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A financial auditor already meets 57% of what the financial fraud examiner role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
40.3/ 100
1 Share of the financial fraud examiner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the financial auditor 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 this move works
A financial fraud examiner role treats 8 of its required skills as things a financial auditor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- banking activities
- conduct financial audits
- financial statements
- fraud detection
- identify accounting errors
- interpret financial statements
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A financial fraud examiner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a financial auditor background worth leading with.
- already held identify accounting errors information skills
- already held identify if a company is a going concern information skills
- already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions information skills
- already held national generally accepted accounting principles business, administration and law
- already held international financial reporting standards business, administration and law
- already held prepare financial auditing reports information skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the financial fraud examiner role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 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.
- required, not held detect financial crime required
- required, not held perform forensic accounting required
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
- required, not held interpret law required
- required, not held liaise with managers required
- required, not held manage corporate bank accounts required
- required, not held forensic intelligence required
- optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- optional, not held public offering optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a financial fraud examiner role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 detect financial crime skill · cross sector
- 02 forensic intelligence knowledge · cross sector
- 03 interpret law skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held banking activities knowledge
- already held conduct financial audits skill
- already held financial statements knowledge
- already held fraud detection knowledge
- already held identify accounting errors skill
- already held interpret financial statements skill
- already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
- already held trace financial transactions skill
- already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
- already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
- already held financial products knowledge
- already held identify if a company is a going concern skill
- already held international financial reporting standards knowledge
- already held national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
- already held tax legislation knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
- optional, not held public offering optional
45 held skills the financial fraud examiner role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role accounting department processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on credit rating skill
- 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 analyse financial performance of a company skill
- not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role arrange audit skill
- not needed by the target role check accounting records skill
- not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with banking professionals skill
- not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
- not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
- not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop audit plan skill
- not needed by the target role develop financial statistics reports skill
- not needed by the target role disseminate information on tax legislation skill
- not needed by the target role economics knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
- not needed by the target role financial analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial department processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow the statutory obligations skill
- not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect tax returns skill
- not needed by the target role internal auditing knowledge
- not needed by the target role international tariffs knowledge
- not needed by the target role joint ventures knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with shareholders skill
- not needed by the target role maintain financial records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain trusts skill
- not needed by the target role make strategic business decisions skill
- not needed by the target role mergers and acquisitions knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor banking activities skill
- not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
5 further entries not listed here
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held forensic intelligence required
- optional, not held anti-dumping law optional
- optional, not held criminal law optional
- optional, not held international law optional
- optional, not held public offering optional
Other moves recorded from financial auditor
- audit supervisor 61% covered · moderate
- accounting analyst 54% covered · moderate
- bank treasurer 54% covered · moderate
- financial controller 53% covered · moderate
- accounting manager 46% covered · substantial
- accountant 46% covered · substantial
- bookkeeper 41% covered · substantial
- bank account manager 39% covered · substantial
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.