Accountant
Accountants use numbers and financial statements to paint a picture of the health of a company, organization, or individual. By using their skills in accounting, law, and finance, they analyze profits and losses. They provide information that investors and business owners need to see how a company is doing over time.
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KEY SKILLS
Strong written and oral communication
Organization and attention to detail
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Time management
Systems analysis
Mathematical and deductive reasoning
Critical thinking
Active learning
Data analysis
Attention to detail
Taxes
Interpersonal Communication
Adaptability
Software proficiency
Industry Knowledge
Spreadsheet Proficiency
PROS
You have income stability.
You have certainty.
There’s a chance to earn a six-figure salary.
You can travel.
Your job is in high demand.
The accounting industry has grown by leaps and bounds for gender equality in recent years.
CONS
You must be certified to maximize your income potential.
It’s not exactly an adrenaline rush.
You have to keep pressing forward.
You have seasons of heavy work.
You’re going to be stuck in the office.
OPPORTUNITY TYPES
GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
Companies
Freelancer
Agencies
Firms
Shop keepers
Businessman
You love to maintain and inspect financial accounts.
You can report on financial performance.
You understand the impact of financial laws and regulations.
You can prepare and complete tax returns.
You can propose solutions to business roadblocks.
KEY OPPORTUNITIES
Books
Podcasts
Networking Groups
Interesting Facts about the career
10 facts about accountants we bet you didn’t know
1. 2Bubblegum was invented by an accountant, Walter Diemar in 1928. It was bright pink in color because that was the only dye he had to hand at the time.
2. It was accountants who brought down Chicago crime boss Al Capone. Although believed to be guilty of everything from bootlegging to murder, he was ultimately arrested and convicted of tax evasion.
3. Bookkeeper and the words derived from it (bookkeeping etc.) are the only words in the English language with 3 consecutive sets of double letters.
4. Mick Jagger, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, and comedian Eddie Izzard are just a few of the famous names who worked in accounting before their showbiz careers took off.
5.St. Matthew the Evangelist is the patron saint of accountants, as well as bookkeepers, tax collectors, bookkeepers, stockbrokers, and bankers.
6. Monty Python frequently poked fun at accountants (click here for a quick laugh). A possible reason for this is that John Cleese’s father wanted him to be an accountant; he was due to start work for Grace, Derbyshire & Todd Chartered Accountants in Bristol.
7. Accounting has been around for millennia. Tokens dating back 7000 years were discovered in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq, Turkey and Syria). These are thought to be the earliest documented records of goods received and traded.
8. Accountants play an important role in the Oscars. Every year since 1935 a team of accountants has spent an average of 1700 hours prior to Oscar night counting the Academy Award ballots by hand.
9. Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli is regarded as the father of accounting. He published the first book on double-entry accounting in 1494. Leonardo da Vinci was one of his students.
10. The word “accounting” comes from the french “compter” meaning to count or score. Other accounting terms are derived from Latin, such as “debit” – “he owes” and “credit” – “he trusts”.