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economist

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1. General Provisions

1.1.Economist belongs to the professional category.

1.2. An economist is appointed to a position and dismissed from it by order of the director upon presentation

(head of the financial department, structural unit / other official)

1.3.Economist reports directly to:

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(to the head of the financial department, structural unit / other official)

1.4. The following is appointed to the post of economist:
-economist of the 1st category: a person with a higher professional (economic) education and at least 3 years of work experience as an economist of category II;
-Economist Category II: a person with a higher professional (economic) education and work experience in the position of an economist or other engineering and technical positions filled by specialists with a higher vocational education, not less than 3 years;
-economist: a person who has a higher professional (economic) education without presenting requirements for work experience or a secondary professional (economic) education and at least 3 years of experience in the position of a technician of category I for at least 3 years or other positions filled by specialists with secondary vocational education for at least 5 years .

1.5. In his work, the Economist is guided by:
- legislative acts of the Russian Federation;
- orders and directives of the management;
- guiding regulations and instructions of the enterprise;
- the charter of the organization;
- labor regulations;
- this job description.

1.6. During the absence of an economist, his duties are performed by a person appointed in accordance with the established procedure. This person acquires the appropriate rights and is responsible for the proper performance of the duties assigned to him.

1.7. The economist must know:
- resolutions, legislative and regulatory legal acts, orders, orders, on planning, accounting and analysis of the work of enterprise divisions;
- rules for the preparation and maintenance of planning and accounting documentation;
- rules and procedures for developing business plans;
- rules for the development of annual plans for economic, production, financial activities organizations;
- rules for the development of standards for the costs of labor, material, financial resources;
- methods economic analysis and accounting for performance indicators of the enterprise and its divisions;
- ways to determine economic efficiency implementation new technology and technology, labor organization, rationalization proposals and inventions;
- rules for the preparation of materials for the conclusion of contracts;
- organization, procedure, rules and terms of statistical and operational accounting, preparation of established reporting;
- economics, organization of production, labor and management;
- market methods of managing;
- the possibility of using computer technology for the implementation of technical and economic calculations, analysis and accounting of performance indicators of the enterprise's divisions;
- methods of carrying out computational work;
- labor legislation;
- Rules and norms of labor protection.

2. Job Responsibilities

Economist:
- performs work on the implementation of the current economic activity enterprises, increasing the efficiency and profitability of production, the quality of products and the development of new types of products;
- prepares initial data for drawing up projects of economic, financial, production and commercial activities enterprises in order to ensure the growth of sales volumes, increase profitability;
- performs calculations for material, labor and financial costs necessary for the production and sale of products, the development of new types of products, the introduction of advanced technologies;
- performs economic analysis economic activity enterprises and determines the economic efficiency of the organization of labor and production;
- identifies production reserves and develops measures to introduce a savings regime, increase the profitability of production, increase the competitiveness of products and labor productivity, reduce losses and unproductive costs for production and sales of products, and also identify opportunities to increase the volume of products;
- determines the economic performance of the introduction of new technology, rationalization proposals, inventions;
- takes part in the consideration of plans for production and economic work and resource saving, in market research, forecasting and development of production;
- prepares data for the conclusion of contracts;
- monitors the implementation of planned targets for the enterprise and its divisions;
- keeps records economic indicators results production activities enterprise and its divisions;
- prepares the established reporting in a certain time frame;
- performs work on the formation and maintenance of an up-to-date database of economic information;
- controls the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to the divisions of the enterprise under the concluded contracts;
- Performs separate official assignments of the direct superior.

3. Rights

The economist has the right:
- get acquainted with the draft decisions of the management of the enterprise relating to its production activities;
- submit proposals for the management to improve the work related to the responsibilities provided for in this instruction;
- inform the immediate supervisor of all deficiencies in production activities identified in the course of the performance of their duties and make proposals for their elimination;
- request and receive from the structural divisions of the enterprise the necessary materials and documents related to the activities of an economist;
- represent the interests of the enterprise and enter into relationships with departments of third-party organizations on issues related to the performance of his official duties;
- independently make decisions within their competence;
- require the management of the enterprise to ensure organizational and technical conditions in the execution of its official rights and responsibilities;
- to demand the provision of normal working conditions.

4. Responsibility

The Economist is responsible for:
- for the consequences of decisions taken by him that go beyond his powers established by current legislation of the Russian Federation, the charter of the enterprise, other regulatory legal acts;
- for failure to perform (improper performance) of their official duties provided for by this instruction, within the limits determined by the current labor legislation of the Russian Federation;
- for committing an offense in the course of carrying out their activities - within the limits determined by the current administrative, criminal and civil legislation of the Russian Federation;
- for causing material damage and damage business reputation enterprises - within the limits determined by the current labor, criminal and civil legislation of the Russian Federation.

5. Working conditions

5.1. The Economist's work schedule is determined in accordance with the Internal Labor Regulations established at the enterprise.

5.2. Due to production needs, the Economist may be sent on business trips.

6. Right to sign

To ensure his activities, the economist is given the right to sign organizational and administrative documents on issues included in his functional responsibilities.

7. Other

This job description has been developed and approved in accordance with the provisions Labor Code Russian Federation and other regulatory acts regulating labor relations in RF.

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Entering the university Faculty of Economics, students often do not even guess what the job responsibilities of an economist are and what a young specialist will have to face at an enterprise. The list of functional duties of such employees is determined special instructions. They are developed for specialists of organizations and enterprises according to the staffing table. The functional duties of an economist should take into account not only his main functions and duties, but also the rights and responsibilities of a specialist, specific tasks, and so on.

By the way, economists are different. These are specialists in labor, sales, staffing, wages, employees of planning departments and others. And if basic knowledge for all types of economic professions are almost the same, the tasks and duties of an economist differ significantly depending on the type of his activity.

Chief Economist of the enterprise

The management and organization of the work of the enterprise is carried out by the chief economist, whose duties and tasks are to increase the efficiency, productivity and profitability of production. The chief specialist is obliged to take care of measures to reduce the cost of production, to improve its quality. He organizes the work related to the preparation of business plans, the conduct of economic activities, the improvement of the management system, and manages the economic units subordinate to him. The responsibilities of a top-ranking economist include working to improve the planning of economic performance indicators. Also in his charge is the development of economic standards for different kinds works of economic activity. The main duties of an economist at the enterprise are reduced to the ability to organize work, ensure the implementation and strict observance of the tasks set.

Chief Economist Knowledge Base

In order to successfully carry out his work, the chief economist needs to thoroughly know the regulations, methodological and regulatory documents that allow you to regulate the procedure management activities at the enterprise. He must know well the structure of the company, production facilities, technological bases for the production of manufactured products. In addition, the chief specialist must be able to organize the economic work of the enterprise.

Economist

The duties of an economist include the performance of work aimed at improving the efficiency of production, its profitability, the quality of products, as well as the development of other types of products. The economist prepares the calculated data used for the preparation of financial and economic reporting, commercial activities of the company. His functional responsibilities include the analysis of the economic activity of both the whole enterprise and its individual divisions.

The use of internal reserves of the enterprise, monitoring the implementation of planned tasks, drawing up contracts and fulfilling contractual obligations - the economist is responsible for all this. Job responsibilities of a specialist of this link include his participation in marketing research, the ability to predict further development organizations, the formation of economic tasks aimed at improving the activities of the enterprise.

Economist Knowledge Base

An economist should know the following types of documentation:

Rules for drawing up business plans, long-term and annual plans and reports;

Must be able to maintain planning and accounting documentation;

Be able to prepare financial statements;

Analyze business activities, know labor legislation.

Accountant-economist or accounting economist

Everything related to negotiable and non current assets, estimates, calculations, income and expenses, equity and other things, the accountant-economist is in charge. The duties of this specialist are to fully and reliably reflect information on accounting. Upon agreement with the director of the enterprise, the accountant-economist maintains documents on the recalculation of funds for payments, on settlements with creditors, transfers the relevant papers to banking institutions. A specialist of this level is involved in the inventory of assets, paperwork for compensation for losses, theft or damage to the company's assets. At the same time, the duties of an economist include the preparation of documents for financial statements, registers and other documents based on accounting data.

Knowledge base of an accountant-economist

For successful work in the field of accounting, an economist needs to be well versed in the methodological and regulatory materials on the organization, in the rules for maintaining and compiling financial statements, in the system of accounting registers. In addition, the specialist must know and be able to put into practice the rules of document circulation, processing of accounting information in an organization or enterprise. He will also need knowledge in drawing up asset accounting calculation plans, business transactions, liabilities and capital.

Economist-demographer

Economist, whose job responsibilities are to develop programs for the development of demographic plans, social development, improving the level of people's well-being, is called an economist-demographer. Specialists in this profession are engaged in the preparation of forecasts of the structure of the population, its size and labor resources. The economist participates in the development of economic and social development plans, provides a solution to demographic problems, substantiates the importance and expediency of measures to form labor resources. He prepares the necessary materials and documents on the state and trends of the demographic development of the region.

labor economist

Work to improve the conditions and organization of labor, the forms and system of wages, the issues of material incentives for workers - these and many other matters are dealt with by a labor economist. His duties are to develop promising projects for labor, draw up staffing, payroll throughout the organization and its individual divisions. He calculates and plans the number of working personnel, payroll funds, activities for the training of qualified personnel. The direct duties of a labor economist include studying the effectiveness of using certain systems and forms of calculating the wages of workers, the mechanism for distributing funds from the material incentive fund, as well as participating in activities related to improving the quality of labor, products, and reducing production costs.

Drawing up a staffing table, schemes for calculating official salaries and payroll funds according to established regulatory documentation, monitoring compliance with staff disciplines and much more is performed by a labor economist. His duties also consist in the development of schemes and regulations for bonuses to employees, conditions for material incentives for employees of the organization to work, combining positions, professions. A specialist of this rank determines the amount of bonuses, additional payments, allowances. He also keeps records and analyzes indicators of labor and wages, draws up relevant reports.

Planning Economist (Planning Department Economist)

Responsibilities of an Economist planning department consist in the implementation of work on economic planning at an enterprise, organization, firm. This work is aimed at organizing rational economic activity, identifying the proportions of the enterprise's development, based on the needs of the market. Preparation of initial data for the preparation of long-term and ready-made plans, the development of programs for production activities, the social development of production; developing separate sections of a business plan that takes into account forecast and marketing data is all the work of an economist. The duties of a specialist in the planning department include compiling a cost estimate for commercial products, developing project wholesale and retail prices for goods, tariffs for services or work. At the same time, market conditions must be taken into account. Planning economists are actively involved in the development of measures related to increasing the competitiveness of products, increasing profits, eliminating costs and non-productive waste.

The functional duties of specialists of this link include the development of a comprehensive economic analysis of all indicators of the economic activity of the enterprise as a whole and its individual structural divisions. In addition, planning economists monitor the implementation of planned targets and their generalized accounting for the enterprise, prepare periodic reports on the work done.

Economist for financial work

Financial plans and reports are the work of an economist, whose duties are to maintain financial records and carry out the financial work of an enterprise. Based on economic and technical indicators production plan organizations, economists of financial departments develop promising and ready plans, forecasts of receipt of funds to the accounts of an enterprise or firm. They determine the quantitative ratio of income and expenses, the amount of cash receipts and deductions for the organization. Financial work economist prepares production plans, develops implementation measures finished products, profit planning, capital investment and income taxes.

Ensuring operational financing and fulfillment of settlement and payment obligations is also included in the functional responsibilities of an economist for financial work. A specialist of this rank prepares reporting documentation, bank documents for all types of payments, and conducts correspondence on reclamation acts of suppliers whose services were not paid within the terms established by the contracts. A finance specialist analyzes the implementation of estimates, their calculation, draws up financial statements, conducts operational analysis of the financial performance of the organization. Improves methods of using current assets, funds from the state budget, etc.

Knowledge base of economists on labor, financial work and planning department

The economists of the above departments have common base knowledge. They must know the decrees, orders and orders, normative documentation, allowing to carry out financial and economic activities at the enterprise. Must be able to draw up long-term and annual plans and reports, make the necessary calculations. The specialists of the above structural divisions must know the methods and rules for calculating the standards for stocks of finished products, the conditions for their delivery, storage and transportation, as well as the economy, organization of production, management and labor.

Sales Economist

The sales economist conducts business on the organization of sales of the organization's products in accordance with orders and concluded contracts. Ensures the delivery of products to consumers within the time frame established by the contracts. Responsibilities of an Economist budget organization includes the sale of manufactured products under budget contracts. The Sales Economist prepares the annual, quarterly and monthly reporting on planning and realization of let out production. He performs the work of drawing up contracts for the supply of goods. Accepts and keeps records of requests for delivery, specifications and orders, checks the volume and name of the ordered products. Controls the shipment, transportation, marketing and storage of the goods of the enterprise.

Sales Economist Knowledge Base

To successfully carry out marketing activities, an economist must know:

Prospects for the development of the sales market;

Calculation methods normative documents finished products;

Terms of delivery, transportation and storage of manufactured products;

The procedure for processing documents for marketing activities;

Methods of accounting and drawing up plans and reports;

The order and rules of preparation response letters to consumer claims.

Perhaps the information provided will help students of economic universities decide on their future specialization and choose a profession to their liking.

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0.4. Periodic verification of this document is carried out at intervals not exceeding 3 years.

1. General Provisions

1.1. The position "Chief Economist" belongs to the category "Leaders".

1.2. Qualifications- complete higher education in the relevant field of study (master, specialist). The length of service in economic work by profession of lower-level managers of the corresponding professional direction: for a master - at least 2 years, a specialist - at least 3 years.

1.3. Knows and applies:
- resolutions, orders, methodological, regulatory and other guidance materials that regulate the procedure for the activity and organization of economic work at the enterprise;
- profile, specialization and features of the structure of the enterprise;
- perspectives of technical and economic development industries and enterprises;
- production capacities of the enterprise;
- basics of production technology;
- the procedure for the development and approval of programs, business plans and plans for production and economic activities;
- economic methods of enterprise management;
- organization, forms and methods of planned work at the enterprise, a system of economic standards;
- the procedure for calculating the economic efficiency from the introduction of new types of products, equipment, technology, rationalization proposals and inventions;
- the procedure for developing standards for material, labor and financial costs;
- the procedure for concluding and executing economic and financial contracts;
- domestic and world achievements of science and technology in the relevant industry, production and experience of advanced enterprises in organizing and improving economic work;
- means of computer technology, communications and communications;
- fundamentals of economics and management, organization of production, labor and management;
- Fundamentals of labor law.

1.4. The Chief Economist is appointed to the position and dismissed by order of the organization (enterprise/institution).

1.5. The Chief Economist reports directly to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

1.6. The Chief Economist directs the work of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

1.7. The Chief Economist during his absence is replaced by a duly appointed person who acquires the relevant rights and is responsible for the proper performance of the duties assigned to him.

2. Description of work, tasks and job responsibilities

2.1. Manages the scientific, economic and organizational and economic support of the enterprise.

2.2. Develops measures to increase productivity, efficiency and profitability of production, product quality, reduce costs, ensure growth in labor productivity, achieve effective results in conditions of rational expenditure of material, labor and financial resources and organize their implementation.

2.3. Coordinates the activities of the economic divisions of the enterprise for the preparation of business plans, long-term work plans in the conditions market economy and competition with the necessary justifications and calculations, organizational and technical measures to improve the economic mechanism, management structure, economic activity, identify and use production reserves.

2.4. It helps to increase the validity of economic calculations, the establishment of targets based on progressive technical and economic standards for material and labor costs taking into account the achievements of science and technology, the organization of production and labor.

2.5. Carries out work to improve the planning of economic indicators of the activities of enterprise units, achieve a high level of their validity, create and improve regulatory framework planning, consumption rates of inventory items, Money and use of production capacities.

2.6. Organizes development teaching materials on technical and economic planning of work production units enterprises, calculations of the economic efficiency of capital investments, the need to introduce rationalization proposals and inventions, new equipment and technology.

2.7. Provides methodological guidance and organization of work on the implementation, improvement and enhancement of the role of economic methods management, prepares the necessary proposals to the management on the use of budgetary funds, the use of capital investments, on the introduction of new forms of management.

2.8. Provides work with the state treasury on financing and distribution of appropriations from the state and local budgets, strict observance of the regime of saving material, labor and financial resources in all areas of the enterprise's economic activity.

2.9. Participates in the work to improve the organization of production, prepares proposals aimed at increasing labor productivity and production efficiency, increasing income, and eliminating unproductive expenses.

2.10. Organizes the development of rational forms of primary planning, accounting and reporting documentation that is used at the enterprise, and also participates in the implementation automated systems management and computer technology for economic calculations in the field of planning, accounting and analysis of economic activity.

2.11. Organizes a comprehensive economic analysis and evaluation of the results of the production and economic activities of the enterprise and its divisions, the development of measures for the use of on-farm reserves, certification and rationalization of jobs.

2.12. Manages economic research conducted at the enterprise, concludes agreements on creative cooperation with scientific research institutions and higher educational institutions, organizes the development of methods for the economic evaluation of measures aimed at developing technology, improving the organization of production, as well as proposals for the practical use of the results of scientific research in the field of economics.

2.13. Carries out activities to introduce the achievements of economic science into practice.

2.14. Promotes the development of social economic work at the enterprise, provides methodological assistance to creative public associations workers who carry out economic analysis and search for production reserves, attracts them to address issues related to the development of the enterprise's economy.

2.15. Organizes economic calculations and analysis of the effectiveness of the introduction of new equipment and technology, as well as new types of products during their creation and development.

2.16. Manages the comparative analysis performance indicators of the enterprise and other enterprises, the introduction of advanced experience in economic work.

2.17. Participates in the development and implementation of measures to improve the economic performance of the enterprise (relative to the volume of production, increase labor productivity, reduce production costs, increase profits, etc.), in the implementation of progressive forms and methods of economic work.

2.18. Supervises work to improve the level of economic knowledge of employees.

2.19. Controls the timely submission of reports on the results of the economic activities of the relevant authorities.

2.20. Leads structural divisions companies that perform economic work, contributes to the implementation of cost-effective production management solutions.

2.21. Knows, understands and applies the current regulatory documents relating to its activities.

2.22. Knows and complies with the requirements of normative acts on labor protection and environment, complies with the norms, methods and techniques for the safe performance of work.

3. Rights

3.1. The Chief Economist has the authority to take action to prevent and remedy any irregularities or inconsistencies.

3.2. The Chief Economist has the right to receive all social guarantees provided for by law.

3.3. The Chief Economist has the right to demand assistance in the performance of his duties and the exercise of rights.

3.4. The Chief Economist has the right to demand the creation of organizational and technical conditions necessary for the performance of official duties and the provision necessary equipment and inventory.

3.5. The Chief Economist has the right to get acquainted with the draft documents relating to his activities.

3.6. The Chief Economist has the right to request and receive documents, materials and information necessary for the performance of his duties and instructions of the management.

3.7. The chief economist has the right to improve his professional qualifications.

3.8. The Chief Economist has the right to report all violations and inconsistencies identified in the course of his activities and make proposals for their elimination.

3.9. The Chief Economist has the right to get acquainted with the documents that define the rights and obligations of the position held, the criteria for assessing the quality of the performance of official duties.

4. Responsibility

4.1. The Chief Economist is responsible for non-fulfillment or untimely fulfillment of the duties assigned by this job description and (or) non-use of the rights granted.

4.2. The Chief Economist is responsible for non-compliance with the rules of internal labor regulations, labor protection, safety, industrial sanitation and fire protection.

4.3. The Chief Economist is responsible for disclosing information about the organization (enterprise/institution) that is a trade secret.

4.4. The Chief Economist is responsible for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of the requirements of the internal regulatory documents of the organization (enterprise/institution) and the legal orders of the management.

4.5. The Chief Economist is responsible for offenses committed in the course of his activities, within the limits established by the current administrative, criminal and civil legislation.

4.6. The Chief Economist is responsible for causing material damage to the organization (enterprise/institution) within the limits established by the current administrative, criminal and civil legislation.

4.7. The Chief Economist is responsible for the misuse of the granted official powers, as well as their use for personal purposes.

If the chief economist is absent, another employee is assigned to perform his functional duties, along with responsibilities and rights, in accordance with the internal regulations.

This position is appointed an employee with a higher economic education and similar experience labor activity for a period not less than one year.

Only the CEO, according to his own issued order.

The economist does his job according to following documents:

• the charter of the enterprise;
• normative legislative acts of the Russian Federation;
• internal rules labor discipline;
• orders of the head of the organization;
• principles of job description;
• managerial, established in the company;
• methodological data on the implementation of the labor process.

Knowledge of the following is required from the chief economist:

• conditions for the formation of annual economic, production, financial projects of the enterprise;
• resolutions, legislative rules, orders, orders, other normative acts;
• methodological information concerning planning, analysis, accounting of the company's work;
• planning and accounting documents;
• business planning procedures;
• methods of economic assessment, monitoring of the performance of each department of the enterprise;
• conditions, terms of development of necessary reports;
• rules of preparatory measures for the norms of expenses for material, labor and financial resources;
• the procedure for performing statistical and operational registration;
• methods of forming an efficient use of the latter for the economy technological means production and discovery, the creation of the labor process.

Regulatory regulation

The work of the chief economist is regulated by the relevant documentation. It consists of:

1. External documents, namely, normative and legislative acts related to the production process.
2. Internal: Charter of the organization, order and order of the general or financial director as well as the head of the department. This also includes the provisions of the planning and economic department; rules of labor discipline within the organization; instructions for this position.

Features of work in a budgetary institution and agriculture

The work of the chief economist in budget institution not much different from the functions of the same official in a trade organization.

In this case, the calculation formulas will be different, along with accounting entries and financial reporting. However, the specifics of the work remains the same. The economist in both cases deals with analysis, calculation and support of the production process of the enterprise.

Responsibilities of the Chief Economist include planning and organizing everything economic process Agriculture.

Together with other experts and the working staff of the organization, the functions of the chief economist include drawing up a work schedule for one year for certain periods and analyzing the performance of work according to these schedules. He is responsible for the quality and timely execution of the production process.

Rights and obligations

TO rights Chief Economist include:

1. Making smart design decisions financial program. He can ensure the daily workflow of the economic division of the enterprise, resolve issues related to his authority.
2. Sending your own proposals to management in order to encourage or hold employees accountable, if this is not in his competence.
3. Preparation and submission to the head of the department of their proposals aimed at improving the financial activities, as well as the production process of the economic unit of the organization. Such innovations can be achieved with the help of additional personnel, logistics.
4. Participation in the activities of collective management bodies that consider the financial tasks of the enterprise unit.

The responsibilities of the Chief Economist include:

1. Calculation of material, labor, financial expenses thanks to which the company carries out its activities, develops new equipment, introduces advanced technologies.
2. Collection of data that allows you to draw up financial, economic, commercial, industrial projects that ensure the growth of the number of products sold, increasing profitability.
3. Formation of economic efficiency production processes, the use of new technologies, discoveries and proposals.
4. Conducting an economic assessment of the work of departments of the enterprise.
5. Development of ways to introduce an economy system; increasing profitability; competitive advantage manufactured products and their marketing; profitability of production; reducing the costs of the enterprise.
6. Help to reduce waste and waste.
7. Identification of possible additional production.
8. Participation in the review of production and economic planning.
9. Cooperation in activities for market research, forecasting, production development.
10. Control over the solution of issues within the responsibilities of departments and related to the expenditure of economic resources.
11. Sending the necessary reports in due time.
12. Keeping records of economic data, results of economic and production work departments of the company.
13. Monitoring the implementation of existing contractual agreements.
14. Addition of reference and regulatory information.
15. Fulfillment of official orders of the head.

Categories, requirements, education

Persons with a full higher education and relevant categories of training, i.e. masters and specialists.

It is not only the most popular, but also one of the most sought after. She is especially loved by young people who, according to statistics, choose faculties for education this direction more often than others. But do all applicants understand what it means to work in this area and what is the responsibility of an economist? What are the main functions of such an employee? Let's try to answer these questions.

In short, an economist is a specialist in economic activity. His job responsibilities and work in general resonate with the activities of a financier, accountant, manager and other similar specialties. Such employees are required where you need to work with finances, clearly plan and calculate them. They exercise control over the expenditure of funds, analyze the activities of the enterprise as a whole and determine its profitability.

The job responsibilities of an economist are primarily the development and coordination of tasks that are based on the compilation of statistical reports and documentation.

The activity of such a specialist is based on the job description, which is drawn up at the order of the head of the company. Let us consider in more detail the functional responsibilities of an economist.

The main task is the implementation of economic activity, which is aimed at improving the enterprise, improving product quality, optimal use of resources. In addition, this specialist calculates the material, financial and labor costs that are necessary for the production of goods and their sale, the development of new technologies. Job responsibilities of an economist also include:

In addition to fulfilling the main duties listed above, an economist must constantly study specialized literature which is relevant to his work.

What should an applicant for a position know in order to successfully fulfill the duties of an economist? The activity of such a specialist is based on a number of legislative acts, orders, documents, resolutions and orders that regulate his work. To become an economist, you need to be well versed in planning and accounting documentation, business plans, regulatory materials, methods of economic analysis and statistical accounting of various indicators.

In addition to the fact that an employee is obliged to perform the duties of an economist, he must possess such qualities as the ability to work hard and hard, adherence to principles, clarity, courage, concentration, accuracy. He must have a well-developed constructive and emotionally stable.

So, an economist, whose job responsibilities will differ depending on the specific place of work, is a very difficult profession. Only a purposeful and competent person who is ready to work hard and constantly improve himself can become a professional in this field of activity.