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Accounting
Specialist
Business
Education
Programs
ABOUT
ACCOUNTING:
Trained
accounting
specialists
can
earn
a
minimum
of
$30,000
a
year
in
a
field
expected
to
grow
20%
by
the
year
2012.*
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What
does
an
Accounting
Specialist
do?:
An
Accounting
Specialist
is
responsible
for
handling
a
number
of
accounting-related
tasks
more
complex
and
demanding
than
those
of
an
Accounting
Assistant,
and
for
serving
in
a
support
role
to
a
Certified
Public
Accountant
or
Accountants.
Duties
include
a
more
hands-on
role
with
money
and
with
the
computer-based
management
of
accounting
transactions.
Students
earning
a
certificate
or
diploma
as
an
Accountin
Specialist
can
also
find
employment
in
Bookkeeping,
Billing,
and
Payroll/Staff
Accountant
positions.
Sullivan
University
System
- Sullivan
University
-
Louisville,
Lexington,
Fort
Knox,
Kentucky
- Spencerian
University
-
Louisville
&
Lexington,
Kentucky
- Louisville
Technical
Institute
-
Louisville,
Kentucky
Accounting
Specialist:
This
program
provides
hands-on
experience
in
applying
fundamental
accounting
principles
within
a
computerized
environment.
Graduates
are
prepared
to
work
as
staff
accountants,
payroll
accountants,
bookkeepers,
billing/collections
accountants,
and
financial
accountants.
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*Salary
information
is
based
on
the
"Occupational
Outlook
Handbook,
2004-05
Edition,"
a
publication
of
the
U.S.
Department
of
Labor.
Individual
student
earnings
vary.
**
Growth
figures
represent
a
ten-year
period
ending
2012.
Source:
"National
Industry-Occupation
Employment
Matrix,"
a
publication
of
the
U.S.
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics.
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