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

venture capitalisttocorporate investment banker

A venture capitalist already meets 54% of what the corporate investment banker role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From venture capitalist
54%
Overlap1
To corporate investment banker
18 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
47.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.3/ 100

1 Share of the corporate investment banker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the venture capitalist 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 corporate investment banker role treats 11 of its required skills as things a venture capitalist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse financial performance of a company
  • analyse financial risk
  • business valuation techniques
  • credit control processes
  • develop investment portfolio
  • examine credit ratings

What stands in the way is 9 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A corporate investment banker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a venture capitalist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held holding company activities business, administration and law
  • already held business valuation techniques business, administration and law
  • already held maintain client debt records information skills
  • already held management consulting business, administration and law
  • already held investment banking business, administration and law
  • already held perform debt investigation information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the corporate investment banker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 business, administration and law 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held asset management required
  • required, not held banking activities required
  • required, not held mergers and acquisitions required
  • required, not held securities required
  • required, not held stock market required
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held business loans optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held financial statements optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held advise on participation in financial markets required
  • required, not held provide legal advice on investments required
03 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor stock market required
  • optional, not held interpret financial statements optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held economics required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a corporate investment banker 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse financial performance of a company skill
  • already held analyse financial risk skill
  • already held business valuation techniques knowledge
  • already held credit control processes knowledge
  • already held develop investment portfolio skill
  • already held examine credit ratings skill
  • already held funding methods knowledge
  • already held investment banking knowledge
  • already held management consulting knowledge
  • already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
  • already held review investment portfolios skill
  • already held analyse business plans skill
  • already held debt systems knowledge
  • already held holding company activities knowledge
  • already held maintain client debt records skill
  • already held make strategic business decisions skill
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held perform debt investigation skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held business loans optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held financial statements optional
  • optional, not held interpret financial statements optional
  • optional, not held manage corporate bank accounts optional
  • optional, not held perform stock valuation optional
20 held skills the corporate investment banker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role actuarial science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse loans skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse market financial trends skill
  • not needed by the target role apply credit risk policy skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
  • not needed by the target role budget for financial needs skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
  • not needed by the target role decide on providing funds skill
  • not needed by the target role establish investment funds skill
  • not needed by the target role financial forecasting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role foreign languages for international careers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international business knowledge
  • not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
  • not needed by the target role make investment decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role obtain financial information skill
  • not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
10 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 asset management required
  • required, not held banking activities required
  • required, not held economics required
  • required, not held mergers and acquisitions required
  • required, not held securities required
  • required, not held stock market required
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held business loans optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held financial statements optional
Index

Other moves recorded from venture capitalist

Full index of moves from venture capitalist

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.