Accounting is considered as the language of business. It is a science as well as art

of measuring the result of an organization's economic activities. The information is

then conveyed to investors, creditors, management and regulators. The subject of

Accountancy can be further classified into several fields such as financial

accounting, management accounting, auditing and tax accounting.

Out of the three academic streams, commerce seems to be the most desired field of

subject. Rapid industrialization has given birth to a huge number of opportunities

for commerce graduates. Accounting, however still remains the favourite profession

for students with commerce background.

While pursuing accounting as a career option, a student comes across various

professional qualifications such as Chartered Accountancy (CA), Cost and Works

Accountancy (CWA/CMA) and Company Secretary (CS).

The duration of this course is 5 years. A student needs to appear for the Common

Proficiency Test (CPT), which is a pre-requisite to pursue CA. A student becomes

eligible to sit for the exam after appearing for the standard XII examination. After

successfully clearing 12th standard as well as CPT, the student can register for

Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) with Institute of Chartered

Accountants (ICAI). The next step after clearing IPCC (Group-I and Group-II) is

to apply for CA Final and start article-ship, in order to gain exposure and

experience in accountancy.

In order to become a Cost and Management Account, a student needs to appear for

an examination conducted by ICWAI. Just like CPT, examinations are held twice

in a year (in June and in December). The eligibility to appear for examination also

remains the same. However unlike CA, which gives full-fledged accounting

qualification, CWA only provides a platform for cost and management accounting.

Just like CA, a student undergoes three stages to become Company Secretary. The

examination for CS is held by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)

and can be taken by any student after clearing 12th standard. Although, the course

comprises three stages: foundation, executive and professional, a graduate (in any

discipline except fine arts) will have to complete only the last two levels.

The rapid industrialization and trade expansion in India has made accounting jobs

a hot property in the country. From Kolkata to Ahmedabad, from Gurgaon to

Hyderabad, from Chennai to Pune, all the cities see vacancies in accountancy round

the year.

Interestingly, Pune, which is one of the fastest growing cities in the Asia-Pacific

region, attracts a lot of aspiring accountants in search of a job.

There are thousands of opportunities for in Pune. Online job portals accounting job

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