Accounting Supervisors

An Accounting Supervisor supervises accounting staff, assists with accounting and auditing for a company, and prepares financial reports. Works with other department or operations staff to track expenditures and manage budgets.

About this Career

Average Salary

£42,947

New workers start at around £16,334. Normal pay is £42,947 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £118,984

Annual Openings

426

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs

Daily Tasks

  • Ensures compliance with accounting, recording and information storage, retrieval procedures and the statutory regulatory framework.
  • Plans, organises, directs and co-ordinates the activities of financial institutions .
  • Assesses and advises on factors affecting business performance.
  • Determines staffing levels appropriate for accounting activities.
  • Plans external and internal audit programmes, arranges for the collection and analysis of accounting, budgetary and related information, and manages the company’s financial systems.
  • Participates in the formulation of strategic and long-term business plans, assesses the implications for the organisation financial mechanisms and oversees their implementation.

Skills Employers are looking for

Skills Importance
Active Listening 72%
Monitoring 71%
Critical Thinking 71%
Active Learning 70%
Reading Comprehension 70%
Writing 68%
Mathematics 67%
Speaking 66%
Learning Strategies 61%
Science 20%