Archive about 'Accounting Careers'

Careers In Accounting: Related Occupation ( Part 6)

What Are The Related Occupation ?

Besides being an Accountants or auditors, others related accounting jobs include:

budget analysts;

cost estimators;

loan officers;

financial analysts;

personal financial advisors;

tax examiners, collectors, revenue agents;

bill and account collectors;

bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.

Growing trend where they assumed the role of management analysts and are involved in the design, implementation, and maintenance of accounting software systems.

 

Career In Accounting : Working Conditions, Qualification & Advancement ( Part 3 )

Working Conditions/Hours:

Most accountants and auditors work in a typical office setting;

Self-employed accountants may be able to do part of their work at home;

Accountants and auditors employed by public accounting firms and government agencies [...]

Careers In Accounting: Skills and Talents (Part 2)

What do you think are the attributes, skills and talents required of an aspiring good Accountant whether he/she opts to be in the different major fields mentioned in my article in Part 1?
Check this out from the following table:

Skills/Talents/Attributes

Results

Analytical skills

High

Computer skills

High

Innovative

High

Communication skills

High

Ability to synthesize

High

Team Oriented/player

Very important

Integrity

Very High

People skills

High

Sales skills

Average

Creative ability

Average

Persons planning a career in [...]

Careers In Accounting: Job Options/Major Fields in Accounting ( Part 1)

Generally, we can say that there are fourA major fields of accounting which are as follows:

Public accounting

Management accounting
Government Accounting and
Internal Auditing.

Public Accountants:

 
Perform a broad range of accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting activities for their clients, which may be corporations, governments, nonprofit organizations, or individuals.
 
Examples of the areas of expertise where Public accountants play:
·       Tax matters, [...]