Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.
<ul><li>Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.</li><li>Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.</li><li>Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.</li><li>Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.</li><li>Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.</li><li>Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.</li><li>Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures.</li><li>Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.</li><li>Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.</li><li>Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate.</li><li>Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.</li><li>Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.</li><li>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.</li><li>Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives.</li><li>Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws.</li></ul>