Is finance a "sales" job?

creamgethamoney
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:20:52 +0000

Yeah I kinda have to agree with Dawgie on this one MSFHQ. Corporate accounting is a different game, depending on the company, than public accounting. Public Accounting is extremely dependent on GAAP and the work is mostly retrospective in nature. The closest division in corporate accounting is FP&A and while you do prepare financials in that area, there’s more leeway in preparing the reports for management and the work involves a lot of projecting cash flows, managing working capital, obtaining financing, etc. in order to help the company grow. Its definitely uses a lot of accounting, but its not just accounting with a different name.

PS: The CFOs that come up with their CPA + MBA combos do quite well I’m sure.