Accounting Major

Corporate accountants: These accountants manage an organization’s financials and provide expertise in financial reporting and control to implement business strategies. Corporate accountants are involved with internal and external financial reporting, investor relations, internal audits, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives.

Corporate accounting is a broad term that includes many roles and job titles. Other common corporate accounting positions are:

• Financial planning and analysis professionals: Also called FP&A, these accountants work for a company or organization and use data to budget, forecast, analyze costs, and make strategic financial decisions.
• Management accountants: These accountants maximize stakeholder value by making sound business decisions that align with the company’s strategic goals and objectives.
• Forensic accountants: These accountants investigate financial crimes, such as fraud and embezzlement. They work internally with management and externally with law enforcement.
• Entrepreneurs: Accountants in entrepreneurship roles are involved in all facets of a growing organization’s operations—from securing initial funding to launching the business.
• Nonprofit accountants: These accountants work for a nonprofit and manage its finances. That includes preparing budgets and ensuring compliance with grant requirements.

Public accountants: These state-board-licensed accountants provide compliance and consulting services for clients across industries. Public accountants inspect control processes and determine accuracy of financial information and compliance with laws, regulations, generally accepted accounting principles, and the internal revenue code. As subject matter specialists, public accountants make recommendations regarding complex business decisions and strategic initiatives.

Common public accounting positions are:

• Auditors: These accountants protect the integrity and efficiency of capital markets. They conduct independent reviews of financial information and evaluate if a company’s financial statements are fairly presented, ensuring investors and creditors have accurate and complete financial information to make business decisions.
• Advisors: Advisors help clients achieve specific business goals including cyber risk, strategic alliances, deal advisory, operations, internal controls, human capital, corporate restructuring, and more.
• Tax accountants: These accountants provide compliance and consulting services to clients in wealth management, financial planning, tax reporting and strategy, transfer pricing, mergers and acquisitions, global structuring, and more.

For jobs such as financial consultant, tax consultant, internal consultant, internal auditor, risk consultant, and mergers and acquisitions consultant.

For jobs such as financial analyst, tax advisor, and internal auditor.