Tech Skills For Great Accounting Career

Review of the article by Hunter Richards, who blogs for Software Advice - a free online resource with reviews and comparisons of accounting software. Check out his original article here.

 

If you have watched my video Why Learn Accounting? you should already know that Accounting Career is a very promising one, since:

  • there is a strong and stable demand for accounting professionals

  • demand is stable even during the economic downturn

  • Accounting Career has a very great perspective, giving you various opportunities for professional development and financial independence

In order to utilize all above, you must have certain skills and qualifications which are helpful in landing a better accounting job.

The article by Hunter Richards provides a great overview of technical skills which you should possess for this purpose. These skills are related to the business accounting software systems and ability to use them in practice.

Hunter made an analysis of significant amount of job postings and provides an overview which business accounting software systems are mentioned by the employers in the job postings. You can find diagrams here.

Dominating are SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics. Hunter also provides good advice on which systems you should know in addition and when.

And of course do not forget Microsoft Excel - this is absolutely necessary.

Hope this information will be helpful for you while preparing for accounting job search.


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