If you have ever thought of becoming an accountant, I will answer every question you need to know before taking a decision here. Sometimes, accountants are viewed like superheroes in a company but also as the bad news bringer and in this article you will find out what their jobs consist. I decided to write this article because the accounting job is not fully known by everyone and I think it is worth to show this carrier.
Being an accountant is either you bring the good news and everyone appreciates you for your job, or you bring the bad news and not because of who you are, but people don't like your job. Being an accountant can also be seen has such a depressing job because most of the people don't like working with numbers.
Accountants have the tasks to keep up with the payments, the daily transactions, the clients, the taxes and also reviewing a lot the accounting technicians' job to make sure there is no error in the entries. They have an important role in a company because the financial health depends on them mostly.
They verify the accounting entries the accounting technicians did the day before. They can also work on a specific task the company's owner gave to make sure everything is done in time.
They can work in their own company and run their business. But, mostly, they work in every company that exists because without an accountant, there's no company. So basically, they can work everywhere.
In Quebec, you have to do an Accounting and Management Technology technique in cegep and after that, you do a B.A. in accounting in university. After your B.A., there is an exam to pass to get your CPA title and only after that, you can work as an accountant.
The majority of accountants makes between $50 000 and $80 000 a year. It obviously depends on your experience and you school degree.
Accountants can do some one year certificate in university to specialize in one field. It can be in Human Resource Management, in entrepreneurial development or even in stock market. Every certificate they do will be useful for the company they will work in.
The biggest danger is to not detect the financial problems in a company. The owner sometimes don't even know the economic situation of his business and thinks everything is going well and it's not, you have the job to intervene and make things change.
The chances are low because the accounting work needs a human reflexion behind all the numbers the robot would write. A robot could never understand all the complexity of a business financial situation. The very best it could do is to enter the accounting entries but even after that, a human would be required to check up.
They normally retire at the age of 60, but they sure can continue to work part-time for a company if they want to. Also, I think they always do a part of their job even after retirement because they can do their taxes and help their family's financial health.
To conclude, being an accountant has so many good sides even if sometimes you bring the bad news, it is definitely a worth job. I think one of the greatest advantages is you can choose where you want to work because every single business needs an accountant.