Is there real good money to be made in accounting? and isn't it a boring job? but it might be a good job for a

Question

perfectionist, can anyone in this field give some info, i would greatly appreciate it?

Answer 1

Ah, I was an accountant for five years, but I did not go to college for it. It's not really boring, if you are tedious, organized and enjoy that sort of thing. I found that the side of me that is controlling, anal, a perfectionist and driven made a great match for accounting, but to be quite honest, it's something you really must have the mentality for. Sure, I know several people that have never done accounting just start and it's not really the career they expected to be in. Some of them would be more apt to do sales and marketing or are more creative and could enjoy other trades.
Your best bet is to do some career aptitude tests for it. Are you good at math? Are you organized? Being an accountant isn't bad actually, it's a decent paying job depending on the industry you get into, and the higher you go in accounting, such as Controller, CPA, Auditor, Analyst, the better the pay is. Accounting is much needed, mainly because of the SOX compliances that publically held companies must go by.
So, take some tests, online if you would like, or speak to others you may know in the field. If you like, you can try the position out in accounting such as payables or receivables, payroll or other aspects of accounting and see if it is something you like.
1. Are you organized?
2. Are you good with numbers?
3. Are you good at problem solving?
4. Does sitting in an office 8 or more hours a day scare you?
5. Would you feel confident working on budgets, P&L's, and other financial aspects of the job?
6. Can you work unsupervised yet keep your department in line with governmental and company standards, and be perpared for an audit?
7. Do you like to do your own taxes?
8. Are you a perfectionist? Do you like to submit to guidelines and orders and implement them to others?
9. Can you feel confident in handling large sums of cash, payments or other monetary transactions?
10. Can you balance your own checkbook?
11. Do you like bookkeeping, file organization and data management?
12. How do you feel about credit and collections of major accounts, where you may be responsible for collecting late payments and sending notices/collection calls?
13. Can you handle your work being scrutinized?
Next best thing to do, is to go to careerbuilder.com, and look at all the accounting jobs in your area or across the country, and see the pay ranges and job descriptions. There are many forms of accounting from bookkeeping to forensic accounting.

Just do research on it yourself, and maybe try it out through a local temp agency, and take a career aptitude test and it will really help you to see if accounting is the job for you! I liked it while I did it, but I can see myself moving into other career paths with my knowledge such as payroll management and human resources.

Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

bookkeeping is boring. Accounting is mostly sales, just like anyone who earns more the more customers they have. Partners at the major accounting firms earn over a million dollars a year, mostly playing golf with corporate customers, while new graduate associates do the real work starting at about $40k. By the time you're 30 they will let you know if you are on the partner track. By 35 you will either make partner or leave to start a private practice. Similar to selling life insurance or stocks and bonds. If you are good you'll be wealthy beyond your dreams. If not you'll work like a dog to make 50K.

Answer 3

The income level can be decent, but quite frankly, if you think it will be boring, it's probably not the job for you. I would say if you enjoy playing with numbers and following the rules, then accounting might be a good job. It also tends to be good work for those who can guide themselves through continuous work, instead of needing to be instructed step by step. If you want contact with people, then that may be another reason to rule out this field.