CPA or CA ? (4 Viewers)

[Winston]

Originally posted by perfectionist
Whats KPMG

The second world's largest corporation in dealing with all that accounting stuff...

I think Pricewater house coopers is number 1 and ernst and young is 3rd.

 

[Lexicographer]

With such firms you don't need to know what the acronym stands for. It's like DHM, DouglassHanleyMoir (Sydney's biggest Pathology firm). As long as you know the acronym you're fine.

 

[perfectionist]

so is it compulsory to work with these TOP firms in order to get CA?

 

[pigs_can_fly]

no, any accounting firm should be fine to satisfy the practical aspect of ur qualifications, but of course its always better to work for a top firm

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by perfectionist
so is it compulsory to work with these TOP firms in order to get CA?

Well for one it sounds better to work in one, and they pay for your CA course.

 

[perfectionist]

Thanks people for the info

 

[Minai]

mm...I'll be one of the many thousands fighting for a graduate position in one of them big4 accounting firms in about 2 years

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by Minai
mm...I'll be one of the many thousands fighting for a graduate position in one of them big4 accounting firms in about 2 years

and if you stumble across KPMG, my sister might me interviewing you ...

 

[elizabethy]

All those i spoke with said CA is better.....n some said CPA is better....i think both r more or less the same!!

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by melbournian
Thats a bit closed minded. No offence, but bigger isn't better. Bigger just means you t rying to climb that corporate ladder your whole life.

That's true, bigger doesn't mean much, there's actually more pressure in work load, my sister is always filled with work, and always doing excess work at home etc... it's not easy she says.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by melbournian
Thats a bit closed minded. No offence, but bigger isn't better. Bigger just means you t rying to climb that corporate ladder your whole life.

What is wrong with climbing the corporate ladder?

 

[Majesty]

My dad's a CPA. Doesn't mean shit all. Just do one or the other really. There are many more CPA's in Australia than CA's though.

 

[santaslayer]

yea wots wrong wif corporate ladder??????
$$$$$$$$$$$$$.........lol

 

[elizabethy]

true , lol!

 

[Lexicographer]

Big companies may not be better work, since you're just another cog in the works, but they DO tend to be better for your career.

 

[santaslayer]

of course they do! the only catch is that ur working ur ass off 24/7

 

[Lexicographer]

Originally posted by santaslayer
of course they do! the only catch is that ur working ur ass off 24/7

No, not at all. You can get through twenty years in a company with a comfortable 0900 to 1800 (current business hours). Only if you want to be noticed (and hence advance in the company) you need to work a lot harder.

 

[Matthew_152]

so which is better to work in then...a smaller business or a larger one?

 

[Majesty]

Originally posted by Matthew_152
so which is better to work in then...a smaller business or a larger one?

Neither is better.
You start your own business.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by Matthew_152
so which is better to work in then...a smaller business or a larger one?

In my opinion, the bigger the business that you are working in, the better. The reasons are that if you really want to succeed in the international market you have to work in a Multinational Corporation and if you are aiming to work as a CEO in the future, I would say that they are only going to being seriously looking at people in important positions in large companies.