WHY TO BECOME A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
Early or late, everyone has to start his vocational life. Its an important event of life because then after an entirely new world starts – THE WORLD OF WORK. Many courses are available for simple and common vocations which do not require any special skill. Anyone can do them. But …………. TO BE DIFFERENT IS TO BE RENOWNED……… So if one really wants to do something challenging and diversified, then Chartered Accountancy is the most dignified profession.
A MISCONCEPTION REMOVED
It was an old image that accountant are boring and old fashioned, they crunch numbers and work in compliance and tax. But the profession of CA has replaced and upgraded this old image and has created something which has
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This is the foundation of a set of attributes that lie behind today’s CA and makes them unique. These four attributes lie at the heart of the CA brand:-
➢ Insightful: The penetrating mental ability to find the underlying truth. The capacity to simultaneously take a macro and micro view and see a solution unseen by others. ➢ Precise: Focused on delivering clear, accurate, fact based solutions that drive business success. ➢ Ethical: The principles and good judgement to successfully navigate a marketplace characterized by uncertainty and change. The ability to achieve breakthrough results without breaking the highest standards of professional conduct. ➢ Without equal: CA is about status, achievement and always striving to be the best- it is the reference point from which quality decisions and business excellence are measured. CA has every qualities like intellectual, technical, functional, personal, inter-personal, communication, organizational and business management. His brain is expanded by serious thinking during his academic years. He has immense responsibility taking ability and duty-fulfilling power. CA of the 21st century is a new breed of professional, a strategic thinker and broad
conditions being met are crucial to control. A business intends for consumers to buy it’s product.
Nickels, W., McHugh, J., & McHugh, S. (2013). Understanding Business. (10th ed.) New York: McGraw Hill/Irwin.
5. Describe at least three characteristics that you want people to associate with your brand. (1-3 sentences. 3.0 points)
While the business strives to better their image mistakes can be made in the process of change and a good sense of understanding is also necessary.
Therefore, if you are studying accounting in college you should have an idea of kind of accounting field you wish to enter. There is a quote that said, “CPA is always an accountant, but not all accountants are CPA.” Hence, there are a number of accountants who never pass the CPA exam and though they can perform a variety of accountancy task, they are not allowed to perform certain tasks that only a CPA can do. Hence, no matter if you are, a certified accountant or not you there will be a place for you in the accounting field. The larger companies will go out and hire a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in order to maintain some form ethics within the company. However, the small businesses might hire an accountant to perform duties as a managerial accounting, cost accounting, and financial accounting.
The Chartered Accounting profession of South Africa is one of the most esteemed professions in the world, due to the enhancement and maintenance thereof by the South African accounting institutions (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, 2011). This essay will discuss the Chartered Accounting profession in South Africa by referring to the professionalisation of accountancy in South Africa and the professional status of Chartered Accountancy in terms of the definition of a profession. This essay will furthermore explore the mechanisms that are inaugurated at present by the South African accounting institutions to maintain the professionalism of Chartered Accountancy.
The standards include a commitment to engage in fair business practices by being honest, trustworthy, and diligent while in pursuit of a profitable outcome.
Acknowledging that decisions do affect people and giving some idea of the process and timescales involved for decisions.
He exhibits a charming personality helping him gain customer confidence with a good sense of judgmental skills and refined leadership qualities which can be seen via his ability to lead the technical communications team of Verizon. He showcases high levels of conscientiousness and openness with some degree of extraversion. He is more of a transformational leader with hard decision making ability. He is absolute rational in nature and has a great control over his expressions and is seen as a personality who knows the art of work delegation.(showcases high internal locus of control)
| managerial approach of seller, capacity of seller to do the work, and ability of seller to make a reasonable make-or-buy decision.
Which company do I trust to get it right? Which company would I rather do business with?” (Mckenna 5).
Chartered accountants are therefore expected to display professionalism in their work so that they are able to maintain public confidence in the companies. This is a result of the accountants reporting the true performance of the companies they represent (Radebaugh & et al, 2012).
I am an ambitious, creative and enthusiastic individual. Since childhood I have enjoyed maths, as it is challenging and consists mostly of problem solving. Therefore, wanting to further my career in finance and accounting. I am a sociable individual who gets on well with others. I am computer literate; therefore I am familiar with software's such as Excel and publisher, and I believe that this skill will help with my progress in accounting. I work well on my own and within a group, which makes me an ideal candidate for an accounting degree.
The company has also been accredited for having maintained a high degree of diversity coupled by its ability to maintain top quality in the standards of its products. Not only has the company retained a good reputation with its clients but also maintained an excellent corporate responsibility track record. This has built the public trust in the brand and is proud to be associated with it. To the wonder of many, the company has year over year continued to yield profits way over its competitors. To maintain such a success has been pre-determined by the way it has a strict, slow growth policy which ensures that it dominates a market before moving on to dominate another market, and despite the slow nature, the company has now emerged to be one of the fastest growing companies in the United States.
Accounting professionals are in very high demand. The nature of work in accounting is so vast an individual would have so many different areas of accounting to choose from. Accounting requires people who can work with complex business structures, computer systems, and financial analysis packages. Accounting work further requires an aptitude for mathematics and the ability to compare and analyze accounting data quickly. Accountants also need to have strong communication skills as they must effectively communicate accounting data to their employers and/or clients. The accounting profession also demands a high level of integrity and morality because the financial data prepared by accountants is used by business managers to run their