Whats your average working day like?

mo chara

thought this might be interesting.

whats everyones average day working as an accountant either in practice or industry? what are the exciting/boring aspects?

it will give us students an idea of what life is like in the big bad world as accountants

smcgiff

Excitement? Mmmm that would be… am… let me think… I’ll get back to you on that

I started off in a small to medium (5 partners) practice and loved it – but the money was crap. But that was back in the mid nineties and things have much improved since then apparently for trainees – I was in practice for less than 2 years. Practice is something you don’t want to stay in too long unless you’ve a possibility to make partner.

I then moved to industry from GE and onto Dell, and I’m now FC of a small software company. The contrast couldn’t be bigger. I loathed GE and didn’t like Dell all that much either. The problem with big companies is that you can become pigeon-holed and you better love office politics.

Working for a smaller company you do miss the prestige of working for a big company, and you’re dealing with far smaller figures.

I don’t see myself ever working for a multinational company again, but for someone starting out it’s probably something you’ve got to do.

If I could go back again would I still become an accountant – Yip. Industry work itself is alright, but can become repetitive as it tends to be the same thing every month.

kluivert

Arrive in at work.

Switch on computer.

Finish what i was doing yesterday.

Start something new.

SWtich off computer.

Head home.

Practice.

Preparing Accounts
Auditing
Taxation
Client queries
Secterial queries
Admin
the list goes on....

smcgiff

kluivert,

You forget to clarify which were the exciting bits!