Table 1Transition record

financial fraud examinertofinancial controller

A financial fraud examiner already meets 22% of what the financial controller role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From financial fraud examiner

22%

Overlap1

To financial controller

6 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

73.9 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 73.9

This move: 73.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the financial controller 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A financial controller 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 ensure compliance with accounting conventions information skills
already held prepare financial auditing reports information skills
already held prepare financial statements information skills
already held interpret financial statements information skills
already held financial statements business, administration and law
already held tax legislation business, administration and law

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the financial controller role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 6 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 management skills 5 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held create a financial plan required
required, not held enforce financial policies required
required, not held evaluate budgets required
required, not held exert expenditure control required
required, not held explain accounting records required

optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage profitability optional
optional, not held supervise accounting operations optional

02 information skills 4 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
required, not held develop financial statistics reports required
required, not held synthesise financial information required
required, not held track key performance indicators required

optional, not held analyse financial risk optional
optional, not held check accounting records optional
optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
optional, not held manage the general ledger optional
optional, not held prepare tax returns forms optional

03 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held accounting department processes required
required, not held financial department processes required

optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held insolvency law optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held follow the statutory obligations required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 supplementary

optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
optional, not held draft accounting procedures optional
optional, not held liaise with auditors optional
optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
optional, not held liaise with shareholders optional

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held statistics optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a financial controller 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 6 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ensure compliance with accounting conventions skill
already held financial statements knowledge
already held interpret financial statements skill
already held prepare financial statements skill
already held tax legislation knowledge
already held prepare financial auditing reports skill

19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
optional, not held analyse financial risk optional
optional, not held check accounting records optional
optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
optional, not held draft accounting procedures optional
optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held insolvency law optional
optional, not held inspect government expenditures optional
optional, not held liaise with auditors optional
optional, not held liaise with financiers optional
optional, not held liaise with shareholders optional
optional, not held manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage profitability optional
optional, not held manage the general ledger optional
optional, not held prepare tax returns forms optional
optional, not held statistics optional
optional, not held supervise accounting operations optional

20 held skills the financial controller 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 conduct financial audits skill
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 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 financial reporting standards knowledge
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 national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
not needed by the target role perform forensic accounting skill
not needed by the target role public offering knowledge
not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill

5 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 accounting department processes required
required, not held financial department processes required
optional, not held financial forecasting optional
optional, not held insolvency law optional
optional, not held statistics optional

Index

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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.