Careers in
Accounting
Accountants and auditors help to ensure that the Nations firms are run
more efficiently, its public records kept more accurately, and its taxes paid
properly and on time. They perform these vital functions by offering an
increasingly wide array of business and accounting services to their clients.
These services include public, management, and government accounting, as well as
internal auditing. However, accountants and auditors are broadening the services
they offer to include budget analysis, financial and investment planning,
information technology consulting, and limited legal services. Beyond the
fundamental tasks of the occupationpreparing, analyzing, and verifying
financial documents in order to provide information to clientsmany
accountants now are required to possess a wide range of knowledge and skills.
From the Occupational Outlook Handbook 1/15/02
Professional Organizations offering Advanced Certifications
Washington State Board
of Accountancy
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - CPA
Institute of Management Accountants -
CMA
Institute of Internal
Auditors - CIA
Systems Audit and Control
Association - CISA
Association of Government
Accountants - CGFM
Local Professional Organizations:
Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants
American
Society of Women Accountants
Salary Information:
Salary Guide for Accountants from Creative Staffing
National salary Information is available on http://salary. com
or http://www. wageweb. com/,
and http://jobstar. org/index. htm
State of Washington detailed salary information for
Washington at:
http://www. workforceexplorer. com/?PAGEID=67&SUBID=117
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
The Occupational Outlook
Handbook by the US Dept of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nationally recognized source of career
information. Below is a partial list of |
