Welcome to the Accounting Department

Business is hot. The business world is in a dynamic, fast-forward mode. What better way to experience success than to play a major role in making things happen. Accountants make things happen – with the financial knowledge and analytical skills that decision-makers need.

Businesses run on accountants and accountants run businesses. You can be a Chief Financial Officer, Managing Partner, or President. You can work on Main Street or Wall Street; serve as an FBI agent or coordinate movie productions; handle international conglomerates or brand new dotcoms, serve professional sports teams or rock bands.

People trust accountants. People and businesses depend on accountants to shape the future. Accountants are influential and often considered experts in their fields. They can work in private family-owned businesses, publicly-held corporations, government agencies, or public accounting firms.

What is the potential for employment, or for growth and advancement? Just look at some of the career areas where you can explore:

• Assurance Services – auditing company financial statements, providing internet security consulting, measuring and evaluating business performance, assisting the elderly and their families with personal management.
• Consulting Services – providing objective advice and assistance to individuals, businesses, financial institutions, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations.
• Information Technology Services – designing and implementing advanced information systems to fit an organization’s needs.
• Environmental Services – with increasing public interest in the environment, conducting compliance audits and designing systems to ensure compliance.
• Forensic Services – handling accounting investigations or fraud auditing by examining accounting records, searching for evidence of misconduct, and seeking the hiding places of misappropriated assets.
• International Accounting Services – helping business cope with a global economy by understanding and mastering international trade laws and regulations.
• Tax and Financial Planning – working with individuals and companies on matters relating to financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, investments and taxes.

Whether it is maximizing profits, determining investment strategies, or analyzing future financing needs, or teaching others how to take control of their destiny, accountants are in the right place at the right time to make things happen. Accountants are professionals that deliver value. Never underestimate the value of an accountant.

Make a difference. Choose your destiny. Determine your future. Influence the economy. Make sense of a complex and changing world. Add to your bottom line. Control your life. Imagine the possibilities.