Accountants and Auditors
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $56,080; experienced workers reach $127,640. About 8,360 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +18.9%
- Openings a year
- 883
- Employed in 2024
- 9,016
Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
3 programs, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Reading Comprehension4.3
- Critical Thinking4.1
- Active Listening3.9
- Speaking3.9
- Writing3.6
- Judgment and Decision Making3.6
- Monitoring3.9
- Complex Problem Solving3.5
What the work is
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.
- Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
- Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.
- Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
- Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
- Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.
- Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.
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