• Academics

Auditor

13-2011.02

Median wages

$58,760

Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.
  • 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.
  • Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.
  • Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
  • Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.
  • Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures.
  • Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
  • Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.
  • 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.
  • Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.
  • 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.
  • Examine records, tax returns, and related documents pertaining to settlement of decedent's estate.
  • Produce up-to-the-minute information, using internal computer systems, to allow management to base decisions on actual, not historical, data.
  • 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.
  • Accounting software — Client billing software; Intuit QuickBooks Hot technology ; Sage 50 Accounting Hot technology ; Sageworks ProfitCents 
  • Analytical or scientific software — ACL Audit Exchange; Guidance Software EnCase Enterprise; SAS Hot technology ; WizSoft WizRule
  • Business intelligence and data analysis software — IBM Cognos Impromptu Hot technology ; Qlik Tech QlikView Hot technology ; Tableau Hot technology
  • Compliance software — Intrax ProcedureNet; Paisley Cardmap; Sage HandiSoft HandiLedger; TrendTracker Compliance Solution 
  • Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software Hot technology ; Microsoft Access Hot technology ; Structured query language SQL Hot technology
  • Data mining software — Data extraction software; WizSoft WizWhy
  • Development environment software — Microsoft Visual Basic Hot technology
  • Electronic mail software — IBM Notes Hot technology
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software Hot technology — Microsoft Dynamics GP Hot technology ; Oracle Fusion Applications Hot technology ; Oracle PeopleSoft Hot technology ; SAP Hot technology 
  • Enterprise system management software — IBM Power Systems software Hot technology
  • Financial analysis software — Bi3 Financial Statement Fraud Analysis; CaseWare International IDEA SmartAnalyzer; Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Hot technology ; Thomson Reuters Risk Management 
  • Graphics or photo imaging software — Microsoft Visio Hot technology
  • Information retrieval or search software — LexisNexis Hot technology
  • Medical software — Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS Hot technology ; Medical condition coding software Hot technology ; Medical procedure coding software Hot technology
  • Object or component oriented development software — R Hot technology
  • Office suite software — Corel WordPerfect Office Suite; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Works
  • Operating system software — UNIX Hot technology
  • Presentation software — Google Slides; Microsoft PowerPoint Hot technology
  • Project management software — Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Hot technology
  • Spreadsheet software — Google Sheets; Microsoft Excel Hot technology
  • Time accounting software — WorkForce Software EmpCenter Time and Attendance
  • Video creation and editing software — TechSmith Camtasia
  • Word processing software — Google Docs; Microsoft Word
  • 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.
  • Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
  • Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
  • Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  • Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
  • Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
  • Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
  • Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
  • Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
  • Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
  • Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
  • Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Subscribed

Partners & Initiatives

  • Cleveland Bradley Business Incubator
  • America's SBDC Tennesseey
  • Your Skills. Your Future.
  • OneSource
  • Cleveland State Sustainability Initiative
  • TBR The College System of Tennessee
  • TN eCampus
  • Tennessee Transfer Pathway