Questions: Work Experience

I have assisted in yearend in all my previous roles. I was involved in preparing financial statements in my previous role as Assistant Financial Accountant. I was responsible to finalise figures for revenue and input them on profit and loss accounts. I was also responsible for calculating provisions figures and input them on Balance sheet. I was also required to review full financial statements to check for any errors and ensure additional notes coincide with figures in financial statements. I also reviewed backing documents for journals and workings for assertions in financial statements before presenting them to auditors for external audit. I was also involved in stock valuation process to determine the final figure for inventory.

At Samuelson Group I was a Bookkeeper and my responsibilities were to post payment of customers in QuickBooks. I was required to analysis accounts, monitor accounts to ensure timely payment. In addition, I deposited checks received from customers on a daily basis. I also oversaw supplier transactions such as journal entries. In Excel maintained accounts, for example, I used Excel to do a receipt comparison. I had to utilize formulas and required to zero out in the end.

Manage availability of funds and certify completed contract for payment. Prepare accounting reports for managers to provide up to date funding and obligation status. Notify vendors and customers in writing of problems, decisions or further actions needed. Track operating cost and maintain expenditures within company budget. Responsible for compiling and maintaining accounts payables and receivable records. Approve all vouchers for payment. Analyzes vendor accounts and negotiate extended terms with vendors. Process vendor payments, process accounts receivable. Prepare account reports reflecting monthly, quarterly and annual

Although it definitely ties in elements of traditional accounting, as an auditor, your work is not solely accounting applications. Some people may like this but others do not, it really depends on the person.

According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidelines for Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other laws, it is unlawful to ask certain personal questions before making an employment offer. When a job applicant is preparing for an interview he/she must understand that they are protected from answering some of these questions. Some of these questions include: What religion do you subscribe to? Are you married? What is your nationality? Have you ever used drugs in the past? What are the lifestyle choices? (Richardson, 2013).

Ed Allen, an author of creative fiction and helpful nonfiction, supposedly wrote "To change is difficult; not to change is fatal" (Thinkexist, 2012), while another said ""Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up" (Leading Thoughts, 2012). These quotes grandly express the premise behind agency. Of course many other could be gathered, people are elegant with regard to the need for constant personal change which leads to growth, but they are not necessary to understand the concept. Agency, as described in the book The Mind at Work by Michael Rose, is the sense that a person can move forward and grow in their personal lives or help initiate growth in someone else. It is a striving to become something and make the world a better place than it would have been if the individual had not lived. Rose (2004, 186) says ""young people 地re realizing how important work will be in their lives, how it will frame who they are and what they can do in the world. They are desperate to be somebody, to possess agency and competence, to have a grasp on the forces that affect them." It is an interesting facet of this concept that a person does not have to willfully produce this effect they can be an unwitting agent as was George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life but in general the individual sees a need and actively seeks to provide for it whether in their own life or

Payroll Accountants in simplified terms are the ones who takes care of the checking accounts for the businesses. They send out checks in a timely manner, track benefits, overtime and who is hired or fired. They calculate and distribute wages and salaries and withholdings to employees. They use timesheets,paychecks and a payroll ledgers. The payroll account records the employee 's compensation relative to wages, commissions, taxes, insurances, and benefits.

2. Bookkeeping and auditing clerks: These clerks record financial events, update accounts and check financial records for accurate outcomes.

Broadly skilled and versatile assistant accountant and bookkeeper with more than 10+ years experience across multiple industries, providing both hands-on accounting support and higher level reporting. Excellent financial analysis and reporting skills, providing insights, trends and financial statistics for senior management to use in decision making. Able to confidently maintain large AP & AR ledgers, Recognised as someone who is pro-active with the ability to quickly identify improvements in processes and offer recommendations to strengthen reporting controls.

Broadly skilled and versatile assistant accountant and bookkeeper with more than 10+ years experience across multiple industries, providing both hands-on accounting support and higher level reporting. Excellent financial analysis and reporting skills, providing insights, trends and financial statistics for senior management to use in decision making. Able to confidently maintain large AP & AR ledgers, Recognised as someone who is pro-active with the ability to quickly identify improvements in processes and offer recommendations to strengthen reporting controls.

During my cooperative education placement, I worked at Whitcoulls, a major national retailer in New Zealand that offers a variety of stationery, books, toys, magazines and similar items. Operating in the retail industry, Whitcoulls has over 55 stores that are spread all over the country. I worked at the organization’s head office branch as an accounts payable officer. According to Michael (2013) and Schaeffer (2002), an accounts payable officer is tasked with reviewing invoices, sort documents, recording transactions, and processing invoices. Hence, my role included assisting in accounts payables, receivables and general auditing while applying the concepts of financial statements reporting and auditing. More specifically, I was involved in data entry, record keeping, verifying transactions and invoices, and processing invoices due for payment. Besides, I assisted in other accounting tasks in the company’s head office as well as other stores.

This essay stems from the 4 week placement completed at Time Tax Ltd, a small chartered accountancy firm based in Birmingham. I worked in the tax department and had a variety of different roles, but mainly dealt with company tax returns to see whether or not companies were paying the correct amounts to HMRC.

Normally I write papers on my past experiences with employment. My oldest daughter is on her way out next year, to attend college so I decided to change up a little bit. I will be writing my paper today as a parent /student. This will be based upon what we will be going through in the next few months as we look for the right college for oldest baby. The reality of joining a university or any higher learning institute is very exciting. It indicates the beginning of dreams being fulfilled, for many to obtain a higher education in various fields of employment. Even while being filled with excitement, this can be a confusing period characterized by lack of information on what a new should do, act or relate with others, who to

An accountant 's role may consist largely of financial data collection, entry and report generation. An accountant function involves issuing financial reports. Accountant is responsible for accurately keeping track of all the money in the company and making sure every

According to (Laura La Bella, 2015, p. 7). Accountants work for all kinds of organizations from large, international fortune 500 companies that deal with billions of dollars in annual revenue, to nonprofit organizations with small budgets, to small, local businesses making just a few thousand a year. As shown above accountants play a major role in most all businesses big and small. Seeing as how they have such a large role in the community I feel that it is important to learn how they help businesses and why they are considered such valuable assets. Accounting is critical for the effective management of a business, as it allows the quantification of business processes and transactions. By quantifying this information, businesses are