50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

__________________________________________ Conventional Occupations: Accountants and Auditors

Conventional–

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Occupations

Accountants

! Personality Code: CE

! Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $57,060

! Beginning Wage: $35,570

! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium

! Growth: 17.7%

! Annual Job Openings: 134,463

! Self-Employed: 9.5%

! Part-Time: 9.3%

! e job openings listed here are shared with Auditors.

Analyze fi nancial information and prepare fi nan-

cial reports to determine or maintain record of

assets, liabilities, profi t and loss, tax liability, or

other fi nancial activities within an organization.

Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records,

fi nancial statements, or other fi nancial reports to

assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to

reporting and procedural standards. Compute taxes

owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance

with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.

Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues,

fi nancial commitments, and obligations to project

future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.

Report to management regarding the fi nances of

establishment. Establish tables of accounts and assign

entries to proper accounts. Develop, maintain, and

analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that com-

pare budgeted costs to actual costs. Develop, imple-

ment, modify, and document recordkeeping and

accounting systems, making use of current computer

technology. Prepare forms and manuals for account-

ing and bookkeeping personnel and direct their work

activities. Survey operations to ascertain accounting

needs and to recommend, develop, or maintain solu-

tions to business and fi nancial problems. Work as

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents. Advise man-

agement about issues such as resource utilization,

tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying bud-

get forecasts. Provide internal and external auditing

services for businesses or individuals. Advise clients

in areas such as compensation, employee health-

care benefi ts, the design of accounting or data pro-

cessing systems, or long-range tax or estate plans.

Investigate bankruptcies and other complex fi nan-

cial transactions and prepare reports summarizing

the fi ndings. Represent clients before taxing author-

ities and provide support during litigation involving

fi nancial issues. Appraise, evaluate, and inventory

real property and equipment, recording information

such as the description, value, and location of prop-

erty. Maintain or examine the records of government

agencies. Serve as bankruptcy trustees or business

valuators.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 04. Business and

Administration. Work Group: 04.05. Account-

ing, Auditing, and Analytical Support. Other Jobs

in " is Work Group: Accountants and Auditors;

Auditors; Budget Analysts; Industrial Engineering

Te c h n i c i a n s ; L o g i s t i c i a n s ; M a n a g e m e nt A n a l y s t s ;

Operations Research Analysts.

Skills: Management of Financial Resources; Sys-

tems Analysis; Systems Evaluation; Operations Anal-

ysis; Judgment and Decision Making; Programming;

Mathematics; Time Management.

Education and Training Programs: Accounting

and Computer Science; Accounting; Accounting

and Finance; Accounting and Business/Manage-

ment. Related Knowledge/Courses: Economics

and Accounting; Clerical Practices; Mathematics;

Law and Government; Computers and Electronics;

Personnel and Human Resources.

Work Environment: Indoors; sitting.

Accountants and Auditors

See Accountants (a Conventional job) and Auditors (a

Conventional job), described separately.