Career switch, measured
From Accountant to Management Analyst
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 43% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Excel, Auditing, Process improvement, Communication; the main skills to add are Data visualization, Marketing, SQL, Project management.
43%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAccountantManagement Analyst
- Excel51%33%
- Auditing74%19%
- Process improvement20%18%
- Communication32%30%
- Accounting85%18%
- Leadership32%40%
- Data analysis13%18%
- Problem solving21%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Management Analyst postings, rarely in Accountant ones.
SkillAccountantManagement Analyst
- Data visualization–19%
- Marketing–17%
- SQL–16%
- Project management6%14%
- Troubleshooting–12%
- Python–11%
- Power BI–10%
- Statistics–10%
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