Accountant Essay In today’s society every business needs to assess and analyze their net income and budget in order to be successful. For this specific purpose‚ there are accountants. There are 3 types of accountants‚ CMA(Certified Management Accountants)‚ CGA(Certified General Accountant) and CA(Chartered Accountants). All 3 of them have a specific job. A CMA accountant usually works directly for a company. At this position the person’s duty is to record and report different expenses in order
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The Role of an Accountant American InterContinental University Accounting Abstract Recently I was asked to give a speech at a high school career fair. The main focus of my speech is discussing my role as an account and what students should know. In this presentation I will present the students with the main objectives of accounting. I will also inform them of the terminology of the accounting process or financial reporting. Then I want to talk about how accounting
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Career: Accountant/Auditor A Day in the life of a Accountant/Auditor Accountants keep track of payments‚ financial positions‚ and transfers of capital or income for individual or institutional clients. Some are responsible for examining the tax implications of those actions. Accountants must be comfortable with numbers‚ but must also spend a considerable amount of time reviewing other people’s work and‚ in particular‚ delivering bad news. As a “financial physician” (a term that cropped up more
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Paper – Accountant Responsibility Introduction Accounting by definition is “The bookkeeping methods involved in making a financial record of business transactions and in the preparation of statements concerning the assets‚ liabilities‚ and operating results of a business” (The American Heritage). An accountant’s responsibility is not something that is equally split or separated by category. It is not something that can be defined easily or without a lot of research and thought. An accountant responsibility
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The Dilemma of an Accountant Studying the ethic case the dilemma is whether Dan Potter‚ who was assigned to an audit assignment should go by the audit and guidelines or whether he should disregard the ethical standards and continue to follow the instructions of his immediate boss. Dan Potter is working as a staff accountant at Baker Greenleaf. Dan final had an opportunity on first major audit assignment. This assignment required him to work under the supervision of his senior‚ Oliver Freeman‚ on
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Accountants and Writing The article Improving Accounting Students’ Writing Skills is about how many accounting students don’t realize how much writing is truly involved with being an accountant. It also explains that communication skills are one of the five core competencies outlined in the CPA Vision Project‚ tested on the CPA exam‚ and demanded by employers. Due to advancements in technology‚ accountants are spending less time gathering‚ processing‚ and reporting information‚ and more time strategizing
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What is the role of an accountant? The role of an accountant is generally described as someone who handles the financial records of the business and prepares the financial statements for them. There are different types of accountants though‚ and this essay looks at what roles these are in particular‚ looking at how they are similar and how they differ from each other. This essay will look at the role of the accountant in smaller businesses‚ like family businesses‚ and the wider business environment
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Abstract Forensic accountant have the important task of analyzing‚ investigating and determine and discrepancies with any form of financial report‚ earning‚ fraud and hinting asset. To perform such task the individual much be accurate‚ patience and have a love for number‚ also helping people to dispute‚ recover and discovery any financial wrongdoing. The top five important and essential skills a forensic accountant would need to be successful in their line of work are knowledge
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The ethical dilemma in this case is one that Daniel Potter is faced with. Daniel is a staff accountant at a Big Eight accounting firm‚ Baker Greenleaf. He was given the duty of performing an audit on a wholly-owned real estate subsidiary (Sub) of a long-standing and important client of his firm. Oliver Freeman is Daniel’s project manager. Oliver is the one that gave Daniel the task of performing the audit‚ and he is expecting a clean opinion from Daniel on the analysis of the Sub in
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As an Assistant accountant in the Organisation the value I have added is to a greater extent in my first 3 weeks of placement. When doing the General administration things such as filling‚ customer service and customer handling I have been able to reduce the workload from my senior accountant. He is able to use this time for the completion of some other task instead. I have been managing the internal needs of the company‚ which has resulted in a smoother operation of the organisation as a whole
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