Occupation Atlasback office specialist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b2e81332-0972-4e0f-9a4d-1d15c9c9513b
back office specialist
Back office specialists perform operations of administrative and organisational nature in a financial company, in support of the front office. They process administration, take care of financial transactions, manage data and company documents and perform supportive tasks and other diverse back office operations in coordination with other parts of the company.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
CESConventional · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.96
- E Enterprising4.51
- S Social2.32
- R Realistic2.10
- I Investigative1.27
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Brokerage Clerks (43-4011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a narrower O*NET occupation within this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- banking activities
- business processes
- comply with legal regulations
- coordinate operational activities
- financial management
- handle paperwork
- maintain records of financial transactions
- manage administrative systems
- manage financial aspects of a company
- monitor company policy
- offer financial services
- office administration
- office software
- perform clerical duties
- process payments
- provide financial product information
- use office systems
Optional (18)
- advise on financial matters
- apply company policies
- communicate with banking professionals
- financial products
- handle financial transactions
- maintain contract administration
- manage contracts
- manage loan administration
- manage staff
- obtain financial information
- present reports
- principles of insurance
- project management
- provide support in financial calculation
- securities
- statistics
- trace financial transactions
- use spreadsheets software
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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