Auditors
Also called:
Auditor, Internal Auditor, Auditor-in-Charge, Assurance Manager
What they do:
Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.
On the job, you would:
- Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
- Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
- Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.
Business
- accounting and economics
- management
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
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
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- read and understand what is written
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
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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
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Persistence
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Financial analysis software
- Bi3 Financial Statement Fraud Analysis
- CaseWare International IDEA SmartAnalyzer
Compliance software
- Intrax ProcedureNet
- Paisley Cardmap
Spreadsheet software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$62,850
per year, on average
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