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# explain accounting records — Accountant

As an Accountant, 'explaining accounting records' isn’t just reciting debits and credits; it's *translating* financial data into understandable terms for diverse audiences. Daily this means fielding questions from internal stakeholders (managers needing budget explanations, sales teams questioning revenue recognition) about specific transactions or account balances. You'll be preparing supporting schedules for audit requests – not just handing over a general ledger printout, but detailing *why* an expense was categorized a certain way, or how inventory is valued. Tools used heavily are Excel for creating these schedules and narratives, plus your accounting software’s reporting features to pull the raw data.

## Weitere Anreicherung

Stage-2 source for future practitioner grounding: EconStor (open-access economics/finance literature).
