Table 1Transition record

education administratortofinancial markets back office administrator

A education administrator already meets 36% of what the financial markets back office administrator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From education administrator

36%

Overlap1

To financial markets back office administrator

8 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

60.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the financial markets back office administrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the education administrator 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 financial markets back office administrator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a education administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

customer service
electronic communication
handle financial transactions
maintain records of financial transactions
office software
perform clerical duties

What stands in the way is 7 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A financial markets back office administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a education administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held office software information and communication technologies (icts)
already held maintain records of financial transactions information skills
already held trace financial transactions information skills
already held perform clerical duties management skills
already held accounting business, administration and law

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the financial markets back office administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 business, administration and law 4 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held office administration required
required, not held banking activities required
required, not held financial markets required
required, not held financial products required

optional, not held commercial law optional
optional, not held foreign valuta optional
optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
optional, not held securities optional
optional, not held stock market optional

02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held manage administrative systems required
required, not held handle paperwork required

optional, not held manage securities trading optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held manage contracts required

optional, not held trade foreign currencies optional
optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
optional, not held provide financial product information optional
optional, not held trade securities optional

04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary

optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held statistics optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held economics optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a financial markets back office administrator 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held customer service knowledge
already held electronic communication knowledge
already held handle financial transactions skill
already held maintain records of financial transactions skill
already held office software knowledge
already held perform clerical duties skill
already held accounting knowledge
already held trace financial transactions skill

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held commercial law optional
optional, not held foreign valuta optional
optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
optional, not held manage securities trading optional
optional, not held trade foreign currencies optional
optional, not held communicate with banking professionals optional
optional, not held economics optional
optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
optional, not held provide financial product information optional
optional, not held securities optional
optional, not held statistics optional
optional, not held stock market optional
optional, not held trade securities optional

24 held skills the financial markets back office administrator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
not needed by the target role consult student's support system skill
not needed by the target role cooperate with education professionals skill
not needed by the target role deliver correspondence skill
not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
not needed by the target role handle mail skill
not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role manage educational institution's administration skill
not needed by the target role manage office facility systems skill
not needed by the target role manage school budget skill
not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
not needed by the target role provide information on education financing skill
not needed by the target role provide information on school services skill
not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
not needed by the target role student financial aid programmes knowledge
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
not needed by the target role use office systems skill

13 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 office administration required
required, not held banking activities required
required, not held financial markets required
required, not held financial products required
optional, not held actuarial science optional
optional, not held commercial law optional
optional, not held foreign valuta optional
optional, not held international commercial transactions rules optional
optional, not held economics optional
optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
optional, not held securities optional
optional, not held statistics optional
optional, not held stock market optional

Index

Other moves recorded from education administrator

Full index of moves from education administrator

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.