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

tax inspectortotax policy analyst

A tax inspector already meets 38% of what the tax policy analyst role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tax inspector
38%
Overlap1
To tax policy analyst
15 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
61.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.4/ 100

1 Share of the tax policy analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax inspector 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 tax policy analyst role treats 6 of its required skills as things a tax inspector already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • cadastral taxation
  • corporate law
  • public finance
  • public law
  • research taxation procedures
  • tax legislation

What stands in the way is 11 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 tax policy analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax inspector background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held cadastral taxation business, administration and law
  • already held research taxation procedures information skills
  • already held advise on tax planning communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held disseminate information on tax legislation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held public law business, administration and law
  • already held bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law

All 15 carried skills, including the 6 the tax policy analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held company policies required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held business analysis required
  • required, not held strategic planning required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
02 management skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop organisational policies required
  • required, not held develop taxation policies required
  • required, not held supervise advocacy work required
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • required, not held politics required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on tax policy required
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor company policy required
  • optional, not held forecast account metrics optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tax policy analyst 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 cadastral taxation knowledge
  • already held corporate law knowledge
  • already held public finance knowledge
  • already held public law knowledge
  • already held research taxation procedures skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held advise on tax planning skill
  • already held audit techniques knowledge
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • already held fraud detection knowledge
  • already held office software knowledge
  • already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • already held use microsoft office skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
  • optional, not held advise on public finance optional
  • optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
  • optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held forecast account metrics optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
15 held skills the tax policy analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 collect tax skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct financial audits skill
  • not needed by the target role develop account strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial disputes skill
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions 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 keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cadastre skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor financial accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role numerical sequences knowledge
9 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 company policies required
  • required, not held organisational policies required
  • required, not held business analysis required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • required, not held politics required
  • required, not held strategic planning required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held financial forecasting optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
Index

Other moves recorded from tax inspector

Full index of moves from tax inspector

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.