If you decide that you would like to go into the accounting industry, you will want to know what different fields are available. There are jobs such as the entry level bookeeper all the way up to the CFO (chief financial officer) of some major corportation. To be able to get to those high up positions and get those high salaries, you will need to get the education.
One thing you must do to become an accountant is to become a CPA or a certified public accountant. In order to do that you will need to go to college and major in accounting, then you will need to take and pass the CPA review. You will also need to pass the CPA examination. You may also need to get experience by spending some time learing in a CPA firm. Once you have done all of these things you will recieve your designation to be a CPA and you can now offer services to the general public.
Once you get into a office of accounting you will then want to move up to becoming the chief accountant which means he will control the flow of the whole business by staying on top of the current laws and by being responsible for how the financial statements are prepared. This person is also in charge of the financial planning and the budgeting of the business. When this accounting firm gets much bigger there may be several controllers to handle certain aspect of the firm. In addition the controller will handle the filing of taxes of the business and is involved in the budgeting for that business.
The next level is the Chief financial Officer who is responsible to create the growth and the profit of the company, he will design the right strategies that the company will need in order to get that growth.
If you are thinking about this type of career you should start today working in that direction.
