How do they match: Accountants and Auditors

  • Accountants and Auditors

  • Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.

  • 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.
  • Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
  • Develop, maintain, or analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
  • Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
  • Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned.

  • Advise others on business or operational matters.
  • Advise others on financial matters.
  • Advise others on human resources topics.
  • Develop business or financial information systems.