(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Auditors
Job Description
Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies. |
100
|
Prepare detailed reports on audit findings. |
100
|
Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required. |
100
|
Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions. |
100
|
Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations. |
100
|
Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity. |
100
|
Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters. |
100
|
Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate. |
96
|
Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities. |
96
|
Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures. |
92
|
Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives. |
88
|
Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning. |
88
|
Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries. |
67
|
Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned. |
67
|
Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws. |
46
|
Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling and transmitting financial records. |
46
|
Produce up-to-the-minute information, using internal computer systems, to allow management to base decisions on actual, not historical, data. |
38
|
Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets. |
33
|
Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office. |
17
|
Examine records, tax returns, and related documents pertaining to settlement of decedent's estate. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
79
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
78
|
Getting Information
|
77
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
75
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
74
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
73
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
71
|
Processing Information
|
71
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
70
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
70
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
69
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
69
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
69
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
68
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
67
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
65
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
65
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
63
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
62
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
61
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
59
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
58
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
58
|
Thinking Creatively
|
57
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
55
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
54
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
52
|
Interacting With Computers
|
51
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
49
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
47
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
44
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
30
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
23
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
18
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
11
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
10
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
10
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
7
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
6
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
5
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
2
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|