Auditor job description
Job AdsDescription
Auditors are required to verify, examine, and prepare financial reports of a company. They evaluate different aspects of an organization including financial records, projects, individuals, and businesses. Once reviewed each case, these professionals make recommendations in order to correct conditions that have a negative impact. They may work as independent professionals or belong to specific organizations as internal auditors.
Auditors usually perform many of the following tasks:
• Conducting periodic audits.
• Offering recommendations.
• Verifying financial records.
• Creating reports.
• Checking journal entries.
Skills
• Having negotiation skills.
• Being trustworthy.
• Having accounting skills.
• Being able to select sound audit techniques.
• Having practical knowledge of computers.
• Being able to analyze facts and figures.
• Having investigative abilities.
• Having interpersonal skills.
• Being able to adopt high standards of integrity.
• Having sound knowledge of taxation.
Education
Auditor jobs require applicants having bachelor´s degrees with a specialization in accounting or finance. Majors in accounting and courses in communications, humanities, computers, and economics are also welcome in this business. Some professionals working in this area also have a law degree or a master´s degree in business administration. There is a state´s certification examination in order to obtain a Certified Public Accountant designation required by most public accounting companies. This exam lasts two days and only 25 percent of applicants pass this evaluation. It requires candidates having a minimum of 150 hours of college-level course work, equivalent of an undergraduate degree or master´s degree.
Job Offer Trends
Overview According to our data, these are the percent of job offers for auditor.
Last 12 months
Companies According to our data, by number of offers, these are the top companies that are hiring for auditor.
Last 12 months
More companiesJob Types According to our data, in percentages, these are the top job types available for auditor.
Categories According to our data, by number of offers, these are the most popular categories for auditor.
Cities According to our data, by number of offers, these are the top locations to get hired for auditor.
Loading map...
Auditor Jobs
Latest Job Offers
-
Menands, New York
-
Broomfield, Colorado
-
Stokesdale, North Carolina
-
Baraboo, Wisconsin
-
Austin, Texas
-
Tempe, Arizona
-
Louisville, Kentucky
-
Charlotte, North Carolina
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico
-
Norfolk, Virginia
Most Popular Job Searches
- Travel Auditor
- Tax Auditor
- Staff Auditor
- Sox Auditor
- Senior Auditor
- Remote Auditor
- Quality Auditor
- Qa Auditor
- Premium Auditor
- Payroll Auditor
Related Job Descriptions
- Accountant
- Accounting Clerk
- Audit Manager
- Audit Senior
- Auditor
- Bank Manager
- Bookkeeper
- Business Management
- Controller
- Credit Analyst
- Data Management
- Entry Level Financial Analyst
- File Clerk
- Finance Analyst
- Finance Manager
- Financial Advisor
- Financial Analyst
- Financial Associate
- Financial Consultant
- Financial Planning Manager
- Financial Reporting Manager
- Fraud Investigator
- Insurance Agent
- Insurance Sales
- Internal Audit
- Investment Banking
- Leasing Agent
- Leasing Consultant
- Loan Officer
- Premium Auditor
- Private Equity
- Relationship Manager
- Risk Management
- Tax Manager