Comments on: What career options do you have after working with one of the Big 4 accounting firms? http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-career-options-do-you-have-after-working-with-one-of-the-big-4-accounting-firms/ Career and Job Advice Thu, 17 May 2012 16:13:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ALL http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-career-options-do-you-have-after-working-with-one-of-the-big-4-accounting-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 ALL Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:52:27 +0000 http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-career-options-do-you-have-after-working-with-one-of-the-big-4-accounting-firms/#comment-2317 If you are going to be an accountant, usually you will work for a public audit firm, private industry, or government. If you want to work for the big 4 or other audit firms, the quality needed most that they may not talk about in college is to be a salesman. You have to present yourself in a professional manner, be good with people, well spoken, and it helps to be good looking. Of course you should also know accounting well. For these firms, you will likely go to your clients and review their work, advise on preparation of annual financial statements, prepare workpapers, review accounting issues, etc. In private industry or government, you could do things like posting journal entries, reconciling gl accounts, paying bills, preparing financial reports. Government will be less hours that the others, but will also likely be less fulfilling. If you are going to be an accountant, usually you will work for a public audit firm, private industry, or government.

If you want to work for the big 4 or other audit firms, the quality needed most that they may not talk about in college is to be a salesman. You have to present yourself in a professional manner, be good with people, well spoken, and it helps to be good looking. Of course you should also know accounting well. For these firms, you will likely go to your clients and review their work, advise on preparation of annual financial statements, prepare workpapers, review accounting issues, etc.

In private industry or government, you could do things like posting journal entries, reconciling gl accounts, paying bills, preparing financial reports.

Government will be less hours that the others, but will also likely be less fulfilling.

]]> By: DEE W http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-career-options-do-you-have-after-working-with-one-of-the-big-4-accounting-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-2316 DEE W Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:28:03 +0000 http://www.resumebutler.com/blog/what-career-options-do-you-have-after-working-with-one-of-the-big-4-accounting-firms/#comment-2316 Many your self for one. Many your self for one.

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