- Based on 14 Jobtrees users who were a Financial Controller in their career, on average, they have 4.09 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.7 years on average in this job building experience and earn $89K per year before moving on.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Financial Controller are Finance Director, Chief Financial Officer and Cashier. Finance Director, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs.
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- The most common career steps to get to Financial Controller are Consultant, Manager and Controller based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Consultant, the most common step before Financial Controller, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Financial Controller, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Financial Controller.
- While Consultant is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Financial Controller that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Financial Controller career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Financial Controller so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider consultant or manager as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to financial controller. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Consultant isn't from the same job family as Financial Controller, Accounting, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Manager also being a common career path to Financial Controller.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Financial Controller are Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Accounting, Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Taxation, and Bachelor Degree In History. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Financial Controller is part of the Accounting job family which has a limited number of unique role types (38) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Financial Controller.