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BA Accounting Skills Statements

The list below is intended to help you remember skills you have learned. There may be things you know that do not appear on the list. Be sure to include everything you know, not just what you find on the list!

Sample Skills/Skill Headings
Bookkeeping	Corporate Accounting
Purchasing	Contract Administration
Analysis and Preparation	Personnel Administration
Credit Management	Customer Service
Payroll Preparation and Taxes	Purchasing /Inventory Control
Supervision / Training	Governmental Accounting
Computerized Accounting	Manufacturing Cost Accounting
Capital Budgeting	Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Computer/Office Machine Skills
Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Quattro Pro, Access, Quickbooks 2000, Peachtree, Lotus 1-2-3, Unilink, Lacerte, electronic mail, HR financial reporting systems, ADP system, Deltek system, AS/400, sorting, transcribing, encoding and billing machines, 10-key by touch, type 50 wpm

Sample Skill Statements
Created a variety of summary reports: A/R, payroll, staff utilization, sales, and cost reports
Developed a variety of computerized spreadsheet reports
Prepared vouchers, invoices, account statements, and reports
Developed a new form for reporting travel expenses
Created year-to-year sales comparison spreadsheet to determine number and frequency of orders
Generated Web pages from spreadsheets and hyperlinked to other documents
Posted entries to sales journals and general ledger
Reconciled bank statements and made deposits
Produced and analyzed monthly financial statements to confirm a balanced accounts receivable system
Calculated, posted, and verified accounts payable and receivable
Calculated and prepared manually issued checks
Sorted and microfilmed transaction documents, including checks, using sorting machine
Generated weekly, monthly, and year-end accounts payable reports
Managed general ledger and journals for business with sales of $ ___ annually
Prepared financial statements & summarizations for 4 internal departments
Processed billing for approximately 150 daily invoices and collected on bad debts
Organized and increased collection efforts, resulting in higher volume of payments (include %)
Completed and submitted payroll and excise tax reports
Processed payroll for 50 employees and 1,100 A/R and A/P accounts
Entered semi-monthly and monthly calculations (ADP system)
Maintained personnel files and insurance claims, updated employee status, calculated and submitted yearly pension and W-2 forms
Processed employee credit applications
Audited expense reports for 75 employees
Timesheet approval, verification and tracking
Coordinated with insurance administrators to process claims
Coordinated with state, county, and city officials in completion of purchase orders
Researched and verified customer credit applications
Handled all credit card disputes and charge backs
Authorized to set up new accounts or extend credit to $ _____
Provided cost estimates, project options, and company policy guidelines to customers
Interviewed clients to obtain information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances
Dealt effectively with irate customers, resolving conflicts and negotiating payments
Elicited customer concerns and resolved problems to maintain excellent public relations
Attended staff meetings, composed correspondence, and prepared a variety of confidential reports and proposals
Converted manual payroll, A/R, A/P, and checking to computerized system
Set up computerized accounts and developed client database
Kept detailed records, documented purchases, and tracked inventory
Regularly audited product inventory calculations
Purchased all supplies for building, office, and grounds from 10 vendors
Developed and maintained database for over ___ vendors
Familiar with social security, withholding, and unemployment regulations
Prepared and filed quarterly reports, state and federal taxes
Prepared federal individual and sole proprietorship income tax returns, partnership and corporate returns
Assisted fiscal manager with audit preparation and other reporting
Conducted job order, process, joint and by-product costing
Familiar with budgeting, including use of standard and actual costs through variance analysis
Performed analytical reviews of financial results, proposals, and plans
Accounted for the recording, valuation and reporting of securities investments
Accounted for inventory using assumed cost flow methods under perpetual and periodic inventory systems
Used horizontal, vertical, and ratio analysis to evaluate financial strength and performance
Performed cost-volume-profit analysis using one- and two-variable data tables
Familiar with torts, contract law, and application of the Uniform Commercial Code

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