According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Prepare detailed reports on audit findings. | 91% |
| Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities. | 91% |
| Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies. | 90% |
| Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions. | 90% |
| Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required. | 90% |
| Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters. | 86% |
| Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity. | 86% |
| Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate. | 85% |
| Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations. | 84% |
| Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. | 84% |
| Prepare adjusting journal entries. | 84% |
| Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences. | 84% |
| Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office. | 84% |
| Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries. | 82% |
| Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts. | 82% |
| Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements. | 82% |
| Advise clients in areas such as compensation, employee health care benefits, the design of accounting or data processing systems, or long-range tax or estate plans. | 82% |
| Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues. | 81% |
| Report to management regarding the finances of establishment. | 80% |
| Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice. | 80% |
| Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology. | 79% |
| 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. | 76% |
| Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling, and transmitting financial records. | 76% |
| Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned. | 73% |
| Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives. | 73% |
| Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws. | 69% |
