Accountants and Auditors

Typical job duties performed with this occupation include:

TASK DUTIES
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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*Note: Not all occupations will have a full list of Task Duties or associated programs

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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
Wichita State University	Wichita	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BBA	120
Emporia State University	Emporia	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BSB	120
Kansas State University	Manhattan	Public	APPLIED BUSINESS	Associate Degree - AS	63
Kansas State University	Manhattan	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BS	126
Washburn University	Topeka	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BBA	124
Fort Hays State University	Hays	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BBA	124
University of Kansas	Lawrence	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BSB	120
Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg	Public	ACCOUNTING	Bachelor Degree - BBA	124
Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg	Public	INTERNAL AUDITING	Postsecondary award/certificate/diploma(< 1 academic year) - CERT	12
Johnson County Community College	Overland Park	Public	TAX PREPARATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP	One-year Technical Certificate - CERTE	33
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	Public	ACCOUNTING	Associate Degree - AAS	61
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	Public	ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE	Less Than One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	18
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	Public	ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE	One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	30
Colby Community College	Colby	Public	ACCOUNTING	One-year Technical Certificate - CERT	33
National American University - Wichita	Wichita	Private	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTING	Bachelor of Science - BS
National American University - Wichita	Wichita	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
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
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

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