| An accountant's job entails working to ensure that | | | | work as Internal Revenue Services agents or in |
| business firms and individuals are keeping good | | | | financial management, financial institution |
| records and paying taxes properly and on time. | | | | examination, or budget analysis and |
| Though the accountant job description for some | | | | administration.4. Internal Auditor AccountantThe |
| accounting positions may be simple, other | | | | accountant job description of an internal auditor |
| accountant job descriptions are not quite as clear | | | | can basically be summarized by the job title. |
| because of the number of duties that are | | | | Internal auditors verify the accuracy of their |
| required.In general, an accountant performs vital | | | | organization's internal records, and check for |
| functions to businesses, as well as individuals, of all | | | | mismanagement, waste, or fraud. It is an |
| types by offering a very wide array of business | | | | increasingly important area of accounting, because |
| and accounting services, including public, | | | | internal auditors examine and evaluate their firms' |
| management and government accounting, as well | | | | financial and information systems, management |
| as internal auditing. These four major fields of | | | | procedures, and internal controls to ensure that |
| accounting, and in addition to having a minimum of | | | | records are accurate and controls are adequate |
| a bachelor's degree, each has a separate | | | | to protect against fraud and waste. They also |
| accountant job description.1. Public AccountantA | | | | review company operations, evaluating their |
| public accountant job description can be summed | | | | efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with |
| up in what most people envision as "typical" | | | | corporate policies and procedures, laws, and |
| accountant's work. It involves performing a broad | | | | government regulations. The accountant job |
| range of accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting | | | | description of an internal auditor can vary with |
| activities for their clients, which may be | | | | different companies, and may include job duties |
| corporations, governments, nonprofit | | | | such as electronic data processing, environmental |
| organizations, and individuals. Specialties in public | | | | auditing, engineering, legal auditing, insurance |
| accounting are often chosen. For example, a public | | | | reviews, banking, and health care |
| accountant may choose to concentrate on tax | | | | auditing.Accountants in all four areas can work for |
| matters, such as advising companies about the | | | | a company, or can be employed by an accounting |
| tax advantages and disadvantages of certain | | | | firm, which would in turn be hired by a company |
| business decisions and preparing individual income | | | | for consulting. An accountant can also be |
| tax returns. Other public accountants may choose | | | | self-employed, and provide accounting services to |
| areas such as compensation or employee health | | | | individuals, businesses, or both.Most accounting |
| care benefits, or may design accounting and data | | | | jobs include an accountant job description that |
| processing systems. Still other public accountants | | | | requires a bachelor's degree, at minimum, in |
| may choose to specialize in auditing financial | | | | accounting or a related field, and some accountant |
| statements and inform investors and authorities | | | | job descriptions might include the requirement of |
| that statements have been correctly prepared | | | | a master's degree or Certified Public Account |
| and reported. Public accounts are usually Certified | | | | (CPA) certification, obtained through a four-part, |
| Public Accountants (CPAs), and generally own their | | | | Uniform CPA Explanation prepared by the |
| own businesses or work for public accounting | | | | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| firms.2. Management AccountantAnother | | | | (AICPA). While the two-day CPA examination is |
| accountant job description is that of a | | | | rigorous, and only about 25 percent of those |
| management accountant. Also called a cost, | | | | taking the exam pass every part they attempt, |
| managerial, industrial, corporate, or private | | | | CPA certification can greatly assist in the rate of |
| account, management accountants record and | | | | pay received, and in most states, the examination |
| analyze the financial information of the companies | | | | can be taken in two parts, which may assist in |
| for which they work. The management | | | | preparing for and passing the exam.According to |
| accountant job description includes a detailed listing | | | | the United States Department of Labor, |
| of responsibilities, such as budgeting, performance | | | | employment of accountants and auditors is |
| evaluation, cost management, and asset | | | | expected to grow at a faster than average rate, |
| management. Management accountants are often | | | | for all accounting occupations from all accountant |
| a part of executive teams involved in strategic | | | | job descriptions mentioned, through the year |
| planning or the development of new products, | | | | 2014. This is due to an increase in the number of |
| where they analyze and interpret financial | | | | businesses nationwide, changing financial laws and |
| information that corporate executives need in | | | | regulations, and increased scrutiny of company |
| order to make sound business decisions. They | | | | finances. In addition to these reasons for new |
| also prepare financial reports for other groups, | | | | accounting jobs opening up, there will also be a |
| including stock holders, creditors, regulatory | | | | need to replace accountants and auditors who will |
| agencies, and tax authorities. Management | | | | retire or transfer to other occupations.The field is |
| accountants are usually a part of an accounting | | | | also becoming more specialized due to technology |
| department, employed a large company, and may | | | | and new, accurate accounting and auditing |
| work in many areas that may include financial | | | | software experience becoming a crucial addition |
| analysis, planning, budgeting, and cost accounting.3. | | | | to an accountant job description. An accountant |
| Government AccountantA government | | | | job description may include, in addition to |
| accountant works in the public sector, maintaining | | | | educational and technological requirements, strong |
| and examining the records of government | | | | interpersonal and communication skills, simply due |
| agencies and auditing private businesses and | | | | to the fact that most accountants work on |
| individuals whose activities are subject to | | | | teams with others from different backgrounds, |
| government regulation and/or taxation. This | | | | and will need the ability to communicate |
| accountant job description, while detailed, is much | | | | accounting and financial information clearly and |
| more specialized. Government accountants are | | | | concisely.Regardless of one's qualifications, |
| employed by Federal, State, or local | | | | competition in the accounting field will remain |
| governments, and work to guarantee that | | | | strong for the most prestigious jobs, as well as |
| revenues are received and expenditures are | | | | for obtaining clients for those accountants that |
| made in accordance with laws and regulations. | | | | are self-employed. |
| Those employed by the Federal government may | | | | |