Payroll and Accounting Types of Accountancy Careers - Mar. 2014 | Page 2

compute or evaluate your expenses, income, and other financial information, that is already considered
accounting. Accounting is very important and because of that, it is considered an indispensible business
tool. Big and small businesses, as well as individuals, need accounting.

Accounting is of several types and therefore, when you decide to look for an accountancy career in the
future, you will notice that there also several types of accountancy careers available.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountant
To start with, you can become an industrial or private accountant. Here, accounting is limited to only
one firm. If you choose this profession, you will only be serving one employer. You have to provide your
best service and skills to your employer and in turn, the employer will remunerate you.
The second accountancy career that you may be able to land is serving as a public accountant. If you’re
already a CPA, you can serve the general public. You will be called a public accountant once there is
already the so-called practitioner-client connection or relationship. Even those accountants who are not
yet certified can already practice their profession. Oftentimes, CPAs join partnerships and they have a
wide scope of clientele from the local area to the national and even international clients at times.
Being a government accountant is another career. In this profession, you will be working for the
government, whether local, state, or federal.