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Accountant
* Many accountants are also certified financial planners
  - specialize in a particular kind of business
* Most accountants concentrate in one phase of accounting
  - use the accrual-basis of accounting for businesses
* Some accountants build their entire practice around small businesses
  - seek a professional designation to set themselves apart from others
  - specialize as personal financial planners
  - work as teachers, researchers, and consultants
* There are three kinds of accountants.
* also work for non-profit organizations such as schools, hospitals, and charities
  - with taxes for employer firms, for clients, and for government agencies
* are accountants
  - an integral part of an organization's management team
  - basically conservative, traditional people
  - both end users and designers of accounting systems
  - businesspersons
  - detail-oriented number crunchers
  - either self-employed or employed in accounting firms or other large companies
  - experts in money matters and keeping accounts
  - financial information experts
  - indispensable professionals who are always in demand in the business world
  - located in firms
  - office workers
  - professionals whose contributions are respected by their employers and society
  - skilled and educated people
* are the auditors of accounting systems
  - modern day information scientists
  - referees of business
  - very likely to work overtime, particularly during tax season
* assemble data for the evaluation of the performance and position of the organization.
* assemble, analyze, and communicate essential information about financial operations.
* calculate working capital as current assets minus liabilities.
* can audit, educate, govern, manage, consult, and create
  - practice auditing, financial planning, tax compliance, financial analysis and more
* capture and report information necessary for sound business decisions.
* come from every ethnic and cultural background.
* compile and analyze business records and prepare financial reports.
* deal with numbers.
* desire balance.
* do a variety of jobs
  - more that prepare financial statements and record transactions
  - much more than simply work with numbers
* focus on concept learning and rule learning.
* follow certain basic principles in recording the transactions of a business entity.
* have a good reputation in society and in business
  - different types of profit
  - their calculators
* help individuals and businesses manage their money.
* hold executive positions throughout business, industry, and government
  - positions from entry-level to chief executive officer
* maintain financial records and supervise transactions.
* offer tax advice and verify financial data.
* operate within a broad socioeconomic environment.
* play a key role on the management team in most organizations.
* play a vital role in the financial reporting process
  - operation of charitable and other nonprofit institutions
* primarily assist with tax compliance and tax planning.
* provide information that can be used to change the future
  - much of the data that is used in business decision making
* pursue calculating careers.
* record the flow of money for a given organization.
* serve a dual function regarding taxes
  - as key financial advisors in addressing the challenges of global business
  - in a variety of specialized roles
* similarly own a duty of care in making financial statements.
* use numbers but they ultimately are working with people.
* usually measure, based on allocation routines, the total cost of each product
  - specialize in a field such as auditing, cost, or tax
* work for business, industry, and various governmental agencies
  - large and small firms, national and international firms
  - in a wide range of positions in modern organisations
* work with all sorts of people
* working within government are at federal, state, county, and city levels.