You ever thought about becoming an accountant. If the answer is yes, you should be reading this article. It is a summary of multiple websites that explains why being an accountant is an interesting job. You will find out how to become an accountant, what an accountant does and who they work for. What made write this article is that I want to become one and I want to make the readers understand my point of view.
Being an accountant is an interesting lifestyle. You don't always do the same thing. You could be working for multiple employers or you could be self-employed. You would be doing different kinds of work. I could assure you it wouldn't be boring.
Being an accountant is quite interesting since you have a range of task to complete. They keep tracks of payments, financial positions, and transfers of capital. They help with the yearly tax return. Basically, anything related to number and money. At some point, some decides to become teachers and teach others on how to become an accountant.
They will answer emails, work on group projects, try to resolve any sort of issues. They will also work on financial statements.
They can work in multiple places. They don't always work in the same place. Some work in an office among other accountants. Sometime, they would work in offices with people that aren't working in accounting but still in business management like in finance, human resources or economics. In rare cases, they could work from home if they want to. They could from in pajamas and still achieve the same goal. Some even work in schools
You have 2 options. First of all, you can do 3 years in a technical program called Accounting and Management Technology and then you'll need to get a master's degree in accounting. The second option would be a 2 years program in Social Science and then you do the master's degree. After you're done with University, you could get a CPA degree if you're up for the challenge which will help you go further in your career.
They can make anything between $50 000 to $110 000 depending on the nature of your job.
They work under strict supervision of senior accountants to make sure they don't make any mistakes. They need to work with multiple scenarios to make sure they're ready to work with anything, anytime and anyone.
Sometimes, the smallest mistakes can change the results in the end nothing would balance. For example, as an accountant, you're working on your companies balance sheet and you miscalculate the amount of assets you have, in the end that can cause a big problem. Depending on the size of the company, you could be working with millions of dollars worth of assets, liability. You want to make sure you don't make any mistakes.
A study suggests that there is about 95% chances that robots replace accountants.
They would usually retire between 62 and 70. By the age that they retire, they would have had a lot of experiences. They would've worked in multiple environments like accounting firms, offices and even schools. They'll have the chance of working in a different country if they wanted to. I don't they would really regret anything.
I'm currently in my third semester of a program called Accounting and Management Technology. I need another year and a half before I go on with life. After that, I'll be doing a master's degree in an Accounting program before I take the CPA exam. I can see myself working in a big company like bombardier or CN. Who knows, maybe I'll even become a teacher who will show how to work as an accountant.
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