Stage 1
Status: PlannedRecognising your analytical strengths
See how bookkeeping habits map to analysis work and plan the gaps to close.
Builds: Human Foundations
Training: Career Change Toolkit
Career change pathway
Bookkeeper to Data Analyst
Build on accuracy with numbers and spreadsheets to clean data, analyse it, and present findings that help people make decisions.
Who it’s for: Bookkeepers and accounts clerks who are comfortable with numbers and spreadsheets and want to move into analysing data.
You are hereBookkeeper
8 stages
TargetData Analyst
Starting point
What you bring, and what to build
Bookkeepers already work precisely with numbers, reconcile records, spot what does not add up and use spreadsheets every day. Data analysis builds on the same habits. This pathway adds advanced spreadsheets, data cleaning, basic statistics, introductory SQL and clear presentation of findings, and ends with a portfolio project you can show.
Transferable strengths you already have
- Accuracy with numbers
- Reconciling and checking records
- Spreadsheet experience
- Spotting errors and inconsistencies
- Understanding business finances
- Working with confidential information
Capability areas to build
Skills to build
The route
Stage by stage
Each stage shows its own status. None of these stages’ training is in development yet; the pathway as a whole is future.
You are here
Bookkeeper
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Stage 2
Status: FutureAdvanced spreadsheets
Go beyond everyday bookkeeping with lookups, pivot tables and well-structured workbooks.
Builds: Practical / Occupational Skills
Training: Data Analysis Foundations, Bookkeeping Basics
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Stage 3
Status: FutureData cleaning and structure
Prepare messy data so it can be trusted, and record what you changed.
Builds: Knowledge & Theory
Training: Data Analysis Foundations
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Stage 4
Status: FutureStatistics and SQL basics
Learn the core statistics analysts use and how to ask questions of a database.
Builds: Knowledge & Theory
Training: Data Analysis Foundations
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Stage 5
Status: FutureCharts and presenting findings
Turn analysis into clear charts, simple dashboards and plain-language conclusions.
Builds: Workplace Skills
Training: Data Analysis Foundations, Human & Workplace Skills
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Stage 6
Status: FutureAI-assisted analysis
Use AI carefully to explore and explain data, and check its working against the numbers.
Builds: AI & Modern Technology
Training: AI for Work, Data Analysis Foundations
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Stage 7
Status: PlannedPortfolio and job readiness
Present your bookkeeping background and new analysis work clearly to employers.
Builds: Career & Opportunity Skills
Training: Career Change Toolkit
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Stage 8
Status: FuturePractical project
Analyse a realistic financial or business dataset from raw data to presented findings.
Builds: Practical / Occupational Skills
Training: Data Analysis Foundations, Bookkeeping Basics
Target
Data Analyst
Practical evidence
What you’ll be able to show
Progress is proven with real work, recorded in your private Skills Passport.
- A cleaned dataset with notes on every change
- A simple dashboard built from business data
- A short written report of findings
- A set of introductory SQL queries with explanations
- A portfolio project from raw data to conclusions
Linked training
Training used
- Career Change ToolkitStatus: Planned
- Data Analysis FoundationsStatus: Future
- Bookkeeping BasicsStatus: Planned
- Human & Workplace SkillsStatus: Open — early access
- AI for WorkStatus: Open — early access
Where next
Possible next pathways
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Status: Future
FromOffice Administrator to ToAutomation Specialist
Use your inside knowledge of office processes to map, simplify and automate repetitive work safely with AI and workflow tools.
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