Do accountants earn a lot of money?

• rabbitcake

  25 Jul 10, 12:10

  Do accountants earn a lot of money?

• -StarDust-

  25 Jul 10, 12:20

  Depend on certificate and work experience.

  accounting gt ACCS and LCCI.

  Work experience also matters.

  My frenz told me the pay not bad.

• rabbitcake

  25 Jul 10, 12:26

  I see. Thanks. Did your friend tell you how much do they normally earn every month?

• Disman

  25 Jul 10, 12:32

  ntu - pwc - acct/audit - audit manager - audit partner

  some stay in hdb some in pte house

  poly dip in acct - d & t - acca

• ditzy

  25 Jul 10, 12:53

  Depends on how hard they work, the harder working ones earn more money.

• SGporkz

  25 Jul 10, 13:10

  heavy workload...very long working hrs..

  n of cos work exp counts alot..and that include what company u work before n current.

  master degree.. 8 year..take home 13k sounds ok?

   

• ditzy

  25 Jul 10, 13:11

  Sounds reasonable.

• TTFU

  25 Jul 10, 13:16

  Depends on where you work also. Work with the big 4 of course more $

• Lokey

  25 Jul 10, 13:54

  accountant dont earn alot of money. 

  an accountant is only considered a basic post. There are many levels above that. like budget control, and other stuff. But being an accountant is considered as the basic entry to this line. 

   You should get an MBA or CFA after the ACCA. 

• I-like-flings(m)

  25 Jul 10, 14:03

  Originally posted by SGporkz:

  heavy workload...very long working hrs..

  n of cos work exp counts alot..and that include what company u work before n current.

  master degree.. 8 year..take home 13k sounds ok?

   

  
  hmmm why i only round 10k nia leh.... and most of my fren just lucky to be around 5k to 6K... dun be an accountant.. if ur mouth skill is good.. just go do sales...easy easy also 10k above if u are good

• ditzy

  25 Jul 10, 14:06

  If mouth skill good, sell property. My friends who switched to selling property, can change 3 cars in 2 years. Me leh, hiyah.....

• Just_do_it_lah

  25 Jul 10, 14:10

  if you CFO... then should get 20k-30k.. also have to depends on the company you work for...

  some of my friends did accountancy at NTU, but none of them continue their trade in related field.  my elder brother is a good example.  he even his did masters...

  now he is in HK, working as head of equities in an investment firm. probably 30k a month (excluding housing).

• Just_do_it_lah

  25 Jul 10, 14:11

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  If mouth skill good, sell property. My friends who switched to selling property, can change 3 cars in 2 years. Me leh, hiyah.....

  
   haha, mouth skill good = no need degree in accountancy lah..

• I-like-flings(m)

  25 Jul 10, 15:16

  Originally posted by Just_do_it_lah:

  
   haha, mouth skill good = no need degree in accountancy lah..

  
  mouth skill is very important hor.. if got it... everything also can already... e.g. what do u think ur bro is best or really good in?? math? no way right? must be something related to how he present himself or how good he is at networking ..... or something like that.... tio bo?

• dangerboi

  25 Jul 10, 15:25

  accountant? acca? the trend has died...

   

  those with accounting degrees pursue higher education now.

• SGporkz

  25 Jul 10, 17:32

  Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):

  
  hmmm why i only round 10k nia leh.... and most of my fren just lucky to be around 5k to 6K... dun be an accountant.. if ur mouth skill is good.. just go do sales...easy easy also 10k above if u are good

  climb auditor lo...then become the HOD...

  my cousin say she going to promote liao to some director liao..

• udontknowme

  25 Jul 10, 17:36

  accounting is dead shit fucking boring. 

  to me 

  that said, if you work hard and manage to make your way up that ladder, yah.

• SGporkz

  25 Jul 10, 17:38

  yea udon is right.. only the strongest survive..

  HAHA!

• stellazio

  25 Jul 10, 18:20

  the pay for accountants is decent, but it comes with the super long hours..

• Rooney9

  25 Jul 10, 18:33

  u need many years of experiences and postgrad qual like masters or PHD if u want to climb up to CFO or partner of the big 4 firms. before that, if u can survive the monotonous work and long working hours, sacrifising your personal life to achieve that aim?  most acc or auditors switched line to be insurance, start business or go into other lines.

• Just_do_it_lah

  25 Jul 10, 18:37

  Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):

  
  mouth skill is very important hor.. if got it... everything also can already... e.g. what do u think ur bro is best or really good in?? math? no way right? must be something related to how he present himself or how good he is at networking ..... or something like that.... tio bo?

  
  His Maths is superb. A1 all the way from Sec to Uni.  He is the study type... i am the social type... ( when i turn the page of a book... i feels sleepy already ) .. haha.

• Just_do_it_lah

  25 Jul 10, 18:40

  He was head-hunted about 3 years ago...

  in HK, he was head-hunted again.. and now, currently at another firm in HK. ( that's why i can go HK whenever i feels like... free accomodation for me.. ).

• I-like-flings(m)

  25 Jul 10, 21:07

  Originally posted by Rooney9:

  u need many years of experiences and postgrad qual like masters or PHD if u want to climb up to CFO or partner of the big 4 firms. before that, if u can survive the monotonous work and long working hours, sacrifising your personal life to achieve that aim?  most acc or auditors switched line to be insurance, start business or go into other lines.

  
  u are right about CFO part only  lah... to be partner of 4 big.. u need to be related too lah...they dun happy happy let u be a partner even if u are fucking good..