According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Perform personal bookkeeping services. | 96% |
| Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information. | 95% |
| Prepare and process payroll information. | 94% |
| Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes. | 93% |
| Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks. | 92% |
| Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations. | 91% |
| Compute deductions for income and social security taxes. | 91% |
| Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents. | 89% |
| Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers. | 89% |
| Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments. | 88% |
| Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date. | 88% |
| Reconcile records of bank transactions. | 87% |
| Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets. | 86% |
| Code documents according to company procedures. | 86% |
| Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal. | 86% |
| Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records. | 85% |
| Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence. | 84% |
| Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match. | 84% |
| Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets. | 84% |
| Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts. | 83% |
| Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents. | 83% |
| Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers. | 83% |
| Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures. | 83% |
| Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software. | 83% |
| Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists. | 82% |
| Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information. | 82% |
| Prepare purchase orders and expense reports. | 82% |
| Prepare trial balances of books. | 81% |
| Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses. | 79% |
| Maintain inventory records. | 71% |
