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Chartered accountants are responsible for financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accountancy, corporate finance and insolvency. They play a strategic role by providing professional advice, aiming to maximise profitability on behalf of their client or employer. They work in many different settings, including public practice firms, industry, commerce and the public sector.
In public practice firms, chartered accountants provide professional services to fee paying clients, from private individuals to large commercial and public sector organisations. In commerce, industry and the public sector, they may work in fund management and procurement, as well as in financial management and reporting roles.
Typical work activities for chartered accountancy jobs:
The role of a chartered accountant may cover many aspects of finance work, including:
• continuous management of financial systems and budgets; • undertaking financial audits (an independent check of an organisation's financial position); • providing financial advice.
For Accountancy Jobs in public practice, typical work activities include:
• liaising with clients (individuals or businesses), providing financial information and advice; • reviewing the company's systems and analysing risk; • performing tests to check financial information and systems; • advising clients on tax planning (within current legislation to enable them to minimise their tax liability) and tax issues associated with activities such as business acquisitions and mergers; • maintaining accounting records and preparing accounts and management information for small businesses (accountancy); • advising clients on business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions (corporate finance); • advising clients on areas of business improvement, or dealing with insolvency; • detecting and preventing fraud (forensic accounting); • managing junior colleagues.
For Accountancy Jobs in commerce and industry, and the public sector, typical work activities involve:
• liaising with internal and external auditors and dealing with any financial irregularities as they arise; • producing reports and recommendations following internal audits or public sector audits; • preparing financial statements, including monthly and annual accounts; • preparing financial management reports, including financial planning and forecasting; • advising on tax and treasury issues; • negotiating terms with suppliers
Management Accountancy Jobs:
Management accountants work in commerce and industry. They carry out all accountancy functions except external audits.
For an Accountancy Job as a management accountants:
• are involved in their company’s management and strategic planning • advise managers on all aspects of financial policy and control • advise managers on costs and benefits of projects under discussion, eg expansion, purchase of new premises or equipment • monitor spending and effectiveness of financial control • conduct internal audits and prepare periodic financial statements for managers’ information, including profit and loss accounts • prepare profit forecasts and budgets • evaluate existing financial information systems and suggest improvements.
Key Finance & Accountancy skills
• accuracy • logic • ability to remain impartial • written and verbal communication skills • initiative • numeracy • commercial awareness • ability to acquire sufficient technical knowledge to understand the company’s business and products.
Training for your management accountancy jobs:
Training involves three to four years of on-the-job training and part-time study or distance learning for professional examinations.
Three years’ experience with an employer is needed before a Chartered Institute of Management Accountants qualification can be gained.
Salaries for management accountants jobs:
Trainees start on £18,000 to £20,000 and newly-qualified accountants earn £25,000 to £35,000. Senior accountants can earn over £100,000.
Financial accountancy Jobs:
Financial accountants control the financial management systems of a business.
In your Financial Accountancy Job what do financial accountants do?
• extract and interpret information from financial records • advise on strategic direction • advise managers on daily financial decisions of a company • advise the board of directors • control working capital of a business, ensuring debtors, creditors and stocks are maintained.
Key finance and accountancy skills:
• inquiring, analytical mind • ability to work logically, consistently and accurately • numeracy • good working knowledge of accounting information, while keeping up to date with changing financial rules and regulations • ability to discuss financial issues with both fellow professionals and those with little or no financial background • self-motivation • time-management skills • strong interpersonal skills • good management skills.
Training to be a financial accountant:
Training is available by self-study, distance learning, courses at colleges of further and higher education and private training providers.
Salaries for financial accountants jobs:
Salaries for financial accountants tend to vary greatly. The size of a company and its location affects salaries at all levels. A graduate trainee might earn £12,000 to £20,000, rising to £20,000 to £35,000 on qualifying. Thereafter, salary level varies according to seniority and merit.
Treasurer Jobs or Jobs in Treasury:
Treasurers work for all types of organisation including non-financial businesses, banks or insurance companies and government, local authority and charitable / NGO operations.
If you are looking for Treasury jobs what do corporate treasurers do?
• manage the organisation’s capital structure, including raising new funds • manage relationships with suppliers of financial services, eg banks • model and manage an organisation’s exposure to financial and business risk (including currency fluctuations or changing interest rates) • take responsible for financial security – establishing financial controls within an organisation.
Key Treasury skills:
• ability to analyse and absorb information • accuracy and attention to detail • ability to write clear reports • negotiating skills • ability to work under pressure • numeracy • understanding of how businesses work • commercial judgement.
Training to be a treasurer:
Treasurers gain practical experience in the workplace and study part time for the examinations of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. Some graduates begin as treasury trainees, while others start in accountancy, corporate finance, tax or legal departments and transfer to treasury work when an opportunity arises or after a successful placement in treasury as part of a graduate-training programme.
Salaries for Treasury Jobs:
Salaries for Treasury Jobs:
Starting salaries are around £25,000 to £25,000. A newly-qualified corporate treasurer can expect over £40,000, rising to over £55,000 once experienced. Group treasurers of top FTSE-100 companies can earn over £100,000.
Jobs in Finance & Jobs in Banking:
There’s much more to working in finance than juggling numbers. Whether you want to run a high-street bank, look after the finances of a hospital, or work in the City as an investment banker, there are numerous opportunities available.
Finance is a competitive career area, but for good reason – it’s well-paid, there are further qualifications on offer and most employers recruit graduates from any discipline.
Finance and banking career areas:
Most students entering finance train as accountants, with chartered, management and certified accountancy companies the biggest recruiters. Banking and insurance are also popular areas, followed by actuarial work and financial services.
• Accountancy and tax • Insurance • Investment banking • Retail banking
Prospects for career progression are excellent. Further training and qualifications are necessary, but you’ll usually be able to obtain these through part-time study. Finance is renowned for paying well, too. Don’t be surprised to see starting salaries of over £35,000 available. On top of that, performance-related bonuses are on offer in some areas.
Financial risk analyst:
Financial risk analysts identify and analyse the areas of potential risk threatening the assets, earning capacity or success of organisations in the industrial, commercial or public sector. They are sometimes called risk managers. They have the responsibility of predicting change, forecasting cost to the organisation and predicting future trends.
There are high degrees of specialisation within the profession. Risk analysts may work in sales, origination, trading, marketing and private banking, specialising in:
credit; market; operational; regulatory.
Financial institutions are required to manage market and credit risks daily. More increasingly, therefore, risk analysts are tasked with responsibilities touching all four key areas.
Typical work activities
A financial risk analyst's role is to formalise the process of risk management within an organisation. This involves business decision-making and enabling the process of risk taking. The role can differ according to the area of work:
Market risk specialists analyse the risk that outside factors may affect the share price or the market. They typically work closely with traders to calculate the risk associated with specific trading transactions. Credit risk specialists analyse the risk to the company of its customers not paying for goods or services or defaulting on loans. Operational risk analysts look at the likelihood of risky events taking place such as system breakdowns and employee fraud. Regulatory risk analysts look at the impact on the company of new legislation.
Work activities depend on the nature and business of the employer, but tasks typically involve:
managing resources wisely; evaluating sources of action and proposed business decisions; protecting the organisation's assets and public image; conducting research to assess the severity of risk; conducting statistical analysis to evaluate risk and using statistical software such as SPSS and SAS; making recommendations to reduce/control risk, which may involve an insurance strategy; reviewing legal documents; presenting ideas via reports and presentations, outlining findings and making recommendations for improvements; working with traders to calculate the risk associated with specific transactions; forecasting and monitoring market trends; purchasing insurance; analysing a bank's market position and running figures through complex modelling techniques to find value at risk (VAR) measurements; carrying out quantitative analysis; using financial packages and software, including portfolio management software; studying government legislation, which may affect a company, and advising on compliance; developing contingency plans to deal with emergencies.
