Entry-Level Accountant Skills Training—Part 1, Personal and Career Planning​

CPE Credit: 2 hours

Many accountants remember the pain of their early years working for a CPA firm.  For most entry-level accountants, many days were spent inspecting purchases or sales documents, footing client records and schedules and performing endless account analysis, to name a few of the more exciting assignments! While it was sometimes hard to stay alert and awake while performing these tasks, most accountants recognize these first assignments as the necessary foundation for a successful career in auditing. These materials will focus on the performance and documentation of the auditing procedures for the common first assignments for entry-level accountants (ELAs).

Topics Covered

• Playing by the rules
• Getting others to like you
• Ways the entry-level accountant can enhance a CPA firm’s image
• Common denominators for making successful presentations
• Improving presentation skills
• Using presentation aids effectively
• Ways to rise to the top of a CPA firm by implementing personal success strategies

• Understand basic auditing procedures in common first assignments.
• Be able to perform and document basic auditing procedures.
• Obtain an overview of audit program contents.
• Consider both quality and efficiency while performing and documenting assigned work.

 
NASBA Field of Study:
Accounting
Level:
Basic
Presenter:
Larry Perry
Prerequisites: 
None
Advanced Preparation:
None