Employment aside from specialised Acct/Fin firms? (1 Viewer)

[SertseSW]

From the threads I've read here it seems most of here tlak about being employ an accounting or finance firm, whether it be the "Big 4" for accounting or Mac Bank and the like for finance. In short, firms whose sole purpose is to accounting and/or do financy stuff.

I'm however wondering whether there is employment aside from this, specifly, employment at companies whose "business" in other area.

For example, I know that for marketing some people get employed at the marketing departments within a company whose business in in other area, while others get employed in marketing consultancies where they use thier marketing skills in a company whose business "is" marketing.

I'm wondering where a similar distinction in accounting and finance jobs, like would be be companies who hire theier own accountants/finance people. Or are my thoughts all wrong?

 

[Soma]

Of course they would. All big companies would have their own accountants and finance teams.

However by law all public companies have to conduct external audits.

You will find a lot of companies get advice from external accountants, lawyers or finance people. This is because if they want advice on a big deal or project and it fucks up then they can potentially sue that outside firm or company for giving crap advice.

For this reason working inhouse deals with a lot of the more boring mundane stuff whereas anything big will get left to external experts.

Inhouse people also generally get paid worse although some say that the benefit that comes with this is that the job is generally a lot cruisier.

 

[pikachufkr]

WTF!!!?!?!

Are you on drugs?? or are you a macquarie uni student?

whatever - you can start by speaking english......

probably the most stupid post i have ever seen in my life

tacky we know that you are an overly pissed off IB reject but sometimes you take it too far! maybe you should get off the computer and go for a relaxing drive or something mate. :rofl:

 

[ND]

Are you on drugs?? or are you a macquarie uni student?

Macquarie actuarial shits on you.

 

[ND]

I want to go to your uni so that i can be as smart as you.

No wonder you can't get into ops at mac bank.

 

[ND]

Hahah i suggest you stop posting some time soon, you're really making a fool of yourself. hahahah

 

[ND]

Hahahah this is so funny. You are making no arguments and doing nothing but pulling shit out of your ass. Hahahah keep going mate, it's too funny. hahah

Btw, if you ring up mac bank and cry, they might let you settle some trades or something.

 

[SertseSW]

:mad1:
Ouch, looks like my inadvertent reference to Mac Bank (simply because its the most recognised IB in these forums...nothing else meant) has led to all this...

Anyways if you read my post, you'll notice my main question is about the *other* sorts of jobs in the Acct/Fin sector, so I'm not exactly the Mac Bank wannabe. Now to avoid any other disputes, I'm not "against" things like Mac Bank either, but I just have a hunch its not where I want to be personally.

Oh and thanks Soma for actually answering my question, much appreciated.

P.S. Well I've just re-read my original post again and I guess it wasn't the best piece of English around. Lets just blame it on "timing out" thingy logging me out and erasing my post just as I was about to post it, and I rushed the retype.

 

[:: ck ::]

tacky - you got problems...

SertseSW - accounting/finance in my opinion gives you the most options in terms of where you can go =)

 

[Dimsum]

As already mentioned, all large companies require their own Accounting and Finance departments, this could range from sporting teams to retails chains to technology companies. You could get jobs in any industry.

 

[mr_shittles]

In response to the query in this thread, there are heaps of accountants out there in industry working for companies who are not part of the financial services sector. For example, Coca-Cola, Qantas and Woolworths all recruit graduates in accounting. All brand name companies have accounting functions, so there's no shortage of opportunities in industry.

Hope that helps!

 

[somborac]

I am doing B Commerce majoring in Business Law and Economics.

Refering to the original post, Can anyone tell me of job oportunities outside accounting/finance sector for Business law and economics.

Also since i am doing only a single degree will it be harder for me to find a j0ob placement compared to a person doing a double?

Cheers.

 

[§eraphim]

Degree means nothing. It's the skills you get from your degree that matters most. Knowledge can be picked up easily once you the skills.

 

[jase_]

Have a look at this website which lists some possible companies that offer graduate positions in general. It may help you as a starting point:

http://www.graduateopportunities.com/

Also, keep an eye out for the graduate careers fair happening at your uni (if they have one) in the next few weeks. You usually don't have to be a graduate to attend, and it'll give you a good idea about what kind of companies are out there and you can talk to them as well.