I wanna be an accountant AMA!!!

Man wants to get a degree, work in the big4 in audit, get the ACA then move into a controller position in industry. Ask me anything, man's 17 years old

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Reply 1

UWS

Are you good at Maths?

Reply 2

squish562

Original post by UWS

Are you good at Maths?

Yeah
I got A* in GCSE, A at AS, will hopefully get A* at A level
But you don't need to be that good at maths to be an accountant, the spreadsheet does the calculations for you.

Reply 3

squish562

Original post by Make39kButNoHoes

So what are you gonna do if you don't make it?

because you probably won't.

Nah I will with the determination
If I don't get into any big4 then I'll go for the finance departments of ftse100 companies like unilever or gsk and move up the ranks while getting my qualification

Reply 4

yungggnike

same here, what unis are you going to apply to ?

Reply 5

squish562

Original post by yungggnike

same here, what unis are you going to apply to ?

I'm going to apply to UCL, Warwick, Bristol, and two others but for economics not accounting and finance. You learn accounting once you're at the big4 anyway. Around half of their trainees don't study accounting at uni.

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You're boring?

Original post by inhuman

You're boring?

Not quite sure what you're asking lolololololol

Reply 8

Chwirkytheappleboy

Will you please do this on any future dates?

*https://youtu.be/FvF12OkxKFU

Reply 9

squish562

Original post by Chwirkytheappleboy

Will you please do this on any future dates?

*https://youtu.be/FvF12OkxKFU

Lol

Reply 10

grassntai

I'm surprised you don't want to be an investment banker like the rest of The Student Room. Why accountancy?

Good choice :wink:

Original post by grassntai

I'm surprised you don't want to be an investment banker like the rest of The Student Room. Why accountancy?

I don't want to work in that type of environment and the work doesn't interest me as much as accounting. I've done some work experience in an accounting firm and I enjoyed it. And I feel that my skills are best suited to accounting. Of course I might change track during my degree but as of now I'm interested in accounting, not banking.

Reply 13

Dynamic_Vicz

What are your GCSEs like. I want to get a job in the finance sector but via a Matgs degree. I probably have the same desire as you

Reply 14

inhuman

Original post by squish562

Not quite sure what you're asking lolololololol

Accountancy = boring.

Reply 15

yungaheartz

I suggest you work on your speaking style then, a successful accountant should also have good grammar. no one wants to hire a guy who refers to himself as 'mans'

Reply 16

ForestShadow

Original post by UWS

Are you good at Maths?

Some big 4 courses eg KPMG and PwC dont even need maths a lvl, just a B at GCSE :lol:

Original post by yungggnike

same here, what unis are you going to apply to ?

Same same here, Im going for Birmingham, Bath and Reading, what about you?

Original post by squish562

Man wants to get a degree, work in the big4 in audit, get the ACA then move into a controller position in industry. Ask me anything, man's 17 years old

Original post by squish562

Nice plan, Im going for accounting too but why not get the ICAEW and chartered status?

You can become a partner easier for the big 4 and it only takes one more year of studying and 3 more exam papers.

What are your predicted grades like?

Which of the big 4 do you like the most?

Reply 17

yungggnike

Original post by ForestShadow

Some big 4 courses eg KPMG and PwC dont even need maths a lvl, just a B at GCSE :lol:

Same same here, Im going for Birmingham, Bath and Reading, what about you?

Nice plan, Im going for accounting too but why not get the ICAEW and chartered status?

You can become a partner easier for the big 4 and it only takes one more year of studying and 3 more exam papers.

What are your predicted grades like?

Which of the big 4 do you like the most?