CPA career development can consider the following directions:

1. Taxation and government subsidies: Talents in this direction must be familiar with policies and have a wide range of people. For example, just at the beginning of the year A document was issued about the issue of personal tax deduction for annuities. Whether it is applicable to your company requires timely understanding of the information and familiarity with the documents. For another example, many development zones have various incentive policies for local enterprises at the end of the year. You may get money as long as you make a report. This requires us to have a wide network of contacts. Someone will tell you the news in this regard; (I heard a case , the CFO of a seafood farming company exempted the company from tens of millions in taxes while talking and laughing. The preferential policies of the tax law and good use of government subsidies are cash cows for the company. Tax coordination is also the focus of the group's financial attention, such as the setting up of the internal trading system. , profit transfer, etc., if done well, it will not be comparable to simple tax or accounting)

2. Accounting: There is too much effort required in this aspect. It can be said to be basic accounting skills, but it must It is not easy to study deeply. Accounting is a profession that requires continuous learning. For example, the Ministry of Finance has recently released revised drafts of the standards, which require continuous learning. Enterprise investment can be divided into control and non-control, and control can be divided into common control and non-same control. How to deal with liquidation, how to record R&D expenditures, how to handle the concentration of funds in subordinate units, how to confirm forward futures income, etc. (Financial accounting is based on the art of estimation. Good accounting is based on the understanding of the business to make the most reasonable estimate, especially cost accounting, which is a test of professional ability. Like real estate accounting, if you can estimate the project budget If you are accurate, you will definitely be rewarded)

3. Internal control: Now the state requires listed companies to conduct internal control self-evaluation. This is a big project, and you can spend millions to find a firm to do it. It may not be possible to get it done, because the direction of the firm is not here, and they will just come up with a report. To do internal control, you must have a thorough understanding of the company. An irresponsible firm will not do it even if it has done annual reviews for you for several years. It will definitely be done well. (Personally, I feel that it is really difficult to do. The internal audit departments of many listed companies are very embarrassing, and they are often not human beings. For those who are interested, it is recommended to go to a firm first, delve into a certain industry in depth, and then return to the company after you are familiar with it. , can be persuasive and gain recognition)

4. Financial informatization: All internal controls that are divorced from informatization are rogues. Informatization work is the core of corporate internal control. Large group companies want to do a good job in management. , it is impossible without informatization, but informatization is a big project that costs a lot of money and takes a long time. It may cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and it is just a face-saving project. (The most important thing about information technology projects is that they can broaden their horizons. Many financial personnel can use projects to get job promotions. Group companies usually have special IT departments responsible for information technology projects. It is not necessarily appropriate to switch from finance to IT departments. , so the key is to achieve breakthroughs in one's own capabilities with the help of projects. Of course, the experience of large-scale informatization projects itself is also capital)

5. Funds: On the surface, funds are nothing more than collection and payment, and it cannot be simpler. But in fact, funds are the blood of an enterprise. If an enterprise wants to revitalize, funds are the top priority. From the perspective of risk management, fund management is also the most important. If the account is wrong, it can be corrected. If the money is gone, who will you cry to? As long as a group manages its funds well, its basic skills will be done well. Management without funds is empty talk. (Some companies have special fund management departments responsible for investment, financing, mergers and reorganizations, and some group companies have settlement centers that are responsible for the overall coordination of fund settlements for the entire group. This is a great direction. If the funds can be used for arbitrage, Insurance, international financing and other businesses are extremely powerful. For small businesses, this function is usually combined with the financial manager or financial director)

6. Financial analysis: Uncle has always believed that in many corporate finances. Analysis is just a matter of face, used by bosses to make reports to leaders, but if you want to have reputation, you need to have face, and writing reports is also a professional skill! Of course, good financial analysis must be based on a solid foundation of financial work. Once the first few items are done, it is easy to spend some time and write a good financial analysis. (This is the position closest to corporate leaders, and it is also where financial management truly embodies the value. What I understand is that it does not mean that you can do a good analysis once you have done the first few things, but that you need to have a leader's perspective and go beyond financial accounting. Look at financial data from the perspective of industry, business, and management. There is a shortage of books in this field in China. Financial personnel who do analysis in companies rely on exploration to accumulate experience or speculate on the needs of company leaders. If you are interested in this field, value investing is the way to go. The book is actually a good reference, and the British CIMA exam book is also good)

Lixin CPA reminds: More from a professional perspective, there is another way for the career development of financial personnel, from being in charge of accounting—— Financial manager - financial director, this is another line. Managers need to improve their professional skills and management capabilities. Of course, the requirements will be higher.

Whether you choose a professional route or a management route, finance is a very broad field. It is easy to get started but difficult to get into. There are very few people who are truly at the top of the pyramid.

So, CPA is the starting point, not the end. Only by choosing a direction to specialize and deepen will the career development path become wider and wider.