Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within an organization.

Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

1. Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.

2. Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements.

3. Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.

4. Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.

5. Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.

6. Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.

7. Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.

8. Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities.

9. Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, or maintain solutions to business and financial problems.

10. Work as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents.

11. Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.

Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Education: Most of these occupations require a four - year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

The college search results are undergraduate programs associated with Accountants. Further education may also be required to pursue this career.

The training search results include both short and long-term programs associated with Accountants, and may be more appropriate for adult and non-traditional students. Further training may also be required to pursue this career.

In NY the average wage for this occupation was:

$50,050 for entry level workers, and $92,540 for experienced workers.

Based on the total number of annual openings and its growth rate, the employment prospects for this occupation are described as Very Favorable.

During 2006, there were approximately 106,960 Accountants employed in NY.

We estimate that in 2016 there will be 120,470  employed in NY. This represents an increase of 1,350 job(s) each year, and a total of 1,880 job openings each year.

Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) - COAP, a summer program for high school juniors, is held at several college campuses across New York State. The program is an important component of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants efforts to recruit young people into the CPA profession.

American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) - As a professional society dedicated to the application of science to the law, the AAFS is committed to the promotion of education and the elevation of accuracy, precision, and specificity in the forensic sciences. Academy's members are physicians, attorneys, dentists, toxicologists, physical anthropologists, document examiners, psychiatrists, physicists, engineers, criminalists, educators, and others.

Syracuse University Summer College Forensic Science Program - Summer College Forensic Science program is intended to provide an introduction to understanding the science behind crime detection. Topics included are blood analysis, organic and inorganic evidence analysis, microscopic investigations, hair analysis, DNA, forensic psychology, drug chemistry and toxicology, fiber comparisons, paints, glass compositions and fragmentation, fingerprints, soil comparisons and arson investigations, among others.

Accountants and auditors - Visit this link for additional information on this career from the Occupational Outlook Handbook; a publication produced and maintained by the United States Department of Labor.

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Treasurers and Controllers - Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.

Cost Estimators - Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.

Auditors - Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.

Budget Analysts - Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports for the purpose of maintaining expenditure controls.

Credit Analysts - Analyze current credit data and financial statements of individuals or firms to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money. Prepare reports with this credit information for use in decision-making.

Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents - Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.

Actuaries - Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain premium rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.

Economists - Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to aid in solution of economic problems arising from production and distribution of goods and services. May collect and process economic and statistical data using econometric and sampling techniques.