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What career opportunities are there with an Accounting Degree?


There are many career paths that a person with an accounting degree can choose from. Here are some job titles that former graduates with an accounting degree hold. Use this as an ideas list, remember that it represents some, but certainly not all of the careers you might consider. Some careers may take additional schooling.

Actuary Certified Public Accountant Payroll Manager
Auditor Entrepreneur Plant Accountant
Assistant Controller Estate Planner Professor
Bank Examiner FBI Agent Public Accountant
Benefits Administrator Financial Analyst Securities Broker
Budgetary Control Analyst Government Accountant Stockbroker
CIA Agent General Auditor Systems Analyst
Commodities Trader Industrial Accountant Tax Lawyer
Consumer Credit Officer Inventory Control Specialist Tax Specialist
Computer Programmer Industrial Buyer Treasurer
Controller Internal Auditor Treasury Mgmt. Specialist
Claims Adjuster Internal Trade Specialist Trust Accountant
Collection Agent Loan Officer Underwriter
Commercial Banker Loan Administrator
Chief Cost Accountant Methods/Procedures Specialist
Credit and Collection Specialist Management Consultant

Related Skills:

  • Problem solver
  • Organized
  • Numerical computation
  • Analyze and interpret data
  • Critical thinking
  • Oral and written communication
  • Computer literacy
  • Systemizing skills
  • Efficient
  • Working independently
  • Logical thinking

Career Planning Resource:

Start There...Go Places Review.com
Tax and Accounting Sites Career Search
Finance & Accounting Information Occupational Outlook Handbook
Accountants & Auditors Financial Managers
   

Job Listings:

CPA Directory Career Bank
Professional Finance Job Search Nation Job
Think Jobs Accounting
Financial Job Network Career Services Network Business Page

Organizations & Associations:

Ernst and Young Federal Reserve Bank
Price Warehouse Coopers Goldman & Sachs
Association of Gov. Accountants KPGM
Deloitte and Touche Merrill Lynch
Credit Suisse First Boston Bank of America
JP Morgan Prudential Securities
Salomon Brothers Wachovia Corporation
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants  

Other sites:

Accountants Home Page

Corporate Finance Network

Financial Service Organizations


The above information has been collected from professional associations, and multiple print and online resources.

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Jane P. Rhodes
Director, Career Services Network
320 South Main
Olivet, MI 49076
Phone:(269)749-6609
jrhodes@olivetcollege.edu


 



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