Accounting career options

Accounting career options: "The main purpose of accounting is to record business transactions and provide financial reports based on which success of a business can be estimated. In this way accounting directly relates to a business and its every day operations.
In practice activities in the accounting area are broader than just a recording of business transactions and preparing financial statements.

Accountants also can be responsible for preparation of information for management on different aspects of business operations, efficiency, be involved in business planning and forecasting, analysis of potential business development trends and accept many other responsibilities.
A lot of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) working in large companies have accounting background, as such background is a basis for preparation and understanding of the financial statements and reports, enabling to judge on the financial position of the company they are working for and make appropriate financial decisions."

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