What is the industry prospect of CPA certificate?

Of course, for college graduates, if you get one or two major courses (accounting, financial management, auditing, tax law), you will be different and employers will favor you. The following units like CPA candidates best.

1, accounting and auditing firm. There is no doubt that according to the requirements of practice, the most urgent need of accounting firms is the holder.

2. Investment banks. The main businesses of investment banks are mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment. The professional skills that investment banks need are finance and law. If you pass both the CPA and the teacher exams, you are the favorite person in the investment bank.

3. Commercial banks. The business personnel of commercial banks are all accountants. Their main skill is accounting. On the business card given to you by the general bank president, except for the position of president, certified public accountant or senior accountant is the most proud.

4. Consulting company. Both McKinsey and Bain were born in finance, and both established their own consulting companies with their own names, which are very famous.

5. Other intelligence services. For example, evaluation companies such as Standard & Poor's and Moody's, rating companies and even law firms prefer a CPA student with a legal background to join, because law and finance are always intertwined.

6. Top 500 multinational companies. The finance department and the audit department will not say much. It is said that in the past 30 years, two-thirds of the CEOs of the top 500 companies have financial backgrounds. Rockefeller, Pierre Cardin and Buffett are all financial accountants.

7, large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises (central enterprises). China's large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises are the backbone demanders of senior financial personnel and attach great importance to the holders of certified public accountants. Holders of certified public accountants' certificates are promoted rapidly within the enterprise, and the enterprise will even arrange some funds to reward employees who have studied on the job and obtained certified public accountants' certificates.

8. Government agencies. Many government agencies in charge of economic work, such as the People's Bank of China, the National Audit Office, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, currently require candidates to have a CPA certificate.

Starting salary for holders of certified public accountants in various enterprises

We have carefully investigated the starting salary of the above-mentioned units that like CPA holders, please refer to it. Students at school must work hard, and good work starts from freshmen and sophomores, not seniors.

1, four major accounting firms

Namely PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young. Their salary is not high, which may not be worth it compared with the complicated workload, but they have a good reputation. After working for 3-5 years, there is great hope of going abroad to study business school or transferring to other foreign companies, so it is called "talent springboard". The Big Four has two positions: auditing and consulting. However, after the audit scandal in 2002, most of the consulting business was stripped out, and it is difficult to get consulting positions at present. However, even if you are engaged in general audit work in the Big Four, there are many opportunities to learn and practice business consulting. It is worth noting that the Big Four does not encourage employees to go to business school earlier, so it may be blocked in this respect.

The new reference salary of college graduates from the four major accounting firms: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) 654.38+06000 RMB/year, plus travel subsidies and bonuses, may reach 654.38+03000 RMB/year, and those who often work outside may be close to 654.38+06000 RMB/year, and the other three are slightly higher than PricewaterhouseCoopers. The salary of consulting post is a little higher than that of auditing post.

However, if you are already a certified public accountant and join the four major accounting firms, the annual salary is generally around 300,000-400,000. As your working hours increase, if you become a partner, your salary will be incalculable, and an annual salary of one million is common among the four major partners.

2. Domestic accounting firms

The salary of CPA, a domestic accounting firm that accounts for most of the industry, is indeed slightly lower than that of the "Big Four", but the annual salary of 250,000-350,000 is also the embodiment of CPA's own value. No pains, no gains. In terms of work intensity, the pressure of domestic-funded institutes is lower than that of "Big Four".

3, large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises

Generally speaking, the starting salary of domestic enterprise finance is not very high. The starting salary in the first year after graduation is generally 50,000-80,000 yuan. However, for those who hold the certificate of certified public accountant, their career development will be very fast and their salary will be greatly improved. According to the financial statements published by domestic listed companies, the annual salary of many financial directors or managers mostly reaches 300,000 yuan.

4. Some large foreign companies have high employee benefits.

These positions are scattered, but most of them are concentrated in financial management, marketing, strategic planning and other departments. It is recognized that foreign companies with high pay and bright future include Procter & Gamble, Mars, Maersk, Daimler-Chrysler and the finance department of General Motors. Its salary is not as high as that of investment banks and consulting companies, but its benefits to personal cultivation and future diversity are far greater than those of investment banks and consulting companies, which is very beneficial to future business work. The work intensity of the above-mentioned foreign enterprises is generally much lower than that of investment banks, with many training opportunities and high cost performance.

The reference salary of some large foreign companies (which often varies greatly among different departments, depending on the higher salary in the first year): P&G Marketing or Finance Department 70,000-65,438+10,000 RMB/year, Maersk 65,438+10,000-200,000 RMB, and Mars10.2 million RMB. Johnson & Johnson and Unilever are slightly lower than P&G. ..

5. Foreign commercial banks or universal banks

For example, ABN Bank of America, Societe Generale, HSBC, Barclays Bank, etc. The gap between their investment banks and commercial banks is not big, but there are some differences in wages in various departments. Corporate finance (equivalent to investment banking), private banking and other high-paying jobs are often much higher than general consumer banking and insurance. In any case, these foreign universal banks give people more comprehensive training than investment banks, and the probability of switching between departments is greater, so the future may not be as good as investment banks or consulting companies.

The reference salary of universal banks abroad: the investment banking position can reach 400,000-800,000 RMB/year, the commercial banking position can reach 70-/kloc-0,000/20,000 RMB/year, and the good position may reach 200,000 RMB/year.

6. Foreign investment banks

In particular, first-class overseas investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Investment Bank, Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston and ubs warburg all have representative offices or branches in China. Graduates recruited by domestic investment banks work in different places, such as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai. After working in any first-class investment bank for three years, applying to the top business schools in the United States is almost certain to succeed, and the future after MBA graduation is limitless.

Investment bank's reference salary (in the first year of postgraduate study, undergraduate students may be slightly lower): 900,000 RMB/year for Goldman Sachs Tokyo, 750,000 RMB/year for Germany Asia Pacific and 250,000 RMB/year for Morgan Stanley Beijing (year-end dividends are counted separately).

7. Joint venture or Chinese investment bank

Including CICC and Gaohua Securities, BOC International is barely one. In fact, CICC is equivalent to Morgan Stanley's China branch, and the salary is extremely high. Gao Hua is equivalent to the China branch of Goldman Sachs. Just established for more than a year, the future is unknown. Wages can refer to foreign investment banks, which are generally slightly lower.

8. Foreign consulting companies

In particular, McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, Morit Group, Mercer, Eisenzhe and other overseas first-class consulting companies can be divided into management consulting, investment consulting, human resources consulting, market consulting, technical consulting and other sectors. The salary gap of consulting companies is relatively large, but you can get a big salary increase after working for 3-5 years, and the salary of senior consultants is not less than that of investment bankers. Applying to the top business schools in the United States in consulting companies is basically successful, and the future is broader after MBA graduation.

Reference salaries of consulting companies (same as above): McKinsey and Bain 1 .5,000-200,000 RMB/year, roland berger110,000 RMB/year, and the rest are somewhere in between. The salary will increase by 100% in the second year and by 50%- 100% in the third year. After three to four years, the annual salary can generally exceed 500,000 RMB.