Accountancy Career 
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Professional Accountancy Programmes
ACCA
CAT
CIMA
ICPAS
- Diploma in Professional Accounting
- Higher Diploma in Professional Accounting
- Professional Examination
ATTS
EAP
What Accountants Do
Whether you are CPA, FCPA, ACA or FCA qualified, you are basically trained as an accountant. What these terms describe is your affiliation with a recognised accounting body. Chartered Accountants, for example, belong to a professional organisation that has received a Royal Charter bestowed by the Queen of England, Elizabeth II.
The work of an accountant encompasses areas such as setting budgets,handling corporate recovery and insolvency, managing assets and dispensing tax and investment advice.
The Accountancy Profession in Singapore
Singapore's accountancy profession is supported by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), which keeps a register of public accountants and public accounting firms. The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS), the local Certified Public Accountant society, promotes the interest of the accountancy profession.
Qualities of a Good Accountant
A good accountant should have an analytical mind, and be able to adapt to constant change and development. He should also be patient and meticulous, and be committed to continually upgrade his skills and knowledge, in order to keep abreast of local business and taxation laws.
Where Accountants Work
Singapore's "Big Four" accounting firms - PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG - traditionally employ a large number of graduate accountants fresh from university every year.
In the private sector, Accountants have the choice of working in the banks and financial institutions, multinational comapnies, and not-for-profit organisations.
In the public sector, job opportunities are available at the Auditor-General's Office, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and other statutory boards.
Career Opportunities
- Accountant
- Auditor
- Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Accountant
- Company Secretary
- Financial Accountant
- Management Consultant (Business Advisory)
- Management Accountant
- Tax Auditor
Accountancy Training Institutions
