tax compliance officertotax policy analyst
A tax compliance officer already meets 35% of what the tax policy analyst role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
35%
63.8/ 100
1 Share of the tax policy analyst role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tax compliance officer 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 tax policy analyst role treats 6 of its required skills as things a tax compliance officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on tax policy
- cadastral taxation
- public finance
- public law
- research taxation procedures
- tax legislation
What stands in the way is 11 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 tax policy analyst role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tax compliance officer background worth leading with.
- already held cadastral taxation business, administration and law
- already held research taxation procedures information skills
- already held advise on tax policy communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on tax planning communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held disseminate information on tax legislation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held public law business, administration and law
All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the tax policy analyst role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 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.
- required, not held company policies required
- required, not held organisational policies required
- required, not held business analysis required
- required, not held corporate law required
- required, not held strategic planning required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- required, not held develop organisational policies required
- required, not held develop taxation policies required
- required, not held supervise advocacy work required
- optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
- optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- required, not held government policy implementation required
- required, not held politics required
- required, not held monitor company policy required
- optional, not held forecast account metrics optional
- optional, not held prepare financial auditing reports optional
- optional, not held advise on public finance optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tax policy analyst role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 company policies knowledge · sector specific
- 02 organisational policies knowledge · sector specific
- 03 business analysis knowledge · cross sector
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 advise on tax policy skill
- already held cadastral taxation knowledge
- already held public finance knowledge
- already held public law knowledge
- already held research taxation procedures skill
- already held tax legislation knowledge
- already held accounting techniques knowledge
- already held advise on tax planning skill
- already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- already held disseminate information on tax legislation skill
- already held fraud detection knowledge
- already held office software knowledge
- already held use microsoft office skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held manage administrative systems optional
- optional, not held advise on public finance optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held comply with legal regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure cross-department cooperation optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held forecast account metrics optional
- optional, not held international business optional
- optional, not held manage government policy implementation optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held prepare financial auditing reports optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
21 held skills the tax policy analyst role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess debtor's financial situation skill
- not needed by the target role assess seizable goods skill
- 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 debt classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role debt collection techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial disputes skill
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role inform on fiscal duties skill
- not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
- 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 keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
- not needed by the target role monitor financial accounts skill
- not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role perform debt investigation skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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 company policies required
- required, not held organisational policies required
- required, not held business analysis required
- required, not held corporate law required
- required, not held government policy implementation required
- required, not held politics required
- required, not held strategic planning required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held financial forecasting optional
- optional, not held international business 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.