Financial Specialist

Competency-based
ONET: 43-3031.00

1

Years

34

Skills
Classroom instruction topics
  • ACG 1403 - Excel for Business
  • ACG 2021 - Financial Accounting (Co-Req: ACG 2021L - Financial Accounting Lab)
  • ACG 2071 - Managerial Accounting (Pre-Req: ACG 2021 / Co-Req: ACG 2071L - Managerial Accounting Lab
  • ACG 2450 - Microcomputers in Accounting (Pre/Co-Req: ACG 2021)
  • TAX 2000 - Income Tax
  • TAX 2021 - Taxation of Business Organizations
On-the-job training
  • Maintain financial or account records
    • Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers
    • Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software
    • Perform personal bookkeeping services
    • Prepare trial balances of books
  • Operate computers or computerized equipment
    • Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information
  • Execute sales or other financial transactions
    • Prepare and process payroll information
  • Verify accuracy of financial or transactional data
    • Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes
    • Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information
    • Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks
    • Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match
  • Compile data or documentation
    • Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks
    • Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets
    • Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses
  • Prepare cash for deposit or disbursement
    • Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks
  • Calculate financial data
    • Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principa
    • Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software
    • Compute deductions for income and social security taxes
    • Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments
    • Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures
  • Monitor organizational compliance with regulations
    • Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations
  • Collect deposits, payments or fees
    • Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers
  • Operate office equipment
    • Operate 10-key calculators, computers, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents
  • Reconcile records of sales or other financial transactions
    • Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records
    • Reconcile records of bank transactions
  • Monitor financial information
    • Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date
  • Code data or other information
    • Code documents according to company procedures
  • Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information
    • Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence
  • File documents or records
    • Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence
  • Search files, databases or reference materials to obtain needed information
    • Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts
  • Convert data among multiple digital or analog formats
    • Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets
  • Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance
    • Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents
    • Prepare purchase orders and expense reports
  • Calculate costs of goods or services
    • Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists
  • Maintain inventory records
    • Maintain inventory records
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