Occupation Atlaspublic finance accountant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/78db356f-a96a-4456-ab29-2de62e52f830
public finance accountant
Public finance accountants head the treasury department of a governmental institution. They manage the institution's financial administration, expenditure and income generation, and compliance with taxation and other financial legislation. They perform administrative duties to ensure record keeping, develop plans for budget management and perform financial forecasts.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
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, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
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 techniques
- budgetary principles
- conduct financial audits
- control financial resources
- create a financial report
- develop account strategy
- financial forecasting
- inspect government expenditures
- inspect government incomes
- monitor financial accounts
- public finance
- tax legislation
Optional (16)
- advise on public finance
- bookkeeping regulations
- calculate tax
- civil law
- comply with legal regulations
- debt classification
- debt systems
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- handle financial transactions
- manage accounts
- manage administrative systems
- manage budgets
- manage financial risk
- manage staff
- public administration
- public law
O*NET equivalents
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