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
• already held advise on financial matters skill
• already held advise on tax planning skill
• already held commercial law knowledge
• already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
• already held fraud detection knowledge
• already held international financial reporting standards knowledge
• already held make strategic business decisions skill
• already held national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
• already held tax legislation knowledge
• already held use consulting techniques skill

• optional, not held core banking software optional
• optional, not held identify if a company is a going concern optional
• optional, not held international tariffs optional
• optional, not held advise on credit rating optional
• optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
• optional, not held banking activities optional
• optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
• optional, not held develop financial statistics reports optional
• optional, not held ensure compliance with accounting conventions optional
• optional, not held ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information optional
• optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
• optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
• optional, not held financial management optional
• optional, not held financial products optional
• optional, not held financial statements optional
• optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
• optional, not held identify accounting errors optional
• optional, not held insolvency law optional
• optional, not held internal auditing optional
• optional, not held joint ventures optional
• optional, not held liaise with shareholders optional
• optional, not held maintain financial records optional
• optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
• optional, not held maintain trusts optional
• optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
• optional, not held produce statistical financial records optional
• optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
• optional, not held trace financial transactions optional

• 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 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 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 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 value-added tax law knowledge

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn accounting department processes required
• still to learn financial department processes required
• still to learn accounting required
• still to learn accounting techniques required
• still to learn corporate law required
• still to learn economics required
• still to learn financial analysis required
• optional, not held core banking software optional
• optional, not held international tariffs optional
• optional, not held banking activities optional
• optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
• optional, not held financial management optional
• optional, not held financial products optional
• optional, not held financial statements optional
• optional, not held insolvency law optional
• optional, not held internal auditing optional
• optional, not held joint ventures optional
• optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. A tax advisor already covers 27% of what a financial auditor is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 6 of which the financial auditor role treats as required.

16 required skills are missing, plus 28 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is monitor banking activities.

Its learning distance is 76.1 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.