Cost Accountant: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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A cost accountant can work out what one single bicycle costs to make, all the way down to its bell and its wheels!
Through history
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Long ago
Long ago, people counted costs with pencils, paper and piles of receipts. Today, many cost accountants use computers to do the adding for them.
Tools of the trade
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Calculator
A calculator helps the cost accountant add up lots of numbers quickly, so they can check that every total is right.
A day in the job
- MorningThe cost accountant starts the day by checking the newest receipts and invoices, then opens the spreadsheets to add them to the numbers.
Quiz time
A cost accountant only works with numbers and never talks to people in factories.
Cost accountants can help a company find a cheaper way to make a toy.