iaising with clients (individuals or businesses) and providing financial information and advice;
reviewing the company's systems and analysing risk;
performing tests to check financial information and systems;
advising clients on tax planning (within current legislation to enable them to minimise their tax liability) and tax issues associated with activities such as business acquisitions and mergers;
maintaining accounting records and preparing accounts and management information for small businesses (accountancy);
advising clients on business transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions (corporate finance);
counselling clients on areas of business improvement, or dealing with insolvency;
detecting and preventing fraud (forensic accounting);
managing junior colleagues.