"Accountant"

Job Description - Part 3 - Skills Required

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

Skills Needed for: "Accountant"

1) Mathematics -- Using mathematics to solve problems.

2) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.


3) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.


4) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.


5) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

6) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.


7) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.


8) Systems Analysis -- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.


9) Systems Evaluation -- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

10) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.


11) Management of Financial Resources -- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

12) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.


13) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

14) Operations Analysis -- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.


15) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.


16) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.


17) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.


18) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Job Description for "Accountant" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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