Why Choose To Be Accountant

Why Choose To Be Accountant

Today, I am going to talk about why I choose to learn accounting and want to an accountant in future. I believe that the students not yet leave their school to go out into the world have been asked by their families or friends what subjects they will study in university or college and what jobs they will do in the future. They have a lot of uncertainties about their future, and so am I.

However, i felt in love with accounting and promised to be an accountant when I was 16, which was the year I first to contact and learn it in high school. This idea was very simple because I like calculation and digit. Other than that, I am a very introverted and quiet person, so I think I am quite fit for this job, and my family also support me very much. Over time, I learned a lot about accounting and gradually found that there are many advantages to be an accountant:

Stable and Growing

Accountant is a stable and growing job field. We can get a job in the accounting field or even in an internship in accounting easily if you don’t have high expectations about your job. The job prospect in accounting is expected to grow over the next few years. This is because there is always a high demand for accountant when there is businesses exist. Most of the companies are having accounting department for providing financial information to decision maker, helping in taxes, auditing and so on. So really there are various opportunities in accounting field. 

Work Everywhere

This job is available in everywhere, in every industry and even in every country. Big city or small city? UK or US? Private or public? Work in insurance or company management? As I said before most of the companies in the world are having accounting department because every company need people to do their accounting. Besides to the accountants who work in office, working from home is also possible as an accountant.

Many Different Field of Specialty

Accountants can be divided into different types. For example, financial accountants provide information for external use in the form of financial statements. Management accountants produce information for internal user such as employees and management. Tax accountants focus on tax issues. Hence, there are various opportunities for an accountant job in the market.

Income

PayScale, https://www.payscale.com/research/MY/Job=Accountant/Salary

According to the PayScale, the average salary for an accountant in Malaysia is RM56, 773 per year. Other than that, PayScale also reports that the top 25% of them are making more than RM82k salary per year. From this website, we can know that the highest paying skill associated with this job is SAP financial accounting and controlling (SAP FICO), financial analysis and financial reporting. In addition, there are also many health benefits received by the accountants in Malaysia such as medical, dental and vision.

Although many people told me that accountant is a hard and busy job, often work overtime and even it is a boring job, but I am still full of expectation for this job as an accountant.

Below is the video that briefly introduce the work of accountant and how to be an accountant.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SbhbG5WhzA, Published by: Brentwood Open Learning College. Date: 3 August 2016. Title: How to be an accountant.

Publish By : Tan Yoong Shin