Career switch, measured
From Controller to Financial Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 86% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Accounting, CPA, Financial reporting, Forecasting; the main skills to add are Training and coaching, Financial modeling, Research, SQL.
86%
skill overlap
1,121
open Financial Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillControllerFinancial Manager
- Accounting96%79%
- CPA61%45%
- Financial reporting72%34%
- Forecasting42%42%
- Leadership72%70%
- GAAP61%21%
- Auditing79%41%
- Budgeting58%40%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Financial Manager postings, rarely in Controller ones.
SkillControllerFinancial Manager
- Training and coaching–28%
- Financial modeling–25%
- Research–17%
- SQL–14%
- Customer service–12%
- SAP–11%
- Data visualization–9%
- Root cause analysis–9%
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