Do I need a certificate to do accounting work?
No need. At present, the Accounting Qualification Certificate has been cancelled in 20 17, which means that you don't need to get a certificate if you want to work as an accountant, you can do it as long as you want.
However, I still suggest taking an "accounting junior title", so that I can have a deeper understanding of financial theory knowledge and increase my post competitiveness.
How highly educated do you need to learn financial knowledge?
If you just learn the basic knowledge of finance, there is no academic requirement. However, accounting has theoretical knowledge to read and understand, and also has certain calculation ability and logical analysis ability, so if the subject's cultural course foundation is too poor, I am afraid it is necessary to improve the ability of reading comprehension and calculation analysis first, and then consider learning financial knowledge. My suggestion is to have at least a high school education level, so it will be easier to learn financial knowledge.
If you want to take the exam of "Accounting Primary Title", you need to have a high school graduation (including high school, technical secondary school, vocational high school and technical school) or above recognized by the national education department. Please pay special attention to this point.
Is it difficult to teach yourself?
As a graduate of three colleges and universities, I feel that it is not difficult to learn financial knowledge by myself. No matter whether I take the qualification certificate or the professional title, I pass it once a year. My learning experience is that as long as I can thoroughly understand the examples in the textbook, do more supporting exercises and correct the wrong questions in time, there is no problem in passing the exam smoothly.
What textbooks do you need to learn the basics of finance?
I suggest buying the teaching materials for the examination of accounting qualification certificate, which will be of great help to the subjects with zero foundation. I also began to understand financial work through the knowledge in the textbook, which is the simplest and most basic. Laying a solid foundation is conducive to the subject's further study of financial knowledge in the future. When I began to learn financial knowledge, I encountered two difficulties: getting familiar with commonly used accounting subjects and figuring out the loan relationship between them. But as long as I think hard and practice more, I can finally understand them thoroughly. If the subject encounters the same problem, don't give up.
Is it easy to make accounts?
I think it's easy to get started in practice. You can basically get in touch with most of the work involved in general ledger accounting in one month. It took me two months to get familiar with the overall accounting treatment from the beginning of general ledger accounting. In the first month, my manager guided me, and in the second month, I completed it independently.
Here, I would like to remind you that reimbursement is only one part of accounting work. The fixed workflow of general ledger accounting for one month is probably: bookkeeping-reconciliation-reporting (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, etc.)-reporting, paying taxes-printing bound vouchers and statements, etc., and doing "income tax settlement and payment" and "annual industrial and commercial examination" every year. Of course, the above-mentioned contents will be understood after the subject master system learns financial knowledge, and even more specific and detailed.
The above is my answer based on the subject's question and my own experience, hoping to help the subject solve his doubts.