Choosing a career path can be a challenging task. After all, a career is a life-long commitment. To ensure the best decision is being considered as the primary career choice, we have analyzed the path of a CPA and Paralegal as requested. After taking into consideration the characteristics of both a CPA and Paralegal, we are confident that our analysis is thorough enough for a commendation.…
Due to changing laws and regulations and an increase in the complexity of accounting the demand for CPAs continues to increase. CPAs have a wide range of career options in public accounting or corporate accounting. CPAs can move into executive positions such as controllers, chief financial officers and chief executive officers. CPAs are known for their role…
CPAs must get involved with current affairs to staying current with regulations and standards and social, economic, technological and political trends domestically and abroad. As well as develop interpersonal skills to enhance relationships with colleagues, clients, businesses and employers. Real-time learning and current tutorials in the workplace will change the way CPAs learn and will help them adopt and adapt quickly and knowledgeably to ever-changing circumstances. New CPAs must remain rigorous and demanding and be practical and relevant. New CPAs must have a broad knowledge of business and soft skills and not simply focus on technical accounting.…
This article displays careers available to accountant majors. It lists steps to take while job searching. Because I am majoring in accounting I decided to choose this journal to see fully what becomes available to me upon receiving my diploma. Within this article provides a detailed description of four workshops that focus on the accounting industry, specifically public accounting, non-public accounting, the recruiting process and professional certifications. Although it was not exactly what I was looking for it still answered many questions I had about what came after graduation.…
The profession of accounting includes many different job settings. The main fields for accounting include public, private, and government accounting. Public accountants work on a fee for service basis, either independently or as a member of an accounting firm. They are then hired by individuals or businesses for the purposes of preparing financial statements, auditing, tax preparation, and investigations. (1) Private accountants are employed by companies, for which they develop and maintain the financial records. (1) Government accountants are federal or state governmental employees whose jobs include keeping the financial records of governmental agencies as well as audits of private companies. In the federal government they may be employed as bank examiners, IRS agents, or investigators in addition to more traditional accounting positions. (1)…
Beta Alpha Psi would like to inform you about all the great and wonderful opportunities that a career in accounting can provide and the skills required to being successful in the path of accounting. One of the crucial decisions a student has to make is picking a major to pursue and a school they want to attend. Accounting is known as the language of business because of its involvement of making a business successful and allowing investors, owners and anyone else make a decision of being involved and associating with a business based on the reports provided by accountants. Accounting is not only sitting on desk writing number down it is much more than that. There are multiple things that one can do with accounting such as Taxation, Auditing,…
I think these purpose are important because the responsibility of a CPA are to protect and serve the public. They must have respect for their clients and to do a great job with whatever work is put forth to them. If a mistake is made they are held reliable. CPAs are also responsible to cooperate with each other to help improve the art of accounting.…
The topic describes exactly the position I was in for a few years. It was very difficult for me to make up my mind which route to go after I graduate. And now I am almost there and I am so glad that I got a chance to research into the subject matter. I researched the history, the advantages and disadvantages, requirements of the degree and the exam, and I also compared the salary. And now I am fairly certain that the path I will take is get an MBA degree and then take the CPA exam.…
My immediate short-term career goal would be to pass all four parts of the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. Successfully passing this exam, along with meeting the educational and work experience requirements, is the only way to make the rest of my career goals possible. Ideally, I will begin work for one of the “Big four” accounting firms (Ernst and Young, Deloitte, PWC, or KPMG) to gain the extensive knowledge I need in the field of audit to be successful in my long-term goals.…
The article Improving Accounting Students’ Writing Skills is about how many accounting students don’t realize how much writing is truly involved with being an accountant. It also explains that communication skills are one of the five core competencies outlined in the CPA Vision Project, tested on the CPA exam, and demanded by employers. Due to advancements in technology, accountants are spending less time gathering, processing, and reporting information, and more time strategizing and interpreting information. In a recent study one third of employers are unhappy with accountants writing skills. The CPA Vision Project plans to improve accountants’ writing skills to further satisfy their employers’ needs. One of the core competencies, communication and leadership skills, is the ability to “give and exchange information within meaningful context and with appropriate delivery and interpersonal skills.” In order to achieve this vision, accounting classes need to begin to stress the importance of having good writing skills necessary to become a successful accountant.…
Furthermore, as a professional accountant with more than 10 years of experience in my field, I realize that going to college is the only way to continue improving my skills, growing within my company and thus get a promotion that will open even more the path to success. And, once I finish my accounting degree, I intend to sit down for the CPA exam as I truly consider that will help me even more as a professional.…
You bring up a great point about how accountants are similar to scorekeepers in a sports event in a sense that the data gathered helps determine how the teams are doing. The data gathered during the game not only can determine the winner of the game but it can also tell all the steps it took to get to that point such as in a baseball game.…
There are several things that I have to accomplish before I get my CPA. First I must get my Associates degree in accounting, which will allow me to get some experience. Then I will go for my bachelor’s degree. Just a bachelor’s degree in accounting is not enough to qualify for my CPA license. (Accounting coach, 2004-2012) I would need to have 150 college credits and also pass an ethics exam in order to sit for the CPA exam. Different states have different requirements to maintain my CPA license, but generally I would have to take so many higher education credits per year to recertify. To get…
Don’t you want a higher pay? A huge bonus? Better opportunities? Flexibility? To receive these benefits, all you need is your CPA. Most accounting major students tend to stagger or worry too much about what they should do after their undergradute studies. However, the answer is very clear when you look at all you could gain from your CPA certificiation. Although you may not understand it now, let me persuade you of how obtaining your CPA is the best choice for you!…
Accounting II has proven to be a successful course to take, especially when entering into the business field. Accounting has many key concepts in which I feel that I have benefited from. Although at times I found myself struggling, I pushed through and persevered. The key concepts that I feel that will help me as I enter the business field is the ability to understand how accounts receivables and payroll affect a business. I think the hardest concepts for me in this course were stock transactions and dividends. So those will have to be a couple that I still need to focus on, as I feel they will be essential to having a successful business.…