Job Opportunities After Becoming a CA in India
The Famous Quote from Dr. APJ Abdul kalam will perfectly fit into all CA, “If you fail, never give up because FAIL means “First Attempt In Learning'”. Those who have cleared CA have gone through a lot of sacrifices and put in rigorous hard work to earn these Professional Qualifications.
It is understood that Chartered Accountants have sound business skills and numerical ability. – Especially during their article ship training they gain practical knowledge, independence of thought, good communication skills, industry understanding and the ability to work under the pressure of deadlines are some of the few magic potions. Because of that CAs are in high demand in the industry, especially in the field of Accounting and Audit.
When it comes to career opportunities, there are wider opportunities for a Chartered Accountant.
1. Own Practice/Consulting/Business /Govt Jobs/Work @ MNCs: Post qualification, one can either get into employment or start his firm to support various organizations.
2. Career in Accounting and Finance: In companies, CA can look forward to any of the important roles in Finance like financial controllers, CFOs, Account Managers, Credit Managers, and performing any of the below-listed Finance functions. .
- Tax Audit, Advisory & Consultancy (Both Direct and Indirect) & International Taxation
- Statutory ,Internal ,Forensic Auditing & GST Audit
- ROC/IT/GST Return Filing
- Information Systems Audit
- Debt Syndication
- Project Finance
- Valuation, Equity Research, Asset Management, Portfolio Management
- Analyst, Strategies
3. Make a career in Stock Market to become an Analyst or Portfolio manager.
4. Professor: Teaching is a noble profession. Having cracked one of the toughest courses, who else can guide better than a CA himself!! Considering the complexity and voluminous of the curriculum, a large number of students take up classes. You can become a guide/mentor /Teacher or even start your institute.
5. International Assignments: CA can take the international assignment abroad as the lead role in finance.
Good opportunities are available in Asian countries.
6. Career opportunities in Consulting Firms: There is always a good no of requirements for CA in Big consulting firms like Deloitte, PWC, KPMG, etc. The Big four consulting firms recruit CA for consulting assignments in Big MNCs.
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