General characteristics. As an entry-level accountant, learns to apply the principles, theories, and concepts of accountingto a specific system. The position is distinguishable from nonprofessionalpositions by the variety of assignments, rate and scope of developmentexpected, and the existence, implicit or explicit, of a plannedtraining program designed to give the entering accountant practicalexperience. Performs a varietyof accounting tasks such as: examining a variety of financialstatements for complet
eness, internal accuracy, and conformancewith uniform accounting classifications or other specific accountingrequirements, reconciling reports and financial data with financialstatements already on file, and pointing out apparent inconsistenciesor errors, carrying out assigned steps in an accounting analysis,such as computing standard ratios, assembling and summarizingaccounting literature on a given subject, preparing relativelysimple financial statements not involving problems of ana |
As an entry-level accountant, Accountant I learns to apply the principles, theories, and concepts of accounting to a specific system. The position is distinguishable from nonprofessional positions by the variety of assignments, rate and scope of development expected, and the existence, implicit or explicit, of a planned training program designed to give the entering accountant practical experience. |