Accounting

Page Index:

• SU Accounting Department
• Academic Information (Checklists/Minor)
• SU Perdue School of Business
• What Is Accounting?
• Career Information (Salary Information/Employment Outlook, etc.)
• Typical Job Titles
• Typical Places of Employment
• Required Skills and Abilities
• Alumni Resources (To contact alums, go to SU's Mentor Network)
• Internship Links
• Employment Links
• Career Connections (jobs and internships-over 4,000 employers)
• Interviewing Questions for Accounting
• Sample Cover Letter
• Sample Resume
• Related Links (Associations, organizations, etc.)

Academic Information: -

• Declare a Minor
• Academic Requirements (Checklists) for Accounting

What is Accounting? -

The American Accounting Association defines accounting as "the process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed judgements and decisions by users of the information."

Accounting is an information science used to collect, classify, and manipulate financial data for organizations and individuals. Accounting is instrumental within organizations as a means of determining financial stability. Accountants are responsible for determining an organization's overall wealth, profitability, and liquidity. Without accounting, organizations would have no basis or foundation upon which daily and long-term decisions could be made. The budgets for marketing activities, profit reinvestment, research and development, and company growth all stem from the work of accountants. Accounting is one of the oldest and most respected professions in the world, and accountants can be found in every industry from entertainment to medicine.

Career Information -

• Occupational Outlook Hand Book
• America's Career Info Net

Possible/Typical Job Titles -

Typical Places of Employment -

Required Skills and Abilities -

Alumni Resources -

(Listed below are examples of SU Alumni and their Jobs in this major-For more alumni resources, go to our Mentor Network)

-Adkins, Wade - Supervisor - McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
-Arnold, Christopher - Senior Associate - PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
-Bennett, Martha - City Finance Administrator - Town of Ocean
-Brothers, Devon - Tax Accountant - Ernst & Young LLP
-Davis, Feltrin - Audit Associate - Reznick Group
-Evans, Brian - Staff Tax Accountant - Arthur F. Bell Jr. & Associates LLC
-Florkowski, Greg - KPMG LLP - Audit Manager
-Hackett, Mark - Director, Budget and Planning - B.P. Amoco
-Hallengren, Kristopher - Valuation and Financial Consulting Manager - Clifton Gunderson, LLP

Related Links: Further Explore this Career Field -

Accounting Associations:

• Academy of Accounting Historians
• Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation
• American Accounting Association (AAA)
• American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• American Woman's Society of CPAs
• Association for Accounting Administration
• Association for Financial Professionals
• Association for Management Information in Financial Services
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Association of Chartered Accountants in the U.S.
• Association of College and University Auditors
• Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors
• Association of Government Accountants
• Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
• Association of Practicing CPAs
• Association of Public Pension Fund Auditors
• Bank Administration Institute
• Beta Alpha Psi
• California CPA Education Foundation
• California State University, Northridge Accounting Association
• Committee on State Taxation / Cost Online Information Network
• Federation of Schools of Accountancy
• Federation of Tax Administrators
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Financial Executives Institute
• Financial Managers Society
• Government Finance Officers Association
• Healthcare Financial Management Association
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• Information Technology Alliance
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
• IS Financial Management Association
• Multistate Tax Commission
• National Association of Black Accountants
• National Association of Computerized Tax Processors
• National Association of Enrolled Agents
• National Association of Local Government Auditors
• National Association of Personal Financial Planners
• National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers
• National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
• National Association of State Budget Officers
• National Association of Tax Practitioners
• National Society of Accountants
• National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives
• National Tax Association
• PAAK - The Public Accountants Association of Kansas, Inc.
• PKF North American Network
• Society of California Accountants
• Society of Financial Examiners
• Tax Executives Institute (TEI)

• Accountants and Auditors from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Accounting-A successful career track for African Americans
• The Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation® (ACAT)
• (The) American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• (The) American Society of Women Accountants
• Accounting Facts and trends for the career field
• (The) Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
• Careers in Business
• CNN Money - Accounting majors have the kind of job flexibility most of us only dream about
• CollegeGrad.com - Career Information for Accountants and Auditors
• (The) Delaware Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Forensic Accounting Information
• Forensic Accounting-A Simple Guide to Forensic Accounting
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• List of CPA Firms
• Maryland Association of CPAs
• (The) New Jersey Society of CPAs
• (The) New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
• Salaries in Accounting
• Sample Resumes for Accounting Students
• (The) Society of Financial Examiners
• Tax Talent
• Tomorrow's CPA Student Web Site - Chat rooms, bulletin boards and more career info.
• Top firms
• The Virginia Society of CPAs (VSCPA)