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HUVILS, SL CLUuning Class, Speaking with Duuntants, etc.! 3. What skills are highly valued by employers? What does that tell you about what accountants do at their companies? 4. Chapter 1 includes quotes from accountants at Sobey's, Abbott Laboratories, and Caterpillar. After reading these quotes and from what you know about accountants, how would you describe the role/job responsibilities of accountants? 5. Many, if not most, accounting majors start their careers in public accounting. Do you think most of them stay in public accounting? Discuss what you business ULCIJI presidents of on its of operations. Management accountants often take the leadership role in the please Lillie Cruikshank, the vice president of the Business Technology Centre at Sobeys describes her career as a management accountant as providing her with the business management skills that help me connect the dots between strategy and action. We're in a highly competitive environment. We have to control costs while pro- viding our customer with the best food offering. We are looked upon more as business advisors than just accountants, which has a lot to do with the additional analysis and forward-looking goals that we are setting. We spend more of our time analyzing and understanding our margins, our prices, and the markets in which we do business. People have a sense of purpose; they have a real sense of "I'm adding value to the company." (Caterpillar, Inc.) Accounting is changing. You are no longer sitting behind a desk just working on a com- puter, just crunching the numbers. You are actually getting to be a part of the day-to-day functions of the business. (Abbott Laboratories)