At first, I was unsure what Lakeshore Technical College had to offer. While looking over the many programs that are offered, the accounting program intrigued me the most. The program outcomes are: processing financial transactions throughout the accounting cycle, analyze financial and business information, perform payroll tasks, learn to handle accounting costs and its implications, perform business and private tax preparation, and identify internal controls to reduce risk. Finally, more than…
I would like to recommend Carter Diers for the Bernick Family Scholarship. Carter has many strengths. He is an analytical thinker. I just recently had Carter in Accounting. His attention to detail and analytical thinking made him stand out so much in my class that I nominated him Business Student of the Month for January. Another strength is Carter’s leadership and dependability. In Business Professionals of America (BPA), which I am the advisor for, he was our chapter’s president last…
Plains All American - Houston (August 2015 – Present) Houston, TX Financial Accounting Intern • Work extensively with technology to compute, maintain and classify financial records • Responsible for reconciling billing vouchers and using software applications to make financial statements public • Oversee transactions that pertain to equipment management, travel accounting, accounts payable and other finances…
Accountants play a valuable role in Business Laws and in order to fulfill with the moral and ethical principles, accountants should do all their work in an accurate and detailed manner. They have to prove with their work all the knowledge and experience acquired throughout their professional pathway and in turn, provide confidence to its customers by proving that they are working in a professional manner and within the established laws. The role that an accountant develops is crucial for any…
The purpose of accounting is to identify, record and provide financial information concerning a business. An effective accounting system is one of the most crucial aspects of having a successful business. No matter what type of business it is or how large or small it may be, accounting will play an important role in its overall success. Even though accounting systems can be traced back for thousands of years and have developed in many different ways over time, todays businesses primarily use…
Why should people chose a public accounting firm over a private accounting firm? First, why should you have an accounting degree in the first place? You should have an accounting degree because there are always jobs for this field and the chances you will actual get a job are really high in either public or private accounting firms. People say having an accounting degree can have 360 different jobs opportunities. You can work anywhere because everyone need an accountant from firms like public…
An accountant is defined as a person whose job is to keep or inspect financial accounts. The role of an accountant can vary from company to company. To most being an accountant seems like a pretty boring job, but it involves much more than you may think. If your goal in life is to become an accountant there are certain requirements and skills needed to get into this profession. The first step is having the right degree. The five most accepted degrees are Accounting, Auditing, Business, Finance…
Accounting is an important career in society because they are the heart of handling money. There are accountants that help their clients through many different aspects of finances. There are different departments in accounting such as managerial accountant, or tax account, and even government accountant. “Accountants and auditors perform overviews of the financial operations of a business in order to help it run efficiently” ("Accounting is About More than Crunching Numbers: Learn What Other…
C. Hoque (2006) has described MCS as “an analytical and calculative process to make decisions to accomplish the organization’s objectives”. A MCS is formulated by some interdependent components: strategy, accountability structure, responsibility accounting, performance measurement, direction, motivation and incentives. Thus, it can be seen that MAS is one of the components that comprising MCS. Any changes in the environment must be responded by change in MCS. After investigating and evaluating…
Career and College Research Paper. When asked what you want to be when you grow up you can be stifled. Especially when you consider if you want to go to college or not.They have to consider every factor before they make that big of a decision. For some people this may be the biggest decision of their lives. When I grow up I want to be an Accountant. To do that it will take a lot of work,but if I put my mind to something I can accomplish anything in this world I want to do. First I need to choose…