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name: public-finance-accountant
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'public finance accountant' (also: finance accountant, public finance officer, treasury accountant, treasury officer, public finance manager, finance accountant of government administration). Use when the user asks for typical public finance accountant work such as: 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."
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# Public Finance Accountant

Public finance accountants head the treasury department of a governmental institution. They manage the institution's financial administration, expenditure and income generation, and compliance with taxation and other financial legislation. They perform administrative duties to ensure record keeping, develop plans for budget management and perform financial forecasts.

## Core workflow

1. Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
2. Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.
3. Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
4. Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
5. Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.
6. Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.
7. Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
8. Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate.

## How to use this skill

- Read `references/profile.md` for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult `references/tasks.md` for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check `references/skills.md` for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check `references/tools.md` for the software commonly used in this role.

## Key competences (essential)

- accounting techniques
- budgetary principles
- conduct financial audits
- control financial resources
- create a financial report
- develop account strategy
- financial forecasting
- inspect government expenditures
- inspect government incomes
- monitor financial accounts
- public finance
- tax legislation

## Hot technologies

- Intuit QuickBooks
- SAP Concur
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- SAS
- Alteryx software
- Tableau
- Salesforce software
- Teradata Database
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft SQL Server

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/78db356f-a96a-4456-ab29-2de62e52f830), O*NET 30.3 (13-2011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
