Treasurers & Controllers
Also called:
Controller, Treasurer, Business Manager, Finance Director
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Financial Management
Financial Manager; Health Services Comptroller
Comptrollership; Financial Management; Fiscal Operations; Planning, Programming, and Budgeting
Finance Officer; Financial Management Officer
Comptroller; Military Assistance Programs Officer
What they do:
Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.
On the job, you would:
- Prepare and file annual tax returns or prepare financial information so that outside accountants can complete tax returns.
- Prepare or direct preparation of financial statements, business activity reports, financial position forecasts, annual budgets, or reports required by regulatory agencies.
- Supervise employees performing financial reporting, accounting, billing, collections, payroll, and budgeting duties.
Arts and Humanities
Business
- accounting and economics
- management
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Safety and Government
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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People interested in this work like activities that include
data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Independence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics software
- Oracle PeopleSoft
Accounting software
- Automatic Data Processing EasyPay software
- Hyperion Enterprise
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
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master's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$107,160
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
