Auditor vs Financial Analyst
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Pay
Auditor
$95,000 typical, a year
Most Auditors earn $87,500 to $108,000 a year.
From 455 postings that list pay
1,300 open jobs now
Financial Analyst
$105,000 typical, a year
Most Financial Analysts earn $87,500 to $125,700 a year.
From 2,885 postings that list pay
6,033 open jobs now
Financial Analysts typically earn about $10,000 more a year than Auditors.
What each one does
Auditor
- Perform operational, financial, and compliance audits to ensure accuracy and adherence to regulations.
- Prepare clear, concise, and well-documented audit workpapers and reports.
- Identify internal control gaps, process inefficiencies, and risk exposures.
- Partner with business and technology teams to gather information and test controls.
- Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls.
- Monitor the implementation of audit recommendations and follow up on remediation efforts.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Financial Analyst
- Prepare and analyze financial reports to track performance against budgets and forecasts.
- Develop and maintain financial models to support planning and decision-making processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather data and support business initiatives.
- Assist in the budgeting and forecasting processes for various departments or projects.
- Conduct variance analysis to identify and explain differences between actual and planned results.
- Support the monthly or quarterly close process to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Auditor
Asked for in both
- Microsoft Office 3 in 10 postings
- Microsoft Excel 2 in 10 postings
More common in Auditor postings
- Auditing 6 in 10 postings
- CPA 6 in 10 postings
- Internal Audit 4 in 10 postings
- Internal Controls 4 in 10 postings
- Public Accounting 3 in 10 postings
- CISA 2 in 10 postings
- Risk Management 2 in 10 postings
- Financial Statements 2 in 10 postings
Financial Analyst
Asked for in both
- Microsoft Office 2 in 10 postings
- Microsoft Excel 6 in 10 postings
More common in Financial Analyst postings
- Financial Modeling 5 in 10 postings
- Forecasting 4 in 10 postings
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) 3 in 10 postings
- Bachelor's Degree in Economics 2 in 10 postings
- Financial Reporting 2 in 10 postings
- Variance Analysis 2 in 10 postings
- Business Degree 2 in 10 postings
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Auditor
Senior Auditor - Corporate
Lowe'sPay not stated Mooresville, North Carolina, United States of AmericaInternal ControlsRisk ManagementAuditingManagement System Auditor
RigzonePay not stated Houston, Texas, TexasISO-9001AuditingISO 14001Lead Auditor CertificationInternal Audit +1Audit Senior Associate
Armanino LLPPay not stated Atlanta, GeorgiaAuditingCPAUS GAAPBalance SheetMicrosoft Office +4
Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst
Sonaca$75k - $80k/yrstated USA - St. Charles, MO (Corporate)Internal ControlsInventory ManagementForecastingMicrosoft OfficeBalance Sheet +6Financial Analyst
Emerson ElectricPay not stated Round Rock, TX, United States HybridForecastingBudgetingFinancial Analyst
7-ElevenPay not stated Irving, TX, USAMicrosoft ExcelPower BISAPFinancial ModelingEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP) +2
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