
Accountants and Auditors
Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:
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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. |
Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions. |
Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required. |
Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters. |
Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity. |
Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate. |
Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations. |
Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. |
Prepare adjusting journal entries. |
Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences. |
Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts. |
Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries. |
Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice. |
Report to management regarding the finances of establishment. |
Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology. |
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. |
Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives. |
Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws. |
Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office. |
Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements. |
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. |
Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues. |
Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling, and transmitting financial records. |
Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned. |
Develop, maintain, or analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs. |
Prepare, analyze, or verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning. |
Process invoices for payment. |
Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, or expenditures. |
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Training for this occupational program or those in a similar family of programs can be located at the following postsecondary institutions in the State of Kansas. Please check with a program advisor at the postsecondary institution for more information on the particular focus of each program listed. Programs nearest the local area appear first. Click on the program to find more information.
INSTITUTION NAME | CITY | INSTITUTION TYPE | PROGRAM TITLE | AWARDS | HOURS |
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Fort Hays State University | Hays | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
Wichita State University | Wichita | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BS | 120 |
Kansas State University | Manhattan | Public | APPLIED BUSINESS | Associate Degree - AS | 61 |
Emporia State University | Emporia | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BSB | 120 |
Washburn University | Topeka | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
University of Kansas | Lawrence | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BSB | 120 |
Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | Public | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor Degree - BBA | 120 |
Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | Public | INTERNAL AUDITING | Postsecondary award/certificate/diploma (less than 1 academic year) - CERT | 12 |
National American University - Garden City | Garden City | Private | BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EMPH ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
National American University - Garden City | Garden City | Private | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
National American University - Wichita Education Center | Wichita | Private | BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
National American University - Wichita Education Center | Wichita | Private | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
National American University - Wichita | Wichita | Private | BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
National American University - Wichita | Wichita | Private | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
Grantham University | Lenexa | Private | ACCOUNTING | Bachelor of Science - BS | |
DeVry University - Holmes Rd | Kansas City | Private | CPA PREPARATION - PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP | Graduate Certificate - CERTG | |
DeVry University - Holmes Rd | Kansas City | Private | FINANCE | Master of Science - MS |