• Preparing accounts and tax returns
  
• Administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure
  
• Auditing financial information
  
• Compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements
  
• Analysing accounts and business plans
  
• Providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation
  
• Financial forecasting and risk analysis
  
• Dealing with insolvency cases
  
• Negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients and associated organisations
  
• Meeting and interviewing clients
  
• Managing colleagues, workloads and deadlines
  

Note: Work tends to be office based, with working hours often extending beyond the regular nine to five at peak times, such as at the end of the financial year.