Accountants help to ensure that companies run more efficiently, public records are kept more accurately, and taxes are paid properly and on time. They perform these vital functions by offering an increasingly wide array of business and accounting services to their clients. Broadly, these services include public, management, and government accounting, as well as internal auditing.
In each of these major fields, however, accountants continue to carry out the fundamental tasks of the occupation which is to prepare, analyze, and verify financial documents in order to provide information to clients. Specific job duties vary in the major fields of accounting. Public accountants perform a broad range of accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting activities for their clients who may be corporations, governments, non-profit organizations, or individuals.
Other accountants are consultants who offer advice in areas such as compensation or employee healthcare benefits, the design of accounting and data processing systems, and the selection of controls to safeguard assets. Public accountants, many of whom are Certified Public Accountants (CPA's), generally have their own businesses or work for public accounting firms.
The Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting prepares students to measure and communicate the financial position of an enterprise and provide advice on taxation, management services, and the analysis of information systems. Students also gain knowledge of auditing through theory and practice.
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