Occupation Atlasaccounting analyst
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/caafca69-9faa-4850-8930-a3fa07fea4e6
accounting analyst
Accounting analysts evaluate the financial statements of clients, usually companies, which include the income sheet, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and additional notes to other financial statements. They interpret and implement new accounting systems and accounting procedures and will analyse and determine if the proposed systems conform to accounting regulations and meet user information requirements.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional7.00
- E Enterprising3.87
- I Investigative3.57
- S Social2.13
- R Realistic1.14
- A Artistic1.08
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Accountants and Auditors (13-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accounting department processes
- accounting entries
- accounting techniques
- analyse business processes
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse financial risk
- check accounting records
- create a financial report
- draft accounting procedures
- explain accounting records
- financial department processes
- financial statements
- identify process improvements
- international financial reporting standards
- interpret financial statements
- monitor financial accounts
- national generally accepted accounting principles
- supervise accounting operations
Optional (21)
- advise on financial matters
- ensure compliance with accounting conventions
- ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information
- evaluate budgets
- follow the statutory obligations
- forecast account metrics
- global standards for sustainability reporting
- identify if a company is a going concern
- investment analysis
- liaise with shareholders
- liquidity management
- make strategic business decisions
- manage accounts
- perform forensic accounting
- perform stock valuation
- prepare financial statements
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- public offering
- review investment portfolios
- stock market
- treasury management system
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 18 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
accounting manager
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financial manager
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financial auditor
7 shared · 15 more of its ownaccounting entries, check accounting records, accounting department processes, financial department processes
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financial controller
6 shared · 11 more of its ownexplain accounting records, accounting department processes, financial department processes, interpret financial statements
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budget manager
6 shared · 22 more of its ownexplain accounting records, monitor financial accounts, accounting department processes, financial department processes
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corporate treasurer
5 shared · 11 more of its ownfinancial department processes, interpret financial statements, analyse financial performance of a company, financial statements
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audit supervisor
5 shared · 13 more of its ownnational generally accepted accounting principles, international financial reporting standards, interpret financial statements, analyse financial performance of a company
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