tax clerktoaccountant
A tax clerk already meets 30% of what the accountant role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
74.6/ 100
1 Share of the accountant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax clerk 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 accountant role treats 10 of its required skills as things a tax clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accounting department processes
- accounting techniques
- bookkeeping regulations
- calculate tax
- check accounting records
- fraud detection
What stands in the way is 16 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A accountant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax clerk background worth leading with.
- already held prepare tax returns forms information skills
- already held calculate tax information skills
- already held check accounting records information skills
- already held disseminate information on tax legislation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held accounting department processes business, administration and law
- already held insolvency law business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the accountant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 44 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.
- required, not held analyse financial performance of a company required
- required, not held ensure compliance with accounting conventions required
- required, not held identify accounting errors required
- required, not held prepare financial statements required
- required, not held prepare trial accounting balances required
- optional, not held keep track of expenses optional
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- optional, not held conduct financial audits optional
- optional, not held manage payroll reports optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held prepare financial auditing reports optional
- required, not held commercial law required
- required, not held depreciation required
- required, not held financial department processes required
- required, not held accounting entries required
- required, not held financial statements required
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held international financial reporting standards optional
- optional, not held liquidity management optional
- optional, not held national generally accepted accounting principles optional
- required, not held attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions required
- required, not held explain accounting records required
- required, not held perform balance sheet operations required
- optional, not held resolve difficult account allocation cases optional
- optional, not held check the production schedule optional
- optional, not held manage inventory optional
- optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
- optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
- optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
- optional, not held manage revenue optional
- optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
- required, not held draft accounting procedures required
- optional, not held consult with motion picture producer optional
- optional, not held consult with production director optional
- optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
- optional, not held liaise with auditors optional
- optional, not held perform dunning activities optional
- required, not held follow the statutory obligations required
- required, not held statistics required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a accountant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 commercial law knowledge · sector specific
- 02 depreciation knowledge · sector specific
- 03 financial department processes knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held accounting department processes knowledge
- already held accounting techniques knowledge
- already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- already held calculate tax skill
- already held check accounting records skill
- already held fraud detection knowledge
- already held interpret financial statements skill
- already held manage accounts skill
- already held prepare tax returns forms skill
- already held tax legislation knowledge
- already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
- already held handle financial transactions skill
- already held insolvency law knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held film production process optional
28 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held keep track of expenses optional
- optional, not held resolve difficult account allocation cases optional
- optional, not held check the production schedule optional
- optional, not held consult with motion picture producer optional
- optional, not held consult with production director optional
- optional, not held film production process optional
- optional, not held manage inventory optional
- optional, not held monitor after sales records optional
- optional, not held support development of annual budget optional
- optional, not held advise on financial matters optional
- optional, not held advise on risk management optional
- optional, not held calculate production costs optional
- optional, not held conduct financial audits optional
- optional, not held evaluate budgets optional
- optional, not held exert expenditure control optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held international financial reporting standards optional
- optional, not held liaise with auditors optional
- optional, not held liquidity management optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
- optional, not held manage payroll reports optional
- optional, not held manage revenue optional
- optional, not held national generally accepted accounting principles optional
- optional, not held perform cost accounting activities optional
- optional, not held perform dunning activities optional
- optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
- optional, not held prepare financial auditing reports optional
15 held skills the accountant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on tax planning skill
- not needed by the target role advise on tax policy skill
- not needed by the target role assess seizable goods skill
- not needed by the target role cadastral taxation knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate debt costs skill
- not needed by the target role debt classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial disputes skill
- 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 observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role research taxation procedures skill
- not needed by the target role use accounting systems skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
11 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 commercial law required
- required, not held depreciation required
- required, not held financial department processes required
- required, not held accounting entries required
- required, not held financial statements required
- required, not held statistics required
- optional, not held film production process optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held international financial reporting standards optional
- optional, not held liquidity management optional
- optional, not held national generally accepted accounting principles optional
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.