Who Is A CPA?

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Who Is A CPA?

• Career Presentation

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Who is a CPA?
Who can tell me what CPA stands for? Certified
Public Accountant
Does anyone have a CPA in their family? Like a
father, mother, brother, sister, aunt or uncle?
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Where do they work?

• Large corporations
• Small companies
• Schools
• Hospitals
• Sports teams
• With people like your Mom and Dad

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What do they do?

• Work on computers
• Meet with people (clients)
• Prepare financial statements
• Write reports
• Work with numbers
• Travel

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What do you need to know?

• The skills you are learning right, are the same
  skills you will use as a CPA
• Writing
• Reading
• Math skills
• Teamwork
• Problem solving
• Computer skills
• Being organized

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Who makes a good CPA?

• People choose accounting as a profession because
  they
• Are organized
• Like math
• Like helping people
• Like solving problems
• Like to work with other people

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Tools of the Profession