A day in the accounts team

You are the senior accountant at Al-Waha Distribution, and today is the last working day of the month. Your team: Samer (accounts payable) and Rana (intern). Your manager: Laila Mansour, the finance director. Your day has three parts, and each brings new messages. Rank them by priority, decide what to do with each one, then write one reply. There is no single perfect answer to everything; act as you would at real work.

1. 09:00Start of the day. Six messages arrived before you reached your desk. (6 messages)
2. 11:30Late morning. Something important in today's plan has changed. (4 messages)
3. 14:00The auditor has arrived. A lot to do before the end of the day. (4 messages) Includes a figures check.

• Prioritising and timeDid the urgent and the risky come first?
• Adapting when plans changeWhen the day changed, did your plan change too?
• Judgement and riskSpotting fraud, protecting data, not overpromising.
• Solving problems from dataFinding the real cause in scattered numbers.
• Delegating and teamworkPassing the right work to the right person.
• Professional writingTone and content of your replies.
• Know-how of the roleDecisions only someone who knows this job gets right.

Is it free?

Yes. Create a free account to work the day and see your full result.

Do I need to prepare?

No. Everything you need is in the briefing and the messages. Read them carefully, as you would at work.

What do I get at the end?

A score for each skill, the order and choices an experienced person would make, and notes on your reply. A good result can be added to your profile.

• A day in customer service
• Career guide for this field
• The skill test for this role