If you're great with money, fascinated by numbers, and are super organised, then why not consider a career in accounting? Read on to find out more about this challenging yet highly rewarding career path!
In a nutshell, an accountant is someone who compiles, maintains, analyses, verifies and prepares financial records. Sometimes they do it for individuals or other financial professionals, other times they do it for businesses, companies, or even governments.
Accounting is a fantastic degree with great earning and growth potential, which you can do anywhere in the world (local licensing requirements permitting), but don't think it's a degree and job you can just grin and bear, coasting through it in order to enjoy the benefits. To become an accountant, and to excel at it, you will truly need a love for numbers and problem-solving. If balance sheets or financial statements leave you uninspired, and numbers don't excite you, you should definitely consider a different career path.
Accountants need to have a handle on a wide variety of finance-related tasks, so you can imagine that the subjects you will take while studying your degree cover a lot of bases. Management, law, leadership, taxes, risk, fraud, it's all in there, and will set you up for great and ample job opportunities - in accounting and many other jobs in the finance sector.
The road to becoming an accountant is long and arduous, and becoming a chartered accountant doubly so! Expect to put in a lot of time and hard work into your studies, but as long as you have a passion for the subject, this shouldn't stop you. In the end, accounting is an incredibly rewarding career that will keep challenging and stimulating you, with tons of benefits to boot!
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