Skills Accounting Technician in the Muskoka–Kawarthas Region

Find out what skills you typically need to work as an accounting technician in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (NOC 12200).

Tasks

  • Calculate and prepare cheques for payroll
  • Calculate fixed assets and depreciation
  • Keep financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems
  • Maintain general ledgers and financial statements
  • Post journal entries
  • Prepare other statistical, financial and accounting reports
  • Prepare tax returns
  • Prepare trial balance of books
  • Reconcile accounts

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Projecting Outcomes
  • Analyzing Information

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Projecting Outcomes
Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.
Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.
Service and Care Help - Service and Care
  • Serving Others

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Serving Others
Assisting the public by answering questions, making recommendations, and providing information or support in response to requests.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Communication Help - Communication
  • Professional Communicating
  • Advising and Consulting
  • Interviewing

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Professional Communicating
Preparing and delivering written, oral or visual material for the workplace that presents information.
Advising and Consulting
Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.
Interviewing
Conducting enquiries in a formal way to collect information or to determine opinions.
Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Managing Information
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Managing Information
Setting up manual or electronic systems for controlling, selecting, organizing, retrieving, distributing and safeguarding information.
Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Knowledge

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Mathematics and Science Help - Mathematics and Science
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus and their applications, principles, methods and function.
Statistics
Knowledge of the principles, methodologies and procedures for the collection, classification, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Law and Public Safety Help - Law and Public Safety
  • Law, Government, and Jurisprudence

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Law, Government, and Jurisprudence
Knowledge of the legal system, laws, legal codes, court procedures and precedents, and of government regulations, executive orders and the functioning of government.
Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Client Service

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Finance
Knowledge of principles and practices of financial management, monitoring and accountability frameworks, reporting procedures, banking, and markets.
Accounting
Knowledge of accounting principles and practices including the recording, analysis and reporting of financial information.
Client Service
Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Computer and Information Systems

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Computer and Information Systems
Knowledge of computer programming, hardware and software.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

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