Management relies on timely and comprehensive financial reports and data.
Accounting Assistants, Bookkeepers, and Accounting Clerical staff members prepare, analyze, and report information in accounting, service, manufacturing, and governmental organizations. These occupations generally work in three areas. In the Public Accounting area, they assist Certified Public Accountants in acquiring, recording, and preparing information for clients. In business, they support management in record keeping and providing information for decision making. In governmental entities, they maintain required information systems.