Want to become an Accountant, were to start?
Hi all I'm 34 years old and a stay at home mum with 5 year old twins and a 4 year old, All the kids start school in Sept so either thought of looking for a job or go back to college. I have roughly 14 years experiance working in Accounts, firstly I worked for a small company doing a range of accounts work, Wages, Credit and Purchase ledger, then off to a big company just doing purchase Ledger, then off to another company doing purchase ledger supervisor, then progressed to company cashier doing Bank Rec's and dealing with the auditors, then started to do managments reports whilst the Accountant was away including proffit and loss and stock reports. My question is what level should I start to look at and what courses should I consider? Thanks guys
Higher Education (University +) - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
As a mature person you could look into doing one of the professional qualifications that don't require an accounting degree. It may be a big commitment to do the 3 year accounting degree then the professional qualification for another 3 years. Try to always select the technical subjects like financial accounting, auditing tax. Avoid the airey fairy subjects like emerging issues in accounting etc.
Answer 2 :
Do you have any kind of college degree? If you don't have a college degree you'll have to start at the basic accounting classes that all business majors specializing in accounting have to take. The work experience doesn't transfer into college experience or college credit. You'll want to find a college that has accounting, pick that as your major, take 2 years to get all the prerequisites out of the way and then start your major classes in accounting. If you already have a 4 year degree you can try and apply for a masters program in accounting and get your masters in a specific area of accounting. Blessings
Answer 3 :
try and research schools in your area to see what they offer. sometimes you can do certificate programs or part-time degrees if you wanted if it is offered.
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