Best way to become an accountant?
I only have GCSEs at the moment.
Higher Education (University +) - 7 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Stay in school and know how to count.
Answer 2 :
Lose your creative impulses..........! Lose your sense of adventure.
Answer 3 :
buy a grey suit, give up all pleasures you have left in your life and marry an insomniac coz im sure you'll soon soon help them sleep!
Answer 4 :
Start by contacting the Institute of Chartered Accountants to get them to send out their pack. This will show minimum requirements and then you decide whether to study for your required educational standards at night school or by correspondence course. Your local evening classes will be available or you can try ICS correspondence (or distance learning) Good luck
Answer 5 :
1. Get a job working in an office 2. College evening course about 6-9pm 2 evenings a week Association of Accounting Technicians NVQ 2,3,4 (Do it in 3 years if you are good) 3. Keep moving jobs every few years, gain experience in all aspects of accountant 4. Be hungry for it.
Answer 6 :
Go to a University and study accounting. After that, would need to take one of the professional exams (i.e. CPA, CMA, CA) depending on where you are located and what you want to do since accounting is a broad field. You could then go on to get a job with a public accounting firm or work as an accounting within any company since every single type of business that's out there is in need of accountants. The first step is going to get an accounting degree. You will figure out the next steps while completing your degree.
Answer 7 :
If you're smart enough for Uni, do that. It gives you short-cuts into training, and gets you in at a higher level. Also some companies have an unwritten rule that they take graduates to their most senior positions, not those that have worked up the ranks. It will also give you exposure and the opportunity to see/try different types of accountancy - my husband does not do accounts for regular businesses (and couldn't - you specialise in an area) but he does bigger scale figures for the government. If Uni isn't for you, try to get into accountancy as a lowly assistant, and do the AAT (accounting technician qualifications) and work your way up from there.
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