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

corporate investment bankertodividend analyst

A corporate investment banker already meets 43% of what the dividend analyst role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From corporate investment banker
43%
Overlap1
To dividend analyst
12 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
54.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

43%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.9/ 100

1 Share of the dividend analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the corporate investment banker 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 dividend analyst role treats 7 of its required skills as things a corporate investment banker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse business plans
  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • analyse financial risk
  • business valuation techniques
  • monitor stock market
  • perform stock valuation

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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dividend analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a corporate investment banker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held business valuation techniques business, administration and law
  • already held monitor stock market information skills
  • already held perform stock valuation information skills
  • already held modern portfolio theory business, administration and law
  • already held stock market business, administration and law
  • already held make strategic business decisions management skills

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the dividend analyst role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 4 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse market financial trends required
  • required, not held calculate dividends required
  • required, not held maintain financial records required
  • required, not held maintain register of shareholders required
  • optional, not held conduct financial audits optional
  • optional, not held manage financial risk optional
  • optional, not held obtain financial information optional
  • optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
  • optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
02 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held financial forecasting required
  • required, not held financial markets required
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held forecast dividend trends required
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held liaise with shareholders required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held actuarial science required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dividend 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse business plans skill
  • already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held business valuation techniques knowledge
  • already held monitor stock market skill
  • already held perform stock valuation skill
  • already held stock market knowledge
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held make strategic business decisions skill
  • already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
  • already held review investment portfolios skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct financial audits optional
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held handle financial transactions optional
  • optional, not held manage financial risk optional
  • optional, not held obtain financial information optional
  • optional, not held provide support in financial calculation optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
  • optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
22 held skills the dividend analyst role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on participation in financial markets skill
  • not needed by the target role asset management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business loans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • 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 develop investment portfolio skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine credit ratings skill
  • not needed by the target role fundamental analysis 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 investment banking knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain client debt records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage corporate bank accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role management consulting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mergers and acquisitions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform debt investigation skill
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice on investments skill
  • not needed by the target role securities knowledge
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 actuarial science required
  • required, not held financial forecasting required
  • required, not held financial markets required
Index

Other moves recorded from corporate investment banker

Full index of moves from corporate investment banker

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.