Introduction to Financial Accounting

University of Pennsylvania

Micro-CredentialCIP: 52.0301

Learn the basics of financial accounting| including the balance sheet| income statement| and cash flow statement.

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Introduction to Financial Accounting

University of Pennsylvania

Micro-CredentialCIP: 52.0301

Learn the basics of financial accounting| including the balance sheet| income statement| and cash flow statement.

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Skills

SpeakingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWritingActive LearningJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingMonitoringMathematicsInstructingLearning StrategiesTime ManagementService OrientationManagement of Financial Resources

Knowledge

English LanguageMathematicsAdministration and ManagementEconomics and AccountingCustomer and Personal ServiceLaw and GovernmentAdministrativeEducation and TrainingComputers and Electronics

Abilities

Oral ExpressionWritten ComprehensionOral ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningNear VisionProblem SensitivityInformation OrderingWritten ExpressionSpeech ClaritySpeech RecognitionNumber FacilityMathematical ReasoningCategory Flexibility

Tasks

Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as financial accou
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
Compute taxes owed or overpaid, using adding machines or personal computers, and complete entries on
Use all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to a minimum.
Furnish taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.
Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved
Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further pa
Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior managem
Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institut
Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and so
Collect fees, commissions, or other payments, according to contract terms.
Send samples of clients' work and other promotional material to potential employers to obtain auditi
Keep informed of industry trends and deals.
Analyze credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending c
Complete loan applications, including credit analyses and summaries of loan requests, and submit to
Generate financial ratios, using computer programs, to evaluate customers' financial status.
Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparatio
Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
Communicate financial reports and budgets to stakeholders.
Submit and monitor salary raises.
Write descriptions of the property being appraised.
Determine the appropriate type of valuation to make, such as fair market, replacement, or liquidatio
Document physical characteristics of property such as measurements, quality, and design.
Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations
Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or no

Technology

Financial analysis softwareElectronic mail softwareAccounting softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareData base user interface and query softwareProject management softwareTax preparation softwareHuman resources softwareDocument management softwareCompliance softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareOffice suite softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareComputer based training softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareData base management system softwareContent workflow softwareDevelopment environment softwareSpreadsheet software

Tools

Carousel slide projectorsCompact digital camerasCompact disk CD playersComputer data input scannersComputer laser printersComputer projectorsConference telephonesDesktop computersDigital calculatorsDigital video camerasDigital video disk DVD playersHandheld microphonesInteractive whiteboard controllersInteractive whiteboardsLaptop computers10-key calculatorsNotebook computersComputer scannersMulti-line telephone systemsPersonal computersPhotocopiersLaser facsimile machinesPhotocopying equipmentTablet computersScannersLaser printersPersonal digital assistants PDA

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