Skills Framework

Financial Services Skills Framework

The definitive skills library for financial services organisations. Pre-validated roles, skills, and mappings for banking, insurance, investments, and corporate finance.

Regulatory Anchors

Market-specific compliance for SAMA, CBUAE, FCA, MAS, and more. Role-level credential tracking built in.

1,042

Defined Roles

424

Technical Skills

19,299

Role-Skill Mappings

9

Markets Covered

The Challenge

Financial services talent complexity

Financial services organisations face unique workforce challenges that generic skills platforms cannot address.

Inconsistent titles across front, middle, and back office
No visibility into digital and regulatory transformation skills
Multi-jurisdictional compliance (SAMA, CBUAE, FCA, MAS)
Talent mobility blocked by unclear growth paths

The WeSoar Solution

18 job family groups — banking, insurance, investments, corporate
5-level proficiency rubrics — P1-P5 with role-specific expectations
Regulatory anchors — US, UK, Singapore, GCC compliance
Platform-ready metadata — AI augmentation, automation risk
Comprehensive Coverage

18 Job Family Groups

Two-tier skill architecture: 161 Tier 1 foundation skills + 263 Tier 2 specialty skills with parent-child relationships.

111

Retail Banking

88

Compliance

81

Corporate Banking

64

Treasury

63

Risk

63

Insurance

62

Investment Banking

55

Wealth Management

+ 10 additional domains: Payments, Technology, Islamic Finance, HR, Operations, Legal, Data/AI, Finance, FinTech, Marketing

Practical Architecture

Thoughtfully prioritised skills

Active Skills

Core and important skills prioritised by relevance. Used for assessment, competency evaluation, and development planning.

10,225

Active mappings

Supporting Skills

Additional mapped skills available for career exploration, stretch learning, cross-skilling, and career pathing to adjacent roles.

9,074

Supporting mappings

9.8

Average active skills per role

100%

Roles with practical skill counts

24.5%

Emerging skills flagged

Global Coverage

9 Markets with Regulatory Context

GCC States

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar

SAMA CBUAE CBB

United Kingdom

Full UK market coverage with FCA and PRA anchors

FCA PRA

USA & Singapore

US and Singapore regulatory frameworks

SEC FINRA MAS
Use Cases

Platform & Consulting Applications

Skills-Based Talent Management

Career Navigator and pathways, learning recommendations, succession planning, internal mobility matching.

Workforce Planning & Analytics

Skills gap analysis, demand forecasting, scarcity and risk indices, strategic workforce shaping.

Consulting Engagements

Job architecture design, competency framework builds, HC transformation programmes, assessment centre design.

Instant Value: Pre-built, validated content accelerates project delivery by 60-80%. Financial services HR specialists with ready-to-deploy IP.

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