I have been working in public accounting for about 1 1/2 years. I am beginning to think this may not exactly be the thing for me. Are there any interesting, somewhat unique areas to get into out there related to accounting and/or finance? I have 4 year degrees in accounting and business admin with a finance emphasis and will have my cpa license in a few months.
2006-06-10 15:08:04 · 4 answers · asked by patches8223 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
You could try working for a financial firm selling mutual funds and stocks. upside you set your own schedule and work basically for yourself, downside its commission only. You can also make decent money working for insurance companies working claims or as an agent, depending upon what side you get in on, you have the option of traveling a lot and the schedule is pretty flexible.
2006-06-10 15:15:22 · answer #1 · answered by Chris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe I am qualified to answer this question since I have spent the last 14 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. I have recently left public and now work as a Director of Tax at a Health care company. Since I did not read that you have a masters degree in accounting, I strongly believe that staying in public for a few more years will expose you to many accounting and tax issues that you would not be exposed to in industry or school. Look at staying in public as still in school and getting paid for it. For an accountant, public is the BEST experience that will stay with you throughout your accounting career and you will stand out against the other 1 to 2 year people who decide that the long hours are not worth it. As a 1 or 2 year person in public, you have not been exposed to numerous issues and area of accounting and tax that will make you very marketable. In addition, by staying in public for a while longer, you will be exposed to company executives such as controllers, CFOs and other executives and many more opportunities. Also, staying in public for at least 5 to 7 years will dramatically increase your salary once you leave public. One area you should definitely get exposed to is Sarbanes Oxley. While you can get this exposure in industry, you will not get the variety of work in industry. I hope this helps.
2006-06-10 22:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by j_darpino 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never went into public. However, I work in the hedge fund business as a controller, and it is a fairly good place to be. If I were you, I would stay in public, but try to decide what area you are interested in and get yourself assigned to audit jobs in that area. I know a lot of people who left public to work for a client.
2006-06-11 13:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try job costing (estimating the cost of construction projects).
2006-06-10 22:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by normobrian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋