Auditor

 

Accountant, Auditor, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Financial Auditor

 

What they do:

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.

On the job, you would:

Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.

Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.

Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non- compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.

 

KNOWLEDGE

Business

accounting and economics customer service

Arts and Humanities

English language

Math and Science

arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Safety and Government

law and government

 

SKILLS

Basic Skills

listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions reading work related information

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

 

ABILITIES

Math

add, subtract, multiply, or divide

choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Verbal

communicate by speaking

read and understand what is written

Ideas and Logic

use rules to solve problems notice when problems happen

 

PERSONALITY

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

 

They do well at jobs that need:

Attention to Detail Integrity

Dependability

Analytical Thinking Cooperation

 

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