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

venture capitalisttocredit analyst

A venture capitalist already meets 40% of what the credit analyst role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From venture capitalist
40%
Overlap1
To credit analyst
13 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
57.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.2/ 100

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

  • analyse financial risk
  • analyse loans
  • apply credit risk policy
  • maintain client debt records
  • obtain financial information
  • perform debt investigation

What stands in the way is 10 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A credit analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a venture capitalist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held maintain client debt records information skills
  • already held apply credit risk policy assisting and caring
  • already held perform debt investigation information skills
  • already held budget for financial needs management skills
  • already held analyse loans information skills
  • already held develop investment portfolio management skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the credit analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 information skills 5 required
  • required, not held advise on risk management required
  • required, not held analyse the credit history of potential customers required
  • required, not held interpret financial statements required
  • required, not held maintain credit history of clients required
  • required, not held synthesise financial information required
02 business, administration and law 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held debt classification required
  • required, not held financial engineering required
  • required, not held financial statements required
  • required, not held insolvency law required
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held banking activities optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
  • optional, not held stock market optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on credit rating required
  • optional, not held interview bank loanees optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage securities optional
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a credit 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held analyse loans skill
  • already held apply credit risk policy skill
  • already held maintain client debt records skill
  • already held obtain financial information skill
  • already held perform debt investigation skill
  • already held analyse market financial trends skill
  • already held budget for financial needs skill
  • already held develop investment portfolio skill
  • already held examine credit ratings skill
  • already held financial forecasting knowledge
  • already held investment analysis knowledge
  • already held review investment portfolios skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held banking activities optional
  • optional, not held interview bank loanees optional
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held manage securities optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
  • optional, not held stock market optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
25 held skills the credit analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role actuarial science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business valuation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
  • not needed by the target role credit control processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role debt systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role decide on providing funds skill
  • not needed by the target role establish investment funds skill
  • not needed by the target role foreign languages for international careers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role funding methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role holding company activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investment banking knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role make investment decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role management consulting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role modern portfolio theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
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 debt classification required
  • required, not held financial engineering required
  • required, not held financial statements required
  • required, not held insolvency law required
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held banking activities optional
  • optional, not held interview techniques optional
  • optional, not held public offering optional
  • optional, not held stock market optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from venture capitalist

Full index of moves from venture capitalist

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.