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Accounting

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Skills and Abilities

Sense of orderliness
Analytical turn of mnd
A "feel" for figures
Handling mass details without losing perspective
Math Skills
Quickly & accurately analyze, compare, & interpret facts & figures

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Potential Career Paths

Career Area	Employment Settings	Sample Employers & Internship Sites
PUBLIC
Accounting & Auditing Taxation Management Consulting Entrepreneurial	Public accounting firms	Arthur Andersen Deloitte & Touche Ernst & Young KPMG Peat Marwick PricewaterhouseCoopers UHY Advisors NY, Inc. Flynn, Walker, Diggin CPA, PC O'Connor, Davies & Co., LLP
CORPORATE
Vice President - Finance or Chief Financial Officer Treasurer Controller	Corporations	Ziment Associates Albany Molecular Research Trans World Entertainment Delmar Publishers
GOVERNMENT-FEDERAL
Accountant Auditor Securities Investigation Special Agent	Federal agencies	General Accounting Office (GAO) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services Internal Revenue Service Federal Bureau of Investigation
GOVERNMENT-STATE
Accounting/Auditing Tax Collector/Examiner	State agencies	NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance
GOVERNMENT-CITY & LOCAL
Accounting/Auditing Accounts Administrator Financial Director	City and town agencies	Federal Reserve Bank of NY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Financial Director (a.k.a. Director of Business Affairs)	Public School Systems	Any school system
Treasurer	Public School Systems	Any school system
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Treasurer, Controller, & Bursar	Colleges & universities	Any college or university
Teaching	Colleges & universities	Any college or university with an accounting program
Budget Officer Fiscal Officer Accountant	Colleges & universities	Any college or university
HEALTH-CARE
Auditor Accountant Budget Director	Hospitals & health-care facilities	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Quest Diagnostics Inc.
HEALTH & WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS
Fiscal Officer	Non-profit agencies	United Way American Red Cross
FINANCIAL PLANNING/BUSINESS
Financial Services	Insurance companies Financial services firms	Interlock Media, Inc Makovsky & Company
Insurance	Insurance companies	Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Sales	Any company Pharmaceutical company	Verizon Wireless Watson Pharmaceuticals
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For More Information

University at Albany School of Business
American Accounting Association
National Association of Black Accountants
The Association of Government Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
AccountPros.com
CDC Library Resources
- Great Jobs for Accounting Majors
- Accounting: The One Degree with 360 Degree of Opportunity
- Opportunities in Accounting Careers
- Opportunities in Financial Careers
- Careers in Accounting
- Accounting and Auditing: Thoughts on Forty Years in Practice and Education
- 1996-97 Career Opportunities Handbook: NYS Local Public Accounting Firms
- Business and Finance Career Directory
- Emerson's Directory of Leading Accounting Firms Worldwide

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