Occupation AtlasAccountants and Auditors
O*NET · 13-2011.00
Accountants and Auditors
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional7.00
- E Enterprising3.87
- I Investigative3.57
- S Social2.13
- R Realistic1.14
- A Artistic1.08
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Education and experience
The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.
- Related work experience
- None (35%)
- On-site or in-plant training
- Up to and including 1 month (31%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (24%)
Typically associated skills
All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.
- Reading ComprehensionbasicImportance 3.9Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
- WritingbasicImportance 3.5Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
- Active ListeningbasicImportance 3.5Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
- Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.5Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
- Critical ThinkingbasicImportance 3.5Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
- Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.5Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
- SpeakingbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
- MathematicsbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction
- MonitoringbasicImportance 3.3Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
- Active LearningbasicImportance 3.3Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
- Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
- Service OrientationImportance 3.1Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Make flight reservations for customers using an online booking site
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- PersuasionImportance 3.1Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
- Time ManagementImportance 3.1Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
- CoordinationImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
- InstructingImportance 2.9Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
- Management of Financial ResourcesImportance 2.9Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Use available funds to buy office supplies and record the amount of the purchase
- NegotiationImportance 2.9Level 2.9Level 2 looks like: Present justification to a manager for altering a work schedule
- Systems EvaluationImportance 2.8Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Determine why estimates for the time to complete a task are overly optimistic
- Learning StrategiesbasicImportance 2.8Level 2.9Level 2 looks like: Learn a different method of completing a task from a coworker
- Systems AnalysisImportance 2.6Level 2.8Level 2 looks like: Determine how loss of a team member will affect the completion of a job
- Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 2.5Level 2.5Level 2 looks like: Encourage a coworker who is having difficulty finishing a project
- Management of Material ResourcesImportance 2.1Level 2.1Level 2 looks like: Reserve a room for a management meeting
- ProgrammingImportance 2.0Level 1.5Level 2 looks like: Write a program to sort objects in a database
- Operations MonitoringImportance 1.9Level 1.4Level 2 looks like: Monitor completion times while running a computer program
- Technology DesignImportance 1.6Level 0.8
- Operations AnalysisImportance 1.5Level 0.9
- Quality Control AnalysisImportance 1.4Level —
- SciencebasicImportance 1.3Level —
- Equipment MaintenanceImportance 1.0Level —
- Equipment SelectionImportance 1.0Level —
- InstallationImportance 1.0Level —
- Operation and ControlImportance 1.0Level —
- RepairingImportance 1.0Level —
- TroubleshootingImportance 1.0Level —
Tasks
30 coreWhat people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).
- Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.Importance 4.6
- Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences.Importance 4.5
- Process invoices for payment.Importance 4.5
- Prepare adjusting journal entries.Importance 4.3
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.Importance 4.3
- Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.Importance 4.2
- Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.Importance 4.1
- Prepare, analyze, or verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.Importance 4.1
- Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.Importance 4.0
- Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.Importance 3.9
- Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.Importance 3.9
- Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.Importance 3.9
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- Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets.Importance 3.9
- Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, or expenditures.Importance 3.9
- Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.Importance 3.8
- Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.Importance 3.8
- Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office.Importance 3.8
- Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.Importance 3.7
- Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate.Importance 3.7
- Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.Importance 3.6
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.Importance 3.6
- Represent clients before taxing authorities and provide support during litigation involving financial issues.Importance 3.6
- Develop, maintain, or analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.Importance 3.6
- Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling, and transmitting financial records.Importance 3.5
- Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives.Importance 3.4
- Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws.Importance 3.4
- Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.Importance 3.2
- Advise clients in areas such as compensation, employee health care benefits, the design of accounting or data processing systems, or long-range tax or estate plans.Importance 3.2
- Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned.Importance 3.2
- Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.Importance 3.1
Knowledge
Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.
- Economics and AccountingImportance 4.4Level 5.8
- English LanguageImportance 3.6Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
- MathematicsImportance 3.5Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
- Administration and ManagementImportance 3.3Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
- Customer and Personal ServiceImportance 3.3Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
- Law and GovernmentImportance 3.3Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Prepare documents and title papers for the purchase of a new house
- AdministrativeImportance 3.2Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
- Computers and ElectronicsImportance 3.1Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
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- Personnel and Human ResourcesImportance 3.0Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants for an administrative position
- Communications and MediaImportance 2.3Level 2.6
- Education and TrainingImportance 2.1Level 2.8
- Sales and MarketingImportance 2.1Level 2.8
- TelecommunicationsImportance 2.1Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Send an email
- Production and ProcessingImportance 2.0Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
- PsychologyImportance 1.8Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Monitor several children on a playground
- Public Safety and SecurityImportance 1.7Level 1.7Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
- TransportationImportance 1.7Level 1.5Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
- Engineering and TechnologyImportance 1.4Level 1.2Level 1 looks like: Install a door lock
- Sociology and AnthropologyImportance 1.4Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Identify two cultures in a story as being different
- Building and ConstructionImportance 1.3Level —
- Food ProductionImportance 1.3Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Grow herbs in the kitchen
- Foreign LanguageImportance 1.3Level —
- GeographyImportance 1.3Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Know the capital of the United States
- Philosophy and TheologyImportance 1.3Level —
- Therapy and CounselingImportance 1.3Level 0.8Level 1 looks like: Put ice on a sprained ankle
- DesignImportance 1.2Level —
- History and ArcheologyImportance 1.2Level —
- MechanicalImportance 1.2Level —
- Medicine and DentistryImportance 1.2Level —
- PhysicsImportance 1.2Level —
- BiologyImportance 1.1Level —
- ChemistryImportance 1.1Level —
- Fine ArtsImportance 1.1Level —
Abilities
Enduring capacities the work calls for.
- Inductive ReasoningImportance 3.9Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
- Mathematical ReasoningImportance 3.9Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses
- Written ComprehensionImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
- Deductive ReasoningImportance 3.8Level 3.9
- Oral ComprehensionImportance 3.8Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
- Oral ExpressionImportance 3.8Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
- Written ExpressionImportance 3.8Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
- Near VisionImportance 3.6Level 3.8
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- Number FacilityImportance 3.6Level 4.0Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
- Information OrderingImportance 3.5Level 3.5Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
- Problem SensitivityImportance 3.5Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
- Category FlexibilityImportance 3.4Level 3.5Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
- Flexibility of ClosureImportance 3.4Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Look for a golf ball in tall grass
- Speech ClarityImportance 3.3Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
- Speech RecognitionImportance 3.3Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
- Fluency of IdeasImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Name four different uses for a screwdriver
- Selective AttentionImportance 3.0Level 2.8Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
- OriginalityImportance 2.9Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Use a credit card to open a locked door
- Perceptual SpeedImportance 2.9Level 2.8Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
- Speed of ClosureImportance 2.9Level 3.1Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
- Far VisionImportance 2.8Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Read the slides on a presentation from across a room
- MemorizationImportance 2.5Level 2.6
- Time SharingImportance 2.3Level 2.3Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
- Visual Color DiscriminationImportance 2.1Level 2.0Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
- VisualizationImportance 2.1Level 2.1Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
- Auditory AttentionImportance 2.0Level 1.5Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
- Trunk StrengthImportance 2.0Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
- Finger DexterityImportance 1.9Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Put coins in a parking meter
- Wrist-Finger SpeedImportance 1.9Level 1.0Level 2 looks like: Use a screwdriver to twist in a screw
- Arm-Hand SteadinessImportance 1.8Level 1.1Level 2 looks like: Light a candle
- Control PrecisionImportance 1.8Level 0.9
- Hearing SensitivityImportance 1.8Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
- Manual DexterityImportance 1.8Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
- Depth PerceptionImportance 1.5Level 0.6
- Dynamic StrengthImportance 1.4Level 0.4
- Multilimb CoordinationImportance 1.1Level —
- Rate ControlImportance 1.1Level —
- Reaction TimeImportance 1.1Level —
- Response OrientationImportance 1.1Level —
- Spatial OrientationImportance 1.1Level —
- Speed of Limb MovementImportance 1.1Level —
- Dynamic FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
- Explosive StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
- Extent FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
- Glare SensitivityImportance 1.0Level —
- Gross Body CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
- Gross Body EquilibriumImportance 1.0Level —
- Night VisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Peripheral VisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Sound LocalizationImportance 1.0Level —
- StaminaImportance 1.0Level —
- Static StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
Work activities
Kinds of activity the work is made of.
- Getting InformationImportance 4.6Level 5.6
- Working with ComputersImportance 4.6Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
- Analyzing Data or InformationImportance 4.3Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesImportance 4.1Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsImportance 4.1Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
- Making Decisions and Solving ProblemsImportance 4.1Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkImportance 4.1Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
- Processing InformationImportance 4.1Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
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- Updating and Using Relevant KnowledgeImportance 4.1Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
- Communicating with People Outside the OrganizationImportance 3.9Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
- Documenting/Recording InformationImportance 3.9Level 4.6Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsImportance 3.8Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and EventsImportance 3.8Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
- Providing Consultation and Advice to OthersImportance 3.6Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for OthersImportance 3.5Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
- Performing Administrative ActivitiesImportance 3.4Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
- Scheduling Work and ActivitiesImportance 3.4Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
- Training and Teaching OthersImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
- Coaching and Developing OthersImportance 3.1Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of OthersImportance 3.1Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
- Developing and Building TeamsImportance 3.1Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating SubordinatesImportance 3.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsImportance 3.0Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
- Developing Objectives and StrategiesImportance 2.9Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
- Monitoring and Controlling ResourcesImportance 2.9Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Work as a chef responsible for ordering food for the menu
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or InformationImportance 2.8Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Estimate the time required to evacuate a city in the event of a major disaster
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with OthersImportance 2.8Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
- Thinking CreativelyImportance 2.8Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
- Performing for or Working Directly with the PublicImportance 2.7Level 2.9
- Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or PeopleImportance 2.6Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
- Staffing Organizational UnitsImportance 2.5Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Interview candidates for a sales position and make hiring recommendations
- Selling or Influencing OthersImportance 2.0Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Convince a coworker to assist with an assignment
- Assisting and Caring for OthersImportance 1.9Level 1.6Level 1 looks like: Help a coworker complete an assignment
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or MaterialsImportance 1.9Level 1.8Level 1 looks like: Check that doors to building are locked
- Controlling Machines and ProcessesImportance 1.8Level 1.2Level 1 looks like: Operate a cash register
- Handling and Moving ObjectsImportance 1.6Level 1.5Level 1 looks like: Change settings on copy machines
- Performing General Physical ActivitiesImportance 1.5Level 0.8Level 1 looks like: Walk between workstations in a small office
- Repairing and Maintaining Electronic EquipmentImportance 1.5Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Use display settings to adjust a television picture
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and EquipmentImportance 1.4Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Specify the lighting for a work area
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or EquipmentImportance 1.3Level 0.8Level 1 looks like: Drive a car
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical EquipmentImportance 1.1Level —
Work context
The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.
Technology
237 toolsSoftware used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.
In demand (6)
- Intuit QuickBookshot
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft Outlookhot
- Microsoft PowerPointhot
- SAP softwarehot
Hot (31; 6 more marked hot above)
- Adobe Acrobat
- Alteryx software
- Epic Systems
- Google Docs
- Google Sheets
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- Intuit TurboTax
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
- Oracle Database
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- R
- Salesforce software
- SAP Concur
- SAS
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- Structured query language SQL
- Swift
- Tableau
- Teradata Database
- UNIX
- Workday software
- Yardi software
Other tools (200)
- 1099 ProsSoftware
- Abacus Tax
- Accountants Templates JAZZ-It!
- Accounting compliance software
- Accounting fraud detection software
- Accounts payable software
- Accounts receivable software
- ACCUCert
- Accurate NXG
- ACL Audit Exchange
- ACL Business Assurance Analytics
- AcornSystems Corporate Performance Management
- AcorynSystems Activity Based Costing/Management ABC/M
- AdaptaSoft CyberPay
- ADP Super Report Writer
- ADP Workforce Now
- Advanced Micro Systems 1099-Etc
- American Riviera Magtax
- Apache Solr
- Arbutus Analyzer
- Asset management software
- ATX Total Accounting Office
- ATX Total Engagement Office
- ATX Total Tax Office
- Audit management software
- Audit planning and control environment software
- AuditWare CaseWare Examiner
- AuditWare financial reporting and auditing software
- Automated auditors fraud detector software
- Automation Counselors municiPAL
- Avalara AvaTax ST
- Best MIP Fund Accounting
- Best Software CPAPayroll
- Bi3 Audit Intelligence
- Bi3 Financial Statement Fraud Analysis
- Billing software
- BizBench
- Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
- BNA Corporate Tax Audit Analyzer
- BNA Estate and Gift Tax Suite
- BNA Income Tax Planning Solutions
- BNA Sales and Use Tax Rates and Forms
- Brentmark Estate Planning Quickview
- Cammack Computations Inter-Est
- Cartesis ES Magnitude
- Cartesis Magnitude iAnalysis
- CaseWare International IDEA
- CaseWare International IDEA SmartAnalyzer
- CaseWare Working Papers
- CashFlow Guardian
- CCH ProSystem fx TAX
- CCIS AccountAbility
- Cebos MQ1 Audit System
- Choice Technologies PowerBill +
- Client billing software
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Corporate Responsibility System Technologies Limited Compliance Positioning System
- Cost accounting software
- CPSI EHR System
- Creative Solutions UltraTax 1040
- CYMA IV Accounting for Windows
- D'Arcangelo Galileo
- Data entry software
- Data extraction software
- Database software
- Datavantage
- Delphi Technology
- Digital analysis tests and statistics DATAS for Excel
- Digital analysis tests and statistics DATAS for SAS
- Document management system software
- Eko
- Estate planning software
- Evron Computer Systems SAGE PFW (Platinum For Windows)
- Exact Software Macola ES
- eXtensible Business Reporting Language XBRL
- FileMaker Pro
- Financial Competence
- Financial reporting software
- Financial statement software
- Fixed-assets depreciation software
- FRx Software Microsoft FRx
- Fund accounting software
- General ledger software
- Google Slides
- Guidance Software EnCase Enterprise
- H&R Block Tax
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Heron CrossTie General Ledger
- Human resource management software HRMS
- IAD Audit Leverage
- IBM Cognos Impromptu
- IBM Notes
- IBM Power Systems software
- IDMS Account Ability
- Income tax return preparation software
- InformationActive ActiveData for Excel
- Intellitax financial solutions software
- Internal audit software
- Intrax ProcedureNet
- Intuit Lacerte
- Intuit ProSeries
- Invoice software
- Iron Mountain Accutrac records management software
- Kirix ProffiPoint
- KPB Associates TaxStream
- Lawson ERP
- Lead Activity Analyzer
- Lead Business Analyzer
- LexisNexis
- Lumigent Entegra
- Medical condition coding software
- Medical procedure coding software
- MethodWare ProAudit Advisor
- Micronetics Xpert Write-up
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Microsoft Dynamics SL
- Microsoft Exchange
- Microsoft FRx
- Microsoft OneNote
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Works
- MRO Audit Tracker
- Multiview Accounts Receivable
- NetSuite ERP
- New Millennium Communications Genesis Accounting
- NewPortWave Year End Solutions
- NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software
- OmniRIM Records Management Suite
- Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
- Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
- Oracle Fusion Applications
- Oracle Hyperion
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Oracle PeopleSoft Financials
- OSI TrustWise
- Paisley AutoAudit
- Paisley Cardmap
- Paisley Focus Control Assurance
- Paisley IssueTrack
- Paisley RiskNavigator
- Palisade @Risk
- Payroll software
- Pentana audit work system PAWS
- Pleier Audit Management System
- Practice management software PMS
- PricewaterhouseCoopers TeamMate
- Pro Systems Client Write-Up System for Windows
- Profit Developers Electronic File Interchange
- PROPHIX Enterprise
- Qlik Tech QlikView
- Recovery audit software
- Roundtable Software Advantage Accounting System
- RSM McGladrey Advanced Practice Solutions Paperless Audit
- RSM McGladrey Auditor Assistant
- Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate
- Sage 50 Accounting
- Sage BusinessWorks
- Sage CPAAccounts Payable
- Sage CPAAccounts Receivable
- Sage CPAClient Checkbook
- Sage CPADocument Manager
- Sage EDP Payroll Tax
- Sage ERP Accpac
- Sage HandiSoft HandiLedger
- Sage HRMS
- Sage MAS 200 ERP
- Sage MAS 500
- Sage Platinum for Windows PFW
- Sageworks ProfitCents
- Sampson Data Pattern Index software
- SAP Business Objects
- SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator
- SAP Crystal Reports
- Softrax Revenue Management
- Solutions Technology & Software HR Premier
- Star Software Fixed Asset Depreciation
- Star Software Materiality Calculator
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- Tax compliance property tax management software
- Tax software
- TechSmith Camtasia
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- Thomson Creative Solutions Financial Analysis CS
- Thomson GoSystem Tax
- Thomson PPC e-Tools Suite
- Thomson Reuters Risk Management
- TimeValue software
- TopCAATs
- TrendTracker Compliance Solution
- Tropics workers' compensation software
- Tumbleweed SecureTransport
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- WizSoft WizWhy
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