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

tax policy analysttotax clerk

A tax policy analyst already meets 32% of what the tax clerk role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tax policy analyst
32%
Overlap1
To tax clerk
9 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
62.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.6/ 100

1 Share of the tax clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax policy analyst 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 clerk role treats 4 of its required skills as things a tax policy analyst already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting techniques
  • bookkeeping regulations
  • fraud detection
  • tax legislation

What stands in the way is 9 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tax clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax policy analyst 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 policy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on tax planning communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held disseminate information on tax legislation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law

All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the tax clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held calculate debt costs required
  • required, not held calculate tax required
  • required, not held interpret financial statements required
  • required, not held prepare tax returns forms required
  • optional, not held assess seizable goods optional
  • optional, not held check accounting records optional
02 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held use accounting systems optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect taxation documents required
  • optional, not held inspect tax returns optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held debt classification required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held inform on fiscal duties required
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use spreadsheets software required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tax clerk 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held fraud detection knowledge
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held advise on tax planning skill
  • already held advise on tax policy skill
  • already held cadastral taxation knowledge
  • already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • already held research taxation procedures skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held assess seizable goods optional
  • optional, not held check accounting records optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
  • optional, not held inspect tax returns optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held use accounting systems optional
28 held skills the tax clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
  • not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop taxation policies 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 forecast account metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role government policy implementation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage government policy implementation skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor company policy skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organisational policies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role politics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role strategic planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise advocacy work skill
  • not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
3 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 debt classification required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from tax policy analyst

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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.