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Discuss accounting techniques in general as they relate to the profession. Some things to discuss are the different accounting roles and positions that are out there and how you see yourself fitting into those roles based on what you have learned over the past couple of years.

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Your tutorial is 245 words and discusses general activities of most financial roles and how I view these activities.

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Accounting techniques are generally about analyzing past performance or providing data to decision makers about potential future cash flows. These techniques are about verifying and summarizing business activity and making sure that business activity is captured correctly and without unauthorized activity (controls). While there is a range of roles ...

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