Description of Accounting Major

Financial information provided by accounting professionals is instrumental to conducting a successful business. An accounting career consists of collaborating with other business professionals to make successful business decisions.

Public accounting firms, large and small business enterprises, and government and other not-for-profit organizations provide abundant and lucrative employment opportunities. Accountants develop expertise in such areas as financial accounting, managerial accounting, tax accounting, auditing, and accounting systems design.

RELATED SKILLS:

Adapt well to frequent change
Analyze and interpret data
Computer literacy
Critical thinking systemizing skills
Efficient
Logical thinking
Numerical computation
Oral and written communication
Organized
Problem solver
Team work
Work independently

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