An accountant also can do the auditing, management, and structuring management system services. My name is Marseille Sienna one of students in JIBS Jakarta that really interested become an accountant, especially public accountant. Since I was in Senior High School-ASPI, then my teacher introduced me to a lesson called accounting, I really excited and want to learn about it every day. First impression of this lesson is pretty good. I really enjoy it. That’s why I choose to be an accountant in the next five or ten years.
Become an accountant is not an easy work. An accountant should be really careful in seeing and examining the data of one company or organization. Not only that, their integrity, quality and professionalism also being questioned here. Are they an honest person or not? If not, so they can be corrupt and manipulate the data. The value of an accountant should be strong and in straight line. That is why an accountant has hard time of work minimum fifty hours per week, and the maximum is depending on the case that the accountant faced.
The manager of accountant maybe travel a lot to meet clients and watch the employee but, or the accountant itself, it is depending on the case that the accountant faced. Work environment is the characteristic of the job itself (routine, attractive, overtime work), the competition level among the employee is the factor that we always face in workplace. The hard character and commitment should have by the accountant in facing the tough workplace. Usually, in case that give by the company has the deadlines that the accountant should finished before it and make them have to work more and more.
That deadline can make a person become more structured and focus on the target. I love the environment of accounting class when I studied in senior high school and also in university, I beg also in real life the environment also same or even better. Based on my senior that already work in accounting company such as Deltoid and PWS, they really enjoy the job and they said that, being an accountant is not creepy as people said, it is fun and make them happy. If want to be happy like them and become something better, there will be requirements to make it happen. It is also happen if I want to be an accountant.
To be a good accountant I should have good education, for example I should finish my bachelor degree first. In Indonesia we have some standard called public accountant professional standard (Standard Professional Kanata Public (SPA)). It is to approve that the quality of accountant is good and trusted. In America, they also have standard like in Indonesia and it is called International Standard on Auditing (SIS), and the function is the same as SPA. (5) Not only standard, a professional accountant also should have certification from legal organization or from government, named as accountant certification.
Indonesia one of the organization that handle about the standard and certification is III (Satan Kanata Indonesia). In USA they also have many organizations like this, for example American Institute of Certified Public Accountant. This organization on have members that already certified. Also, this organization published their monthly journal in “They Journal of Accountancy’ and it is really have strong influence for the development of principle in accounting and the norm of auditing in America.
To become an accountant and get the accountant certification should pass some requirements, such as, eve to get the certificate of graduation in accountant or finance major, have experience minimum three years, have experience some training, has good reputation in auditing, examining of some cases, independent, professional, careful, honest, etc. I will get some of the requirements in SUBS, because SUBS not only provide the theory of accounting, but they also help students with the internship to make the student more eligible to work in real life.
In SUBS, they also provide the accounting student with intermediate accounting which is the deeper information and knowledge about accounting, so we as the student can moment with the student outside. Then, SUBS also has so many activities such as, company visit and CEO Talk that really give us so many benefits. For example, if we have company visit to the accounting company such as, Deltoid, it will really useful for use to know deeper about the company and the situation of the workplace in that company.
So, we will have some picture what we will do in the future about sitting in one of the chair in that company as an accountant. Want to be an accountant not because a number that I will get in the end of the month which is salary. It is because I love it. For the salary that all people always arguing about accountant, actually in Indonesia an accountant get around seven million rapiers until ten million rapiers per month, it is really inversely from America. In America, usually, the accountant gets around $ 3,370 per month.
I do not want work because of money, but I want work if enjoy it and make me happy. So, for the number above, it is does not matter for me. Accounting is a type of puzzle, with journal entries and other documentation also report. Becoming an accountant I can piece together how a business is operating. Understanding he nuts and bolts of a business-how it mitigates risks, how it makes money, etc. It is an invaluable skill. Accounting can use as a gateway into areas of interest, for example fashion industry, public accountant, sport industry, etc.
Being an accountant is really useful, because we can know all the transaction that happens in company. An accountant is a key off company. It is like the spearhead of a company. An accountant should have good mathematic and economic knowledge. It is also has big responsibilities because an accountant works influencing the performance of a company. An accountant cannot make mistake in calculation of transaction, that is why the accountant should really careful in their work. Being an accountant also has to be patient and willing to work until night.
Whatever the accountant working on – producing financial report, analyzing estimates, closing the books and all of these has the deadline. It is a challenge that requires the accountant to constantly brush up their current events; current accounting updates and stays aware of business activity within the company. In seeing the advantage and the disadvantages above I think it is really match with my personality strength. It is tell that have to enjoy the job, and I enjoy it. Enjoy work with numbers, balancing, logic thinking, assuming, and etc.
If I enjoy it, I will make sure I will happy to do this job. I am really confident in it. So, because of I really enjoy I strongly believe that it is my passion and my interest and it is proved by my understanding in class since was in senior high school. The lesson that explained by my teacher is seems really easy to understand even actually not, but, because like the subject and the way of this subject bring me into it, so I enjoy and easy to digest the lesson. Do not ant just talk about it. Want to be it.
So, think for the next semester I will move to accounting major, because now I still in management major. I will prepare myself by study hard about accounting and I will not forget to have fun with my friends. I hope in the fifth or sixth semester I can get in internship in Deltoid or PWS or Chevron or in government organization. Because public accountant is me!
