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Ocupacions

Accountant

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Account auditor Accountant Accounting officer Accounting supervisor Accounting technician Auditor Bookkeeper Certified public accountant Cost accountant Financial accountant Financial reporting accountant Head financial accountant Production accountant Register accountant

Accountants review and analyse financial statements, budgets, financial reports, and business plans in order to check for irregularities resulting from error or fraud, and provide their clients with financial advice in matters such as financial forecasting and risk analysis. They may audit financial data, resolve insolvency cases, prepare tax returns and provide other tax-related advice in reference to current legislation.

Tasks

(a) Advising on, planning and installing budgetary, accounts controlling and other accounting policies and systems;
(b) Preparing and certifying financial statements for presentation to management, shareholders and statutory or other bodies;
(c) Preparing tax returns, advising on taxation problems and contesting disputed claims before tax officials;
(d) Preparing or reporting on profit forecasts and budgets;
(e) Conducting financial investigations in such matters as suspected fraud, insolvency and bankruptcy;
(f) Auditing accounts and bookkeeping records;
(g) Conducting investigations and advising management on financial aspects of productivity, stockholdings, sales, new products, etc.;
(h) Devising and controlling a system to determine unit cost of products and services.

Knowledge

  • Accounting and taxation
  • Finance, banking and insurance
  • Management and administration
  • Law
  • Statistics

Digital competencies

  • Managing budgets or finances
  • Preparing financial documents, records, reports, or budgets
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Performing risk analysis and management

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Working efficiently
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Dealing with problems

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Business and administration professionals

Finance professionals

Accountants

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Accountants

1.121

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

71,40%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-15,84% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

94,29%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

4,10%

Part-time contracts

1,02% Turnover index

494

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

6%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration professionals

45%

55%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Finance professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Accountants

No experience
10%
Less than 1 year
29%
Between 1 and 2 years
9%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
7%
More than 8 years
25%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
35%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
22%
Activitats financeres i d'assegurances
10%
Informació i comunicacions
9%
Indústries manufactureres
8%
Altres
16%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.