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

public finance accountanttotax clerk

A public finance accountant already meets 31% of what the tax clerk role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From public finance accountant
31%
Overlap1
To tax clerk
7 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
62.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.8/ 100

1 Share of the tax clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the public finance accountant 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 tax clerk role treats 5 of its required skills as things a public finance accountant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accounting techniques
  • bookkeeping regulations
  • calculate tax
  • debt classification
  • tax legislation

What stands in the way is 8 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 tax clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public finance accountant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held debt classification business, administration and law
  • already held calculate tax information skills
  • already held bookkeeping regulations business, administration and law
  • already held manage accounts management skills
  • already held tax legislation business, administration and law
  • already held accounting techniques business, administration and law

All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the tax clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held calculate debt costs required
  • required, not held interpret financial statements required
  • required, not held prepare tax returns forms required
  • optional, not held assess seizable goods optional
  • optional, not held check accounting records optional
  • optional, not held research taxation procedures optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held inform on fiscal duties required
  • optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax policy optional
  • optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held inspect taxation documents required
  • optional, not held inspect tax returns optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform clerical duties required
  • optional, not held use accounting systems optional
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held fraud detection required
06 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use spreadsheets software required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tax clerk 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 accounting techniques knowledge
  • already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
  • already held calculate tax skill
  • already held debt classification knowledge
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held manage accounts skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held assess seizable goods optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax planning optional
  • optional, not held advise on tax policy optional
  • optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
  • optional, not held check accounting records optional
  • optional, not held disseminate information on tax legislation optional
  • optional, not held handle financial disputes optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
  • optional, not held inspect tax returns optional
  • optional, not held observe confidentiality optional
  • optional, not held research taxation procedures optional
  • optional, not held use accounting systems optional
21 held skills the tax clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on public finance skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role civil law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct financial audits skill
  • not needed by the target role control financial resources skill
  • not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
  • not needed by the target role debt systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop account strategy skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
  • not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect government expenditures skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect government incomes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor financial accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role public administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public finance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
4 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 fraud detection required
  • optional, not held accounting department processes optional
  • optional, not held cadastral taxation optional
  • optional, not held insolvency law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from public finance accountant

Full index of moves from public finance accountant

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.