Accountants and Auditors (13-2011.00)

Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.

30 tasks, 30 offered as a checkbox. Back to the catalog.

Initial pass, pending human review

Task classes (digital, physical-low-risk, physical-high-risk, licensed-advisory-only) and checkbox eligibility are an initial automated pass and are pending human review.

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Task	Class	Offered as checkbox	Human approval
Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.	licensed-advisory-only	yes	required
Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.	digital	yes	no
Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.	digital	yes	no
Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.	digital	yes	no
Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.	digital	yes	no
Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.	digital	yes	no
Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.	digital	yes	no
Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate.	physical-low-risk	yes	required
Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.	digital	yes	no
Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.	digital	yes	no
Prepare adjusting journal entries.	digital	yes	no
Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.	digital	yes	no
Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.	digital	yes	no
Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.	physical-low-risk	yes	required
Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.	digital	yes	no
Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.	digital	yes	no
Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.	digital	yes	no
Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets.	licensed-advisory-only	yes	required
Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives.	digital	yes	no
Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws.	digital	yes	no
Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office.	licensed-advisory-only	yes	required
Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.	licensed-advisory-only	yes	required
Advise clients in areas such as compensation, employee health care benefits, the design of accounting or data processing systems, or long-range tax or estate plans.	licensed-advisory-only	yes	required
Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues.	licensed-advisory-only	yes	required
Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling, and transmitting financial records.	digital	yes	no
Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned.	digital	yes	no
Develop, maintain, or analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.	digital	yes	no
Prepare, analyze, or verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.	digital	yes	no
Process invoices for payment.	digital	yes	no
Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, or expenditures.	digital	yes	no

This catalog contains information from O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET(R) is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Task text is unmodified; classification, approval and signing fields are added by this project and have not been reviewed or endorsed by USDOL/ETA.