/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.682300]

Biz what can I do with an accounting degree besides being an accountant. That's probably the last thing I want to do

possible ideas?
>law school
>start a business
>kill myself

[Anonymous No.682314]

>>682300

buy Monero.

[Anonymous No.682321]

>>682314
shit in your own mouth my man

[Anonymous No.682341]

>>682321
hahah
/thread haha
you need to do this op! it will be the best job hehe

[Anonymous No.682361]

kill urself fam

but don't forget the life insurance policy.

[Anonymous No.682378]

>>682361
Speaking of this, I'm working on a BS in Accounting (at night and online) at the moment and I sell insurance during the day. It's a pretty fun job and it only requires a few certifications.

[Anonymous No.682394]

>>682300
Bjs

Charge $1 per BJ and average about 200 BJs per day
$200 a day X 45 years =
??????
Profit

[Anonymous No.682399]

Comptroller springs to mind. Payroll officer.

No matter what, it will still involve money and math

[Anonymous No.682435]

That's a nice ass.

[Anonymous No.682471]

fuckers

[Anonymous No.682477]

Consulting?

[Anonymous No.682479]

>>682477
This could be cool

I recommend getting your CPA.
Although it will be the worst two years of your life, firms and corporations will cream themselves for you.

For every CFO job I have seen, the sheet either says:
>CPA recommended
>CPA strongly recommended
>CPA required

Trust me it sucks, but you will be making so much bank it won't even matter.

Also, consulting, investing, entrepreneurship are all good plans, but you need a bankroll first.

[Anonymous No.682482]

Do you already have the degree? If not, just try to minor in some sort of business program or switch your major entirely.

If so, who gives a shit. You can't change the past. An accounting degree, and especially your CPA, will cause people to be more trustworthy of you than they would with most other undergrads.

You can apply for positions outside of your field of study. People do it all the time. You may sometimes get overlooked for people with relevant degrees but someone will give you a chance. Work there for two years or so, then jump ship and go somewhere else. Once you've got relevant, verifiable experience under your belt as opposed to a $100,000 piece of paper your degree is an afterthought.

[Anonymous No.682484]

>>682300
study information security and stuff
pretty neat

[Anonymous No.682518]

you can work in law enforcement. Its actually a pretty in demand degree in that field.

[Anonymous No.682759]

>learn vba
>learn sql
>become a business intelligence analyst

[Anonymous No.682780]

Another question: is a BA in Business Admin. with a concentration in Accounting the same as a BA in Accounting?

[Anonymous No.682858]

>>682780
IIRC, a BA in Accounting is more in-depth than Business Admin with an emphasis in Accounting, so no. If you want to do more challenging things in the accounting field like taxes or getting a CPA, then you take the full Accounting degree. The Bus. Admin degree just lets you have a broad sense of everything business related with slightly more knowledge in accounting.

[Anonymous No.682872]

Depends what you like to do.
IIRC accounting majors can do anything finance majors can, but the reverse is not true.
>professional designations
CPA if you like accounting (requires accounting degree)
CFA if you like portfolio management/investments (any degree)

I'm a finance major taking the CFA route

[Anonymous No.682906]

>>682300
Entirely serious: become a cop. Large medium sized departments love having people with accounting. degrees because you'll breeze through the schooling it takes to qualify as a detective or join a financial crimes unit

[Anonymous No.682934]

>>682906
My friend is a Financial Crimes Specialist. You can get that job with a degree in Basket-Weaving or Women's Studies. Or even no degree at all.

[Anonymous No.682940]

Im exactly in the same situation than op, but i live in Brazil. I was thinking about taking the CFA 1 in June but it cost 1700 dollars.

[Anonymous No.683154]

Bump for interest.

>Have CPA
>Been practicing exclusively tax in a Big 4 for a year post-qualification
>Bored out of my mind

What do?

[Anonymous No.683247]

>>683154

Do something else. Seriously with a CPA you can do pretty much whatever you want.

[Anonymous No.683283]

>>683247
> whatever you want
Within finance though.

I think I want something totally different. I'd even go back to education, just not for 3 years of law school.

Any ideas?

[Anonymous No.683547]

>>682300
First of all get your CPA, no way around it.

You could go back to law school if you get into Georgetown or NYU which are great for tax law and become a tax attorney.

Having a J.D. and CPA will allow you to start your own partnership with some other smart accountants you may find. Then just try to find wealthy clients locally and do their estate/ taxes.

Then there all the other accounting jobs you should know about. Financial analyst, consultant, controller, CFO, auditor, etc.

You dont have to use your B.S. in accounting but I promise there was never anybody who regretted picking it.

Never once in the history of the world did somebody graduate and say they wish they studied econ.
Its a great foundation for everything, even if just tells you how to view a company's BS or do your own taxes.

[Anonymous No.683549]

>>683283
Anything involving stocks and finance dude, cmon.
You think the finance guys can pick apart a company better than you can?

You should have probably taken mid-adv finance courses to get to your CPA anyways. I know I am right now.

[Anonymous No.683568]

>>682300

launder money.

[Anonymous No.683629]

>>682906
I have heard this too. Also there's options to work with special agencies too.

[Anonymous No.683658]

>passed cpa exams
>average gpa, no connections because autism
>graduated 2 years ago
>work in a pleb job where i only learned excel
>sf bay area
>that feel when no interviews, and no way to apply for brand name cpa firms as entry level associate without going to grad school

please help

[Anonymous No.683665]

>>682300
What's wrong with accounting? Go work for an increasing firm like vanguard. Our just be a general cpa, tax person.

[Anonymous No.683669]

>>682300
Work for the feds, a lot of jobs just require 4 year degree doesn't matter what field it's in. Check out state department,,dod, cia,fbi. They're always looking for people that have the brains to learn

[Anonymous No.683686]

>>683658

Stop being an apsipe

[Anonymous No.684430]

bump

[Anonymous No.684552]

Try consulting, marketing, or sales.

[Anonymous No.684666]

>>683247

Consult motherfucker.

[Anonymous No.684742]

>>684666
What the fuck is consulting? Also can I pair a CPA with a law degree?

[Anonymous No.684756]

>>684742
Consulting is when a company wants to know why they're running like shit

[Anonymous No.684894]

>>682300
Anything finance or accounting related honestly if you have a CPA, just depends on how you market yourself and your experiences.

You can get other jobs like marketing, operations, information systems etc but an accounting degree wouldnt help you though so yeah.

>Its like asking what can I do with a CS degree
>clearly you can do CS related shit like coding, software dev, information system stuff, app design etc. but a CS degree wouldnt be needed in something like a brand management roll or corporate development or someshit

[Anonymous No.686467]

>>682300
The FBI is always looking for CPAs or people with Master's in Acct

[Anonymous No.686477]

Hey guys I currently work 40hrs a week as an office manager for $14 an hour with health care.

I'm on track to pass my first cpa section.
Do you think I could find a part time accounting job working like 30hrs a week with benefits?
The goal here is to work less but make the same money or more.

[Anonymous No.686706]

>>683669
Not really, the FBI is almost exclusively taking people right now who have a CPA.
Good government jobs are not easy to come by, working for the CIA is more competitive than trying to get into IB or Big law.
Really the only way is to be a vet and then have some legit academic credentials.