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Financial and Accounting Technicians

Financial and accounting technicians work alongside accountants and other financial professionals in managing the financial affairs of organisations.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 19,147
£ 39,637
£ 75,180

New workers start around £19,147. Normal pay is £39,637 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £75,180.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 34,131 vacancies for this type of job

3.36%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Monitors accounting systems to determine accounts are being maintained effectively and provides information on accounting practices to auditors.

  • Ensures invoices and payments are correct and sent out on time.

  • Liaises with clients to ensure that payments are made on time and credit limits are not exceeded.

  • Produces, collates and reports financial information for managers.

  • Maintains profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flow forecasts and other accounting records.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Accounting

  • Finance

  • Auditing

  • Internal Controls

  • Financial Controls

  • Financial Statements

  • Invoicing

  • Fundraising

  • External Auditing

  • Project Management

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Research

  • Detail Oriented

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Governance

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Teaching

  • Forecasting

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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