Career Opportunities in Accounting

Financial Accounting: A financial accountant provides information to decision makers that are external to an organization. Selected areas include preparation, analysis, auditing, regulatory, consulting, and planning.

Managerial Accounting: A managerial accountant is an accountant employed by an economic entity to perform its internal accounting activities. Specialty areas include general accounting, cost accounting, budgeting, internal auditing, and consulting.

Government Accounting: Certain government agencies employ accountants. Specialty areas in this field include state and municipal governments, not-for-profit agencies, internal revenue service, and other governmental agencies.

Accounting-Related Opportunities

These opportunities are vast. Specialty areas include lenders, consultants, analysts, planners, traders, underwriters, appraisers, systems designers, and accounting professors.