Auditing and financial accounting are two different professions, but they are interlinked and have many similarities. Both audit and finance should have specific basic knowledge of finance, pay attention to work flow, stress procedures and evidence, and at the same time require a certain degree of subjective judgment. Therefore, it is very convenient and common to switch from audit to finance, or from finance to audit.

Of course, there are many differences between auditing and finance.

1, starting point is different

The professional starting point of auditing is much higher than that of finance. The financial situation of large companies can be divided into very detailed accounts, taxes, fixed assets, cashiers, costs, expenses, general ledger and so on. Different industries can be divided into industry, commerce, construction and real estate, which is too much. It is more difficult to transfer jobs in detail, and the development space is much smaller. It is not uncommon for large state-owned enterprises to be cashiers, contacts and accountants of fixed assets all their lives. Even if you are a host and manager, focusing on a certain industry has limitations. If you want to stay in the construction industry, it will be difficult to switch to the financial industry.

Auditing is different. An auditor may be exposed to more industries in one year than an ordinary accountant in his whole life. Broad horizons, large space, natural opportunities. However, the audit threshold is relatively high, and now the older firms are all on-the-job, so it is still difficult for junior college students to enter the audit industry.

So my suggestion is: for students with a low starting point, you can consider starting with accounting and laying a good foundation (it is best not to go to primary school, trust uncle, it will only teach you bad). This is a buffer. First, find a company to do it, and learn while doing it. If you can get the certificate (it is best to note the teacher), you can find a small-scale firm to make a transition (you can sign it at this time, and your knowledge will be wider). By auditing, we can learn about all walks of life and accumulate experience. Finally, it depends on everyone's interest to change the company to do finance or continue to engage in auditing.

Students with a high starting point have a wider choice. If you want to put pressure on yourself and run faster, you can consider entering a big domestic institute (the four best), get a certificate for two or three years, and then continue according to your personal interests, or enter an investment bank, securities or listed company.

2. Different occupational pressures.

The occupational stress of audit posts is best evaluated, which can be mainly divided into signing and not signing. The level of unsigned audit posts is relatively low, and the pressure generally comes from work, such as inadequate audit procedures, poor audit progress and low customer satisfaction. If you can have a better attitude, you can still bear it. (Ordinary auditors have a special pressure, that is, exams. In the firm, no matter how good your work performance is, you will not be admitted to the CPA. The signature is different. Your signature on the audit report means commitment. Whenever and wherever there is a problem with the report, the signatory is the first person to look for, and the pressure is naturally different (here mainly refers to the audit report of listed companies, and the supervision faced by non-listed companies is relatively small, so the risk and pressure are different.