Chartered Accountant Career Chartered Accountants, by the nature of their job description, are practically indispensible for the proper working of a company. This is because the job of a Chartered Accountant is one of number crunching and understanding the intricacies of financing, accounting and auditing. As a company needs to be financially stable and sound in order to survive and profit, jobs for chartered accountants abound in both, public and private sector. In order to discharge his duties properly, a chartered accountant should not only be extremely comfortable with numbers and be able to make sense of them, he should also be practically trained in the areas of business and corporate laws and taxation. The fact that this profession is as lucrative as it is demanding has ensured that a number of colleges offering chartered accountant courses have sprouted up in recent times across the country. How to become a Chartered Accountant In India, only a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is allowed to put his skills as a chartered accountant in practice. In order to do that, one has to clear the final examination conducted by ICAI. However, thats not enough to start off a career as a chartered accountant. One also has to register with the board of studies and serve as an audit clerk for a practicing chartered accountant Given the nature of the job, most chartered accountants hold at least a graduate degree in commerce, although this is not an essential requirement. Even graduates in non-commerce subjects can become members of ICAI if they successfully clear the intermediate and final exams. This option is also open to students after 10+2 provided they complete a foundation course of one year duration. Chartered Accountant Careers The highly specific set of skills that chartered accountants possess ensures that there are employment opportunities in all sectors. Once an aspiring chartered accountant successfully clears the intermediate exam, which needs to be done within a period of ten years from the start of practical training, and the final exam conducted by ICAI, the market lies open to him. A few examples of Chartered accountants jobs include: executors of wills and trusts jobs auditing firms public or private sector banks investment management companies legal houses or stock brokers. A trained chartered accountant can also choose to establish his own firm offering auditing services to clients, a services that commands a healthy payment in the market. Chartered Accountant Salary A chartered accountant can expect to earn anything between Rs. 25,000 to 1.5 lakh per month, depending on the sector he chooses to work in and the commensurate experience. A chartered accountantalso has the option to establish his own auditing firm. Chartered Accountant Courses Courses in chartered accountancy are conducted by the ICAI through five regional centers at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur and New Delhi. These regional offices encompass a total of 81 branches spread all over the country.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 04:05:59 +0000
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