Personal Development and Employability Skills Assessment Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of a Finance Manager job role, focusing on personal development and employability skills. It begins by identifying the job context within a global retail company, detailing responsibilities such as financial transaction recording, staff management, and market analysis. The report then outlines the required qualifications, including experience, education, and essential skills like communication and technical proficiency. A key component is self-reflection, using the Gibbs model to assess existing skills and identify areas for improvement, followed by a detailed personal development plan. This plan includes specific areas for development, such as coordination and problem-solving skills, along with target timelines and action steps. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of academic and practical skills in achieving employability and career success, supported by relevant references.

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
AND
EMPLOYABILITY
SKILLS
ASSESSMENT 1

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
Identification of Job context
Person Specification
Self reflection
Personal Development Plan
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

Introduction
The aim of this report is to search a graduate level job by identifying its context and
main responsibilities. Employability refers to a process and competency in order to get
right job having successful career. It involves looking for a job that matches with
academic qualification and potential.

Identification of Job context
FINANCE MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Details
Post : Finance Manager
Department: Finance
Reporting to: Chief Finance Manager
Company : TESCO
Summary:
Assist global retail company in the field of Finance with numerous operational activities that are related to Finance department so to ensure all
activities are conducted properly, appropriate records, preparation of bills and receipts, faxing or emailing, searching of potential investors,
investing areas, resolving clients queries related to Finance and many others.
Job Purpose
The Finance Manager is asked to perform several roles and responsibilities in appointed field. He is required to assure that the department is
having flawless and proper working also an update of performed actions are considered in order to attain company's goals or objective within time
limit. An individual should have effective communication skills as well as proper knowledge in analysing the market.

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Roles & Responsibilities
Recording of Financial transactions.
Deciding of particular tasks for each staff.
Proper management of allotted work with a combination of high productivity among
employees.
Updating and analysing excel spreadsheets on continuous basis.
Faxing, emailing or gathering Financial statements and bills.
Preserving all staff records.
Closing deals in respect to company's investments.

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Required Qualification:
•In order to perform job effectively, an individual should have competencies in doing each task efficiently.
Following are the main requirements by company in respect of skills and knowledge.
•Minimum of four years experience in finance job field.
•A Graduation degree or diploma in Finance.
•Recognized certificate course in Financial software.
Other necessary skills:
•Strong skills in framing required information's in the financial software when needed.
•Potential to analyse, monitor and scan market trends.
•Competent to reply investors in positive and attractive manner.
•Ability to retain highest level of secrecy in information and appropriate management of confidential data.
•Ready to work more like as on public holidays, or during company's crucial time as required by Finance
Manager in related department.

Person Specification
Position: Finance Manager
Functional unit: Finance
Reporting to: Chief Financial
Manager
Attributes Essential Desirable
Experience and educational
qualification
Individual must have minimum a graduation degree
cleared with more than 75% marks from recognized
institute. Applicant must have minimum of 3-4 year's
experience as a Finance Manager will be regarded.
Individual having post graduation with an specialization of
finace along with possessing past experience in a
recognised firm will be preferred.
Knowledge and Skills Individual must have efficiency in skills related to
speaking and writing so that can negotiate and
communicate with investors efficiently and can also
experience effective interaction with concerned
parties.
Candidate should caries good technological skills that is
necessary for analysing market trends and other data
collected from market and shareholders. He must possess
skill in doing multiple task in one moment as needed
having effectiveness in its results.

Self reflection
Self reflection refers to analysis of one's existing skills along with its proficiency level
which he currently possess. This gives an idea of those areas in which a candidate is
having strong holding or is weak so that can enhance analysed areas along with
efficiency in them.

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• Communication Skills: Communication plays a very vital role in having
effective negotiation and interaction with investors, clients and other
stakeholders (Fahimirad and et. al., 2019).
• Technical Skills: The technical skills that are related with this job profile
includes operating on Windows 10 system, Microsoft Office, Financial
software's, etc.
• Coordination: My previous organisation was a medium size business and now I
am working in large organisation that demands for more coordination among
employees

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• Problem Solving Skills: This means providing solution to a problem that is
hindering smooth flow of activity or bringing any kind of issue in business
• Knowledge of marker trends: Analysing and monitoring is very important work
which every finance personal does.
• Knowledge of having effective negotiation: In finance negotiation is an
inseparable part on which every finance manager has to hold command

Gibbs Model
Gibbs model is a framework that talks about a process which can be applied in order to
analyse one's potential and doing reflection. The process comprises of several steps
such as description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan.

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• Step 1: Description: I am applying for a post of Finance Manager in a recognised
firm in UK which is required to work under chief Finance Manager. I was asked to
analyse current trends of market in order to know financial and investing statistics
of company as well as reaction of rival firms.
• Stage 2: Feelings: When I was allotted this work I felt worried as this was not
done before by me so got stressed for effective results
• Stage 3: Evaluation: The chief Finance manager did not behave rudely by
knowing my weak areas rather supported me with regular motivation.