About this role
Provide financial advice and services for individuals or businesses.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for an Accountant (General) include:
- prepare financial statements and reports for clients or businesses
- track incoming and outgoing money for individuals or companies
- develop, forecast and check budgets
- prepare and submit tax returns for individuals or organisations
- conduct financial investigations, prepare reports and undertake audits
- advise on business matters such as buying and selling of businesses, mergers, capital financing, suspected fraud, insolvency and taxation
- appraise cash flow and financial risk of capital investment projects
- ensure information in financial reports is accurate
- ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
Courses that can lead to a career as an Accountant (General)
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Learn to manage accounts, prepare reports and handle payroll to work in finance or business.
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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Diploma of Accounting
FNS50222
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- Has entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- 18 months – 2 years
- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available