accountant
Code 2411.1
The accountant (contador auditor o contador general) records, classifies and reports economic events; in Chile often tied to tax rules and financial statements. Use this Job Dictionary profile to write an accountant profile usable in ads and assessment.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- commercial law
- depreciation
- accounting entries
- fraud detection
- financial statements
- statistics
- tax legislation
- bookkeeping regulations
- accounting department processes
- financial department processes
- accounting techniques
Skills and competences
- attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions
- analyse financial performance of a company
- follow the statutory obligations
- identify accounting errors
- draft accounting procedures
- explain accounting records
- ensure compliance with accounting conventions
- manage accounts
- interpret financial statements
- prepare trial accounting balances
- prepare financial statements
- perform balance sheet operations
- check accounting records
Transversal competences
- calculate tax
- prepare tax returns forms
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What to assess for this role
Assess accuracy, ethics, close deadlines and ability to explain findings to non-accountants.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does an accountant do in a company?
- Keeps the books, supports filings and reports and maintains number traceability for management and auditors.
- Accountant vs accounting analyst?
- The accountant often owns the full cycle and formal responsibility; the analyst deep-dives into accounts, reconciliations or reporting.
- What to assess when hiring an accountant?
- Technical command, integrity and organisation under monthly or year-end close pressure.
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Sources
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