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

tax advisortolegal service manager

A tax advisor already meets 26% of what the legal service manager role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From tax advisor
26%
Overlap1
To legal service manager
10 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
73.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.1/ 100

1 Share of the legal service manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax advisor 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 legal service manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a tax advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legal decisions
  • legal department processes
  • legal terminology
  • make strategic business decisions
  • provide legal advice

What stands in the way is 14 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal service manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax advisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held legal department processes business, administration and law
  • already held negotiate in legal cases communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on tax policy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide legal advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held legal terminology business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the legal service manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on drafting policies required
  • required, not held supervise legal case procedures required
  • required, not held advise on legal services required
  • required, not held liaise with managers required
  • required, not held revise legal documents required
  • required, not held write work-related reports required
  • optional, not held negotiate settlements optional
  • optional, not held assist with litigation matters optional
  • optional, not held negotiate lawyer's fee optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice on investments optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
02 business, administration and law 3 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held cost management required
  • required, not held legal case management required
  • required, not held strategic planning required
  • optional, not held private law optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held consumer law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
03 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage a team required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held motivate employees required
  • optional, not held manage tender processes optional
  • optional, not held prioritise requests optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage data for legal matters required
  • optional, not held advice on security risk management optional
  • optional, not held monitor policy proposals optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held comply with legal regulations required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal service manager 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legal decisions skill
  • already held legal department processes knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held make strategic business decisions skill
  • already held provide legal advice skill
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held advise on tax policy skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held negotiate in legal cases skill
  • already held tax legislation knowledge
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advice on security risk management optional
  • optional, not held monitor policy proposals optional
  • optional, not held negotiate settlements optional
  • optional, not held private law optional
  • optional, not held assist with litigation matters optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held consumer law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held manage tender processes optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held negotiate lawyer's fee optional
  • optional, not held prioritise requests optional
  • optional, not held provide legal advice on investments optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
32 held skills the legal service manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting entries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tax planning skill
  • not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cadastral taxation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate tax skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role collect tax skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compile legal documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct financial audits skill
  • not needed by the target role develop taxation policies skill
  • not needed by the target role disseminate information on tax legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role fraud detection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inform on fiscal duties skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect tax returns skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect taxation documents skill
  • not needed by the target role international financial reporting standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international taxation of transfer prices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role manage payroll reports skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal finances skill
  • not needed by the target role national generally accepted accounting principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial auditing reports skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare tax returns forms skill
  • not needed by the target role research taxation procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role secure sensitive customer's information skill
  • not needed by the target role sign income tax returns skill
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role value-added tax law knowledge
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 cost management required
  • required, not held legal case management required
  • required, not held strategic planning required
  • optional, not held private law optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held consumer law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held intellectual property law optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
Index

Other moves recorded from tax advisor

Full index of moves from tax advisor

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.