From accounting assistant to bookkeeper
12 of the 18 essential skills of a bookkeeper are already essential for a accounting assistant — about 67% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from accounting assistant in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 6
- would be new
- 67%
- of the target job covered
- 18
- essential skills of a bookkeeper
What a bookkeeper does
Bookkeepers record and assemble the day-to-day financial transactions of an organisation or company, consisting usually of sales, purchases, payments and receipts. They ensure all financial transactions are documented in the appropriate (day) book and general ledger, and that they are balanced out. Bookkeepers prepare the recorded books and ledgers with financial transactions for an accountant to then analyse balance sheets and income statements.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accounting department processes
- accounting entries
- accounting techniques
- attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions
- bookkeeping regulations
- depreciation
- follow the statutory obligations
- identify accounting errors
- maintain financial records
- prepare trial accounting balances
- tax legislation
- use accounting systems
What would be new
6 skillsEssential for a bookkeeper and not for a accounting assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from accounting assistant
1 roles- accountant11 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a bookkeeper?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.