Career path
Accountant & Auditor
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- Conventional InterestsCentral
Your interest in structured, detail-oriented work with clear procedures and data.
- Risk PreferenceImportant
How you trade off potential gains against potential losses under uncertainty.
- Enterprising InterestsImportant
Your interest in leading, persuading, and pursuing business or organizational goals.
- IndependenceImportant
How much you value autonomy, self-direction, and freedom from close supervision.
- AchievementModerate
How much you value visible accomplishment and using your abilities to their fullest.
- Numerical ReasoningModerate
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
The basics
- Field
- Finance & banking
- Job titles you'll see
- Accountants and Auditors
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