accounting manager

Accounting managers assume responsibility for all accounting activities relating to financial reporting. They develop and maintain accounting principles and procedures to ensure timely and accurate financial statements, supervise accounting staff and manage the accounting activities within the appropriate time frame and budget.

The most in-demand skills for this role include accounting department processes, financial department processes, financial statements, international financial reporting standards, financial management, fraud detection. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives accounting manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.