What is the difference between a senior accountant and a certified public accountant?

What is the difference between a senior accountant and a certified public accountant?

1, certificates are different in nature. Senior accountant belongs to professional title certificate, which is divided into primary accounting title, intermediate accounting title and senior accounting title; Certified public accountants are practicing certificates, which are divided into non-practicing certified public accountants and practicing certified public accountants.

2. Different application conditions. Senior accountant's qualification: having a college degree, and having been engaged in the work related to accountant's duties for 10 years after obtaining the accountant's title; Having a master's degree, a second bachelor's degree, a graduate student's degree, a bachelor's degree or a bachelor's degree, having obtained the title of accountant, and having been engaged in the work related to the responsibilities of accountant for 5 years; Having a doctor's degree and having obtained the title of accountant, having been engaged in the work related to accountant's duties for 2 years.

3. Different assessment methods. Senior accountant is in a portfolio evaluation. The examination subject is "Advanced Accounting Practice", and a high-level meeting will be held after the examination. The CPA examination is divided into professional stage examination and comprehensive stage examination, and all subjects who pass the professional stage examination within five years are eligible to register for the comprehensive stage examination.

4. The difficulty of the exam is different. The difficulty of the CPA exam is recognized as the first in the industry. The six subjects in the professional stage cover accounting, auditing, law, management and other aspects. It contains a wide range of knowledge and the difficulty is obvious to all. Candidates who pass the exam often need to prepare for the exam for 3-5 years. Therefore, it is very difficult for most applicants to be certified public accountants.