Looking at trends in big business in recent years uncovers
an array of complexities that tells a lot about the way
business has changed. Interconnected positions in
management are proliferating due to a companys need to stay
on top of mountains of information. Information handling
jobs become all important, and none more than the classic
analytical job of modern business: accounting. Large and
small business have always used accountants to keep track of
the details that flow between company, client and other
involved parties. Now accounting has branched out into
multiple avenues. The old type of accounting is still
essential, and more abstract forms of book keeping are
becoming more and more valued over time.
One could say that while audit accountants are involved in
book keeping history, management accounting is a process of
looking to the future to try to foresee events and plan for
these in terms of a companys resources. Ledgers and classic
ideas of accounting belong more to audit accounting, while
management accounting deals directly with the machinery of a
firm. Both positions require people skills and analytical
skills; both types of accountants need to know how to use
computers. Spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel is
popular in keeping accounting information available in a
flexible format.
Both types of accounting require people skills, analytical
skills and proficiency in software packages. The audit
accounting, described as the bread and butter of the
industry, generally involves a higher workload. Management
accounting seems to have emerged more recently as an answer
to problems of information flow. Management accountants can
merge a knowledge of asset use with a kind of hands on
involvement in corporate strategy, which is probably the
most useful aspect of the particular field.
In general, accounting is becoming a popular career choice.
Some may shy away from it due to an aversion to how
accountants have been described in the past. Some people
dont like numbers and consider accounting work to be
unbearably dry or tedious. Others, however, have already
completed their degree to become a CPA (Certified Public
Accountant) and these may find themselves well placed in
high profile audit accounting positions. For others,
management accounting provides a new look at a classic
career.
Overall, accounting is a constant part of business, and a
very necessary element of the way that small and large
businesses work. Consider the role of CPAs and accounting
firms in day to day transactions, and youll get the picture.
There is definitely a future in accounting.
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