Today’s accountants offer much more than bookkeepers and auditors. They are financial specialists at the heart of all areas of business.

Accountancy qualifications provide a sound basis for many areas of finance, business or public service, as well as for accountancy itself. Different accountancy bodies’ qualifications can lead you in different directions. Consequently, you will have to decide:

Which professional qualifications to take; this decision will affect the way your career develops.

What kind of employment you want to start off in, i.e. small private practice, large industrial commercial firm or public sector?

Where you see yourself in the long term: a partner in private practice, a specialist in a particular aspect of accountancy, or in general management, management consultancy, or another field in which accountancy is useful?

The below shows some of the top few jobs in Accounting