Accounting Jobs

Accounting jobs for graduates, have broader choices and specific paths to follow with their careers. Graduate accountancy jobs are the first building block in a career with many choices which will allow you to maintain an excellent standard of living throughout.

Accounting requires a lot of skills when it comes to business and that is why every company has an employee that is an accounting graduate. Accountancy jobs are critical to the financial planning and running of a business.

If you are an accounting graduate, you can apply in any kind of firm. Areas may include tax, audit, financial analysis and management accounting.

It is best that you apply for a job that matches your interests and expertise. There are careers that have been proven by most accounting graduates to bring them to the top of the success ladder and you may want to consider entering these fields.

If you are an accounting graduate who excel in public accounting, the entry-level positions that best fit this skill are Tax Staff, Consulting/ Management Services and Staff Auditor. With these positions you will do your duties reporting to a senior.

Once you have acquired three to six years of experience in any of these positions, you may then want to consider applying for the higher levels like Tax Senior, Senior Auditor, and Consulting Senior where the position entails reporting directly to a Manager. After six years of excelling with these positions, then you may consider the positions at Partner level and Senior Partner.

Find out about working with one of the Big 4 firms....Big4.

Accounting Jobs Having An Edge

Having an edge with corporate accounting, one to three years of experience will qualify you to become a staff member in Internal Audit, Tax Accounting, Management, and Financial Accounting. Moving up the higher lever after three to six years, you will be eligible for the Senior Level for Internal Audit, Tax Accounting and Management Accounting.

Six years thereafter, you may want to consider aiming for the accounting jobs in positions like the Tax Manager, Internal Audit Manager and Financial Accounting Manager.

Expertise in Financial Management, Staff for Financial Planning, Cash Management, and Credit Analysis are options for entry-level positions. Once you have gained the enough experience, you may aim for the Treasury Operations, Credit Analysis and Senior Financial Planning. Higher positions will include Treasurer, Manager for Credit Analysis and Financial Planning.

These career options are traditional paths that were found to fit best for accounting graduates. However, it does not mean that they are the only way to climb up the success ladder. You should go beyond not just limit your skills to accounting.

It is still recommended that you gain enough work experience, acquire knowledge in different aspects of education, and continue to improve your character to be a step ahead with other job seekers.

Accounting jobs can be found in even the smallest of firms, as every firm needs to know what money is going out and what is coming in. One of the areas where accountancy jobs hold steady despite economic problems is local government agencies.

Working For The Big 4

In spite of the fact that about half of people who take up accountancy jobs are women, only ten per cent of partners in the UK's Big Four accountancy firms are female.

But, if you are serious about your career and want to land a job with the Big 4, you need an edge. You need to understand when and how you are being judged and the exact things that you can do and say to fly through the hiring process and avoid the pitfalls!

The Big 4 public accounting firms (PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Deloitte Touche Tohmasu) are the best in the industry and a launching pad for an amazing career.

If you've read anything about me on this site you will know that I joined KPMG in my early career and spent a number of years building up a career consulting practice within the KPMG Management Consulting part of the firm.

Working with a big 4 firm like KPMG (KPMG Peat Marwick in those days) is an incredible experience and one I would recommend to anyone who wants to develop their career.

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If you've read my profile, you will know that I used to work for KPMG as a Management Consultant, which means I know how they work. To be sure of getting selected, why not let me write your CV for you?

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