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Where a cost analyst can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cost analyst already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cost analysts prepare regular costs, budgeting analyses and reports in order to contribute to the overall cost planning and forecasting activities of a business. They review and reconcile key balance sheets and identify new opportunities to save costs.

Highest coverage recorded: 60%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 2difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 33required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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cost analyst is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a cost analyst already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.