Why you want to be an accountant

Question

Why you want to be an accountant?

Answer 1

The stereotypical answer to this matter is that accountancy provides a respected professional qualification that can lead on to a broad range of opportunities in industry. This is all factual, however it does not answer the question of why you want to become an accountant - and when you give as common an answer as this, you can expect to be questioned in aspect on the nature of the requirement and the prospects you see it leading to.

A lot of the income of the bigger accountancy firms now comes from consultancy and associated services instead of from audit. Even in audit you will use much of your time visiting clients and ask questions, for this, good interpersonal skills are very important.

Accountancy is now a rapid changing profession, therefore they are looking for individuals with inventiveness who can administer change.