Accounting firm: This is the industry that most accountants will think of first, because the career development path of accounting firms is relatively transparent.
Take the Big Four as an example. Generally speaking, you can start from the junior level, join the company for two years, and after passing the examination (the qualified number of certified public accountants required by the company), you can be promoted to the senior level. Senior management personnel can be promoted to manager after passing the examination and obtaining the certificate of certified public accountant. Finally, the partner.
Audit department:
Audit department is the main department of accounting firm, and its work goes far beyond dealing with figures.
Auditors need to know all aspects of customers' business, review the financial statements of enterprises, issue audit reports, handle audit business in matters such as listing, merger, division and liquidation of enterprises, check internal control, fraud inspection, fraud review and dispute coordination, and strive to provide value-added services to customers.
Tax department:
The tax department is usually the most revenue-generating department of accounting firms, providing clients with professional guidance needed to deal with today's tax agencies, helping multinational enterprises adjust their global tax strategies according to their business strategies, supporting clients' cross-border transactions, and providing a series of services including transfer pricing policies and tax-saving supply chain management.
Consulting department:
Different from independent consulting companies, the four consulting departments help customers in China and around the world to solve all problems that may be encountered from the strategic level to the implementation level, but their business mainly focuses on operational and financial aspects.