Accounting FAQs

2. Why should I consider an accounting career?

    Accounting is a demanding and stressful profession that provides accounting professionals with both economic and psychological rewards. Those who are most likely to have successful and fulfilling careers are especially attentive to the latter and choose a career path that is consistent with their personalities. Successful accountants are:

• Goal & Work Oriented

• Logical & Creative Problem Solvers

• Excellent Communicators

• Team Players

Contrary to the popular impression, accountants must enjoy working with people. Accounting is about people more so than numbers.

    Because there are so many different kinds of decision makers who use an organization's financial information, there are many different career paths in accounting. Those paths are generally described as:

• Public Accounting: accountants employed by a firm that is hired by other organizations and individuals to provide attestation, tax, and consulting services.
   

• Industry Accounting: accountants employed by a profit-motivated company to provide a variety of financial and managerial accounting services such as processing payroll and determining the cost of producing products.
   

• Not-for-Profit Accounting: accountants employed by a governmental or other organization that is not profit motivated. They provide a variety of financial and managerial accounting services such as processing payroll, determining the cost of providing services, and reviewing regulatory reports and tax returns.

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