Accounting analyst
Also searched as: Analista contable · Asistente contable · Auxiliar contable
Code 2411.1.1
What does a Accounting analyst do?
If you are writing the job ad or hiring process, the accounting analyst (asistente o auxiliar contable) runs reconciliations, entries and close support under the accountant or controller. Use this profile to lock responsibilities, ERP and evidence criteria before you post — not just a list of duties.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- international financial reporting standards
- accounting entries
- financial statements
- national generally accepted accounting principles
- accounting department processes
- financial department processes
- accounting techniques
Skills and competences
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse business processes
- draft accounting procedures
- explain accounting records
- interpret financial statements
- check accounting records
- monitor financial accounts
- supervise accounting operations
Transversal competences
- analyse financial risk
- create a financial report
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What to assess for this role
Ask for a reconciliation with real differences: watch accuracy, pace, how they document open items and whether they escalate inconsistencies. Test ERP learning with a short case, not years on a CV alone.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does an accounting analyst do?
- Posts entries, reconciles accounts, builds support reports and clears differences before close. The ad should name ERP modules and open-item volume.
- What evidence to ask for in the interview?
- A close or reconciliation they owned: what stuck, how they fixed it and whom they escalated to. Generic task lists raise hiring risk.
- Typical hiring mistake?
- Hiring a «cheap junior» with semi-senior scope (close, tax, critical vendors) or confusing the role with accountant/controller. The mismatch shows up in the first close.
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences