Occupation Atlasfinancial auditor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1ad59946-d13e-441e-9b36-56e1df055e21
financial auditor
Financial auditors collect and examine financial data for clients, organisations and companies. They ensure the financial data is properly maintained and free of material misstatements due to error or fraud, that it adds up, and functions legally and effectively. They review lending and credit policies or numbers in databases and documents, evaluate, consult and assist the source of the transaction if necessary. They use their review of the client's financial governance as assurance to give testimony to the shareholders, stakeholders and board of directors of the organisation or company that all is up to par.
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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 Conventional6.40
- E Enterprising4.63
- I Investigative3.60
- S Social2.50
- R Realistic1.34
- A Artistic1.00
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 Financial Examiners (13-2061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
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
- accounting department processes
- accounting entries
- accounting techniques
- analyse financial risk
- arrange audit
- check accounting records
- conduct financial audits
- control financial resources
- corporate law
- develop audit plan
- economics
- financial analysis
- financial department processes
- inspect tax returns
- interpret financial statements
- monitor banking activities
- observe confidentiality
- obtain financial information
- pose questions referring to documents
- prepare financial auditing reports
- present reports
Optional (38)
- advise on credit rating
- advise on financial matters
- advise on tax planning
- analyse financial performance of a company
- banking activities
- commercial law
- communicate with banking professionals
- core banking software
- develop financial statistics reports
- disseminate information on tax legislation
- ensure compliance with accounting conventions
- ensure compliance with disclosure criteria of accounting information
- evaluate budgets
- financial jurisdiction
- financial management
- financial products
- financial statements
- follow the statutory obligations
- fraud detection
- identify accounting errors
- identify if a company is a going concern
- insolvency law
- internal auditing
- international financial reporting standards
- international tariffs
- joint ventures
- liaise with shareholders
- maintain financial records
- maintain records of financial transactions
- maintain trusts
- make strategic business decisions
- mergers and acquisitions
- national generally accepted accounting principles
- produce statistical financial records
- provide support in financial calculation
- tax legislation
- trace financial transactions
- use consulting techniques
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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