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

financial fraud examinertoaudit supervisor

A financial fraud examiner already meets 26% of what the audit supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial fraud examiner
26%
Overlap1
To audit supervisor
7 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
71.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.4/ 100

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

  • financial statements
  • international financial reporting standards
  • interpret financial statements
  • national generally accepted accounting principles
  • prepare financial auditing reports
  • tax legislation

What stands in the way is 12 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A audit supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a financial fraud examiner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held conduct financial audits information skills
  • already held interpret financial statements information skills
  • already held financial statements business, administration and law

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the audit supervisor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 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 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held audit techniques required
  • required, not held corporate law required
  • required, not held internal auditing required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held develop audit plan required
  • required, not held prepare audit activities required
  • required, not held supervise staff required
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
03 information skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
  • required, not held arrange audit required
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held attend to detail in preparation for audits required
  • required, not held observe confidentiality required
  • optional, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
  • optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate problems to senior colleagues required
  • required, not held pose questions referring to documents required
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
  • optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a audit supervisor 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held financial statements knowledge
  • already held international financial reporting standards knowledge
  • already held interpret financial statements skill
  • already held national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • already held prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held conduct financial audits skill
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held execute ICT audits optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held adhere to Standard Operating Procedures optional
  • optional, not held adhere to organisational guidelines optional
  • optional, not held adhere to questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
  • optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
  • optional, not held audit contractors optional
  • optional, not held design questionnaires optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
  • optional, not held make strategic business decisions optional
  • optional, not held perform quality audits optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
  • optional, not held revise questionnaires optional
19 held skills the audit supervisor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role anti-dumping law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role banking activities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role detect financial crime skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
  • not needed by the target role financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role forensic intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify accounting errors skill
  • not needed by the target role identify if a company is a going concern skill
  • not needed by the target role international law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret law skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage corporate bank accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role perform forensic accounting skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role public offering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
9 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 audit techniques required
  • required, not held corporate law required
  • required, not held internal auditing required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held company policies optional
  • optional, not held financial department processes optional
  • optional, not held global standards for sustainability reporting optional
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held quality standards optional
Index

Other moves recorded from financial fraud examiner

Full index of moves from financial fraud examiner

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.