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NAME OF THE JOB PROFILE:
Accountant and assimilate jobs
Description of the job profile
Profiles included in this group give support to experts; they apply procedures for accounting records of any type of organization. Accountant are expected to analyse, classify and record accounting operations and balance sheets items; to understand and asses accounts, to prepare financial statements, to follow procedures and tax compliance; to prepare paycheck and contributions payment.
Economical sector
Tertiary
Country
Italy
Qualifications required
Responsabile della pianificazione, programmazione e coordinamento del sistema di contabilità. (Manager in accountability)
Tecnico della gestione della contabilità e della formulazione del bilancio, Tecnico della contabilità. (Technical in accountability)
The practice of professions such as labor conultant, auditor, business consultants are rugulated by italian law.
Total number of training hours
600/900
Knowledge
Knowledge Description Level
Accounting Knowledge of double entry accounting; entries, tools, operations. Level 5
Administration Knowledge of office and administrative procedures. Level 5
Back-office Archive and file management techniques. Level 5
Back-office Techniques to write down minutes and notes. Level 5
Business and Economics Economics and accounting theory and practice, financial markets, banking. Level 5
Communication Techniques to analise and show financial data. Level 5
Computer Skills Knowledge of word processing software and database. Level 5
Languages Knowledge of linguistic structures, meanings and pronunciation of words. Level 5
Languages Knowledge of grammar rules. Level 5
Management Theory and techniques ruling companies; strategic plannig, allocation of human, financial and physical resources, production methods, control and coordination of resources. Level 5
Skills
Skill Description Level
Accounting To build an accounting system consistent with different type of companies, according to italian and european legislation. Level 5
Analytical thinking To use logic and reasoning in order to detect strengths and weaknesses of different solutions, results and approach. Level 5
Communication skills To communicate both in oral and written form in an appropriate way according to recipients’ needs. Level 5
Cultural background To understand tax law (VAT etc) and social security regulations. Level 5
Customer care To pay full attention to what people say, focusing on the essential in order to ask question in appropriate ways, avoiding interruptions. Level 5
Languages To understand sentences and paragraphs written into working papers. Level 5
Leading teams To implement ways of planning of administrative and accounting activities (scheduling, responsibilities). Level 5
Problem solving skills To understand organizational process of a company in order to define operating parameters and the update of a general accounting system. Level 5
Problem solving skills To understand the implications of new information on current, past and future solutions of problems. Level 5
Competences
Competence Description Level
Accounting Preparation of financial statements. Level 5
Accounting Processing operation for tax and social security payments. Level 5
Back-office Data entry and data sending to specific office in charge. Level 5
Communication competences Handling relations with banks. Level 5
Customer care Handling relations with public agencies and other public office (i.e. tax office, social security office etc.). Level 5
Organisational competences Management and control of administrative and accounting process. Level 5
Previous Experience
Recorded curricular and extracurricular internship.
Personal Attitude
- Attitude to read and understand information and ideas submitted in a written form.
- Attitude to communicate information and ideas, by speaking clearly in order to let people understand.
- Attitude to communicate information and ideas, by writing clearly in order to let people understand.
- Attitude to listen and understand information and ideas submitted in oral form.
- Attitude to sum, subtract, multiply or divide quickly and accurately.

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