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

financial analysttoventure capitalist

A financial analyst already meets 31% of what the venture capitalist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial analyst
31%
Overlap1
To venture capitalist
9 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
67.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.7/ 100

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

  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • analyse financial risk
  • assess financial viability
  • create a financial plan
  • management consulting
  • perform business analysis

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 venture capitalist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a financial analyst background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held management consulting business, administration and law
  • already held investment banking business, administration and law
  • already held perform business analysis information skills
  • already held develop investment portfolio management skills
  • already held financial forecasting business, administration and law
  • already held analyse financial performance of a company information skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 6 the venture capitalist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 7 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, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held investment analysis required
  • required, not held business analysis required
  • required, not held business valuation techniques required
  • required, not held funding methods required
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held credit control processes optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held apply technical communication skills required
  • required, not held build business relationships required
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held review investment portfolios optional
03 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held decide on providing funds required
  • required, not held make strategic business decisions required
  • optional, not held establish investment funds optional
  • optional, not held budget for financial needs optional
  • optional, not held make investment decisions optional
04 information skills 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse business plans required
  • optional, not held analyse loans optional
  • optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
  • optional, not held examine credit ratings optional
  • optional, not held maintain client debt records optional
  • optional, not held obtain financial information optional
  • optional, not held perform debt investigation optional
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held foreign languages for international careers optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply credit risk policy optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a venture capitalist 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 analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held assess financial viability skill
  • already held create a financial plan skill
  • already held management consulting knowledge
  • already held perform business analysis skill
  • already held develop investment portfolio skill
  • already held financial forecasting knowledge
  • already held investment banking knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held actuarial science optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held establish investment funds optional
  • optional, not held actuarial science optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held analyse loans optional
  • optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
  • optional, not held apply credit risk policy optional
  • optional, not held budget for financial needs optional
  • optional, not held credit control processes optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
  • optional, not held examine credit ratings optional
  • optional, not held foreign languages for international careers optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
  • optional, not held maintain client debt records optional
  • optional, not held make investment decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
  • optional, not held obtain financial information optional
  • optional, not held perform debt investigation optional
  • optional, not held review investment portfolios optional
38 held skills the venture capitalist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on financial matters skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tax planning skill
  • not needed by the target role asset management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business analytics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role develop transportation cost metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role digital data processing skill
  • not needed by the target role economics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role empirical analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information skill
  • not needed by the target role explain financial jargon skill
  • not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fundamental analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role game theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role green bonds knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle mergers and acquisitions skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role macroeconomics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mergers and acquisitions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role microeconomics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor loan portfolio skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock market skill
  • not needed by the target role offer financial services skill
  • not needed by the target role perform business research skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial projections skill
  • not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
  • not needed by the target role public offering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role quantitative analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role statistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role stock market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sustainable finance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role treasury management system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use business simulation tools skill
11 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 investment analysis required
  • required, not held business analysis required
  • required, not held business valuation techniques required
  • required, not held funding methods required
  • optional, not held actuarial science optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held credit control processes optional
  • optional, not held debt systems optional
  • optional, not held foreign languages for international careers optional
  • optional, not held international business optional
  • optional, not held modern portfolio theory optional
Index

Other moves recorded from financial analyst

Full index of moves from financial analyst

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.