Why Study Accounting With LSM?
Accounting is a key business discipline, underpinning the decision making in all organisations from the largest business to the smallest charity. Professionally qualified accountants, certified or chartered, work with financial and management information. They use their specialist knowledge to advise a range of clients, from individuals to large organisations, on financial matters. There are several different professional bodies in the field, and the initial years in the profession could be linked to specialist activities of a particular body. In practice, however, there is considerable overlap between the various professional qualifications, and accountants regularly move between sectors later in their career. Areas of work include private practice, the public sector and industry/commerce. In private practice, accountants work in specialist firms offering services ranging from basic book-keeping to audit, taxation advice, management consultancy and corporate financial planning. In the