# Competences — budget analyst

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4e4a291d-1d38-4c5a-812a-5827d0691b11).

## Essential

- **analyse financial performance of a company** (skill/competence)
- **assess financial viability** (skill/competence)
- **budgetary principles** (knowledge)
- **company policies** (knowledge)
- **develop financial statistics reports** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate budgets** (skill/competence)
- **exert expenditure control** (skill/competence)
- **financial department processes** (knowledge)
- **identify process improvements** (skill/competence)
- **support development of annual budget** (skill/competence)
- **use office systems** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on public finance (skill/competence)
- budget for financial needs (skill/competence)
- consider economic criteria in decision making (skill/competence)
- create annual marketing budget (skill/competence)
- explain accounting records (skill/competence)
- funding methods (knowledge)
- inspect government expenditures (skill/competence)
- manage budgets (skill/competence)
- public finance (knowledge)
- review investment portfolios (skill/competence)
- revise drafts made by managers (skill/competence)
- synthesise financial information (skill/competence)
