# Competences — financial markets back office administrator Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/35fbb8cd-c044-49a1-850c-010481c99b4a). ## Essential - **banking activities** (knowledge) - **customer service** (knowledge) - **electronic communication** (knowledge) - **financial markets** (knowledge) - **financial products** (knowledge) - **handle financial transactions** (skill/competence) - **handle paperwork** (skill/competence) - **maintain records of financial transactions** (skill/competence) - **manage administrative systems** (skill/competence) - **manage contracts** (skill/competence) - **office administration** (knowledge) - **office software** (knowledge) - **perform clerical duties** (skill/competence) ## Optional - accounting (knowledge) - actuarial science (knowledge) - commercial law (knowledge) - communicate with banking professionals (skill/competence) - economics (knowledge) - financial jurisdiction (knowledge) - foreign valuta (knowledge) - international commercial transactions rules (knowledge) - manage securities trading (skill/competence) - provide financial product information (skill/competence) - securities (knowledge) - statistics (knowledge) - stock market (knowledge) - trace financial transactions (skill/competence) - trade foreign currencies (skill/competence) - trade securities (skill/competence)