Information systems Auditor, Senior Fraud Examiner, Senior Forensic Auditor; Advanced

positions: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer

Government Service

Accountants may be hired by the following: Congress of the Philippines, Commission on

Audit (COA), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Department of Finance, Department of
Budget and Management, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the local government
units (e.g. provincial, city or municipal governments).

Sample Entry-level jobs: State Accounting Examiner, State Accountant, LGU Accountant, Revenue
officer, Audit Examiner, Budget Analyst, Financial Services Specialist; Middle-level positions:
State Accountant V, Director IIl and Director IV, Government Accountancy and Audit, Financial
Services Manager, Audit Services Manager, Senior Auditor; Advanced positions: National
Treasurer, Vice President for Finance/CFO (for GOCCs), Commissioner, Associate Commissioner,
Assistant Commissioner, (COA, BIR, BOC).

Education/Academe
This area guarantees the continued development of the profession by endeavoring to
clarify and address emerging issues through research and sharing the results obtained
with their colleagues. Considered as modern day heroes, they make others understand
the body of accounting knowledge. In addition, they painstakingly prepare candidates
for the tough CPA exams. With the advent of information technology, this sector is
being challenged to focus accounting education from the "transfer of knowledge"
approach to the more effective "learning to learn" approach.

Sample Entry-level jobs: Junior Accounting Instructor; Middle-level positions: Senior Faculty,
Accounting Department Chair; Advanced positions: Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean.

BRANCHES OF ACCOUNTING

The work that accountants undertake ranges far beyond that of simply summarizing
information in order to calculate how much profit a business has made, how much it
Owes, and how much is owed to it. Although this work is still very important,
accountants are involved in other types of work. Of course, other information
Specialists (such as market researchers and operations analysts) have also been drawn
into the preparation of management information, and at one time, some observers
expected accounting to be taken over by these newer and mores scientifically-based
Oisciplines. However, this has not happened. There are three main reasons:
1. Financial information supplied to external users still has dominant
a influence on

2.
internal management information;
Other information specialists have been reluctant to become involved in detailed
accounting matters; and
3. Accountants have been quick to absorb new methods and techniques into their
work.