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Accounting
The nature of work of accountants and auditors is to prepare, analyze, and verify financial
reports and taxes, and monitor information systems that furnish this information to
managers in business, industry, and government. The major fields of accounting are Public
accountants who have their own business or work for public accounting firms. They
perform a large range of responsibilities such as doing taxes, numerous accounting and
auditing, consulting activities for their clients, who may be corporations, governments,
nonprofit organizations, or individuals. Management accountants also called industrial,
corporate, or private accountants record and analyze the financial information of the
companies for which they work with. Other responsibilities include budgeting, cost
management, and asset management. These accountants analyze and interpret the financial
information corporate executives use to make sound business decisions. Internal auditors
are very important to our system. When companies make information more timely, top
management base their decisions on actual data, rather than their personal opinion. So
these auditors verify the accuracy of their organizations records and check for
mismanagement, waste or fraud. Government accountants maintain and examine the
records of government agencies, and audit private business and individuals whose
activities are subject to government regulations or taxation. All ranks of government
accounting sees that revenues are received and expenditures are made in accordance to
laws and regulations. Many who have a background in accounting work for the federal
government as Internal Revenue Service Agents. Within each field, accountants often
concentrate on one aspect of accounting. Jonda Dunn who I interviewed works for B. Lee
Hubbard and Company in Jackson, Ohio. She has worked there for six years and enjoys
her job. She has received a bachelors degree in accounting and minored in Computer
Science. She chose this career because she loves math and numbers. Mrs. Dunn deals with
payrolls, bank reconciliations, and financial statements.
In accountants working conditions they are usually placed in an office setting. Self
employed accountants are able to do part of their work at home instead of the office. Those
who may be employed by public firms and government agencies may travel frequently for
the branches of the firms. Most accountants work about a 40- hour week. If they are
self-employed then they may work more or less depending on who much work they are
willing to take on for the clients.
The employment outlook for accountants who have earned a professional degree through
certification or licensure should have the best jobs. Applicants with a maters degree in
