# Competences — back office specialist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b2e81332-0972-4e0f-9a4d-1d15c9c9513b).

## Essential

- **banking activities** (knowledge)
- **business processes** (knowledge)
- **comply with legal regulations** (skill/competence)
- **coordinate operational activities** (skill/competence)
- **financial management** (knowledge)
- **handle paperwork** (skill/competence)
- **maintain records of financial transactions** (skill/competence)
- **manage administrative systems** (skill/competence)
- **manage financial aspects of a company** (skill/competence)
- **monitor company policy** (skill/competence)
- **offer financial services** (skill/competence)
- **office administration** (knowledge)
- **office software** (knowledge)
- **perform clerical duties** (skill/competence)
- **process payments** (skill/competence)
- **provide financial product information** (skill/competence)
- **use office systems** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on financial matters (skill/competence)
- apply company policies (skill/competence)
- communicate with banking professionals (skill/competence)
- financial products (knowledge)
- handle financial transactions (skill/competence)
- maintain contract administration (skill/competence)
- manage contracts (skill/competence)
- manage loan administration (skill/competence)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- obtain financial information (skill/competence)
- present reports (skill/competence)
- principles of insurance (knowledge)
- project management (knowledge)
- provide support in financial calculation (skill/competence)
- securities (knowledge)
- statistics (knowledge)
- trace financial transactions (skill/competence)
- use spreadsheets software (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 31 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- data entry — **32 %**

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