Career & Scope of Chartered Accountant CA, Jobs, Tips, Modules & Core Topics

Career & Scope of Chartered Accountant CA, Jobs, Super Tips, Subjects, Modules & Core Topics 

Chartered accountant or CA is the best career options for commerce students in Pakistan and abroad. Chartered accountants are given highest pay all over the world. Majority of our students think that Chartered accountant or CA is a very difficult program. Yes its a difficult program but only for those students who have no interest in accountancy, statistics and commerce. Commerce and Pre engineering students can easily complete this course. There is no alternative of Chartered accountant or CA at least in Pakistan. Chartered accountant or CA is key to career success. This degree can also ensure your foreign immigration, but you will never like to leave the country after 2 to 4 year practical experience in the field. ACCA, CMA, CIMA or any other qualification in accountancy is not equivalent to Chartered accountant or CA. CA is just like a fix deposit for you. But you will have to work hard during your studies to master the required skills. Its one of the rare subjects where you do not need any extra ability except practice and hard work. Of course you must have interest in the field of accountancy.

Career & Scope of Chartered Accountant CA, Jobs, Tips, Modules & Core Topics

If you have decided to go for CA then kindly forget every other thing just for few years. This hard work will pay you in long run. You can easily get a reasonable job even after CA inter. But we will highly recommend you to clear the all modules of CA. Believe me that a chartered accountant is a more powerful man in Pakistan than a CSS officer. He is treated as a super human being in all departments of government. Only a higher NAB official enjoys more power then him.

 Chartered Accountant CA Modules
Foundation
Module – A
Functional English
Quantitative Methods
Module B
Introduction To Economics & Finance
Introduction To Financial Accounting
Mercantile Law

Intermediate
Module C
Financial Accounting
Taxation
Business Communication & Behavior Studies
Module D
Company Law
Cost Accounting
Auditing
Information Technology

CA Final
Module E
Information Technology Management, Audit & Control
Advanced Accounting & Financial Reporting
Corporate Law
Business Management
Module F
Management Accounting
Business Finance Decision
Advanced Taxation
Advance Auditing
You may easily become a CA inter by clearing the 1st 4 modules. Duration of each modules is just 6 months. In CA semester is called module. You are allowed to give the exams of 2 consecutive exams simultaneously. It means that you can give following exams simultaneously.
Module A & B
Module B & C
Module C & D
In short you can complete the CA inter from 2 to 1 year as per following 3 schedules;
Plan 1 (2 Years)
Modules A,B,C,D -6 months each
Plan 2 (1.5 Years)
Module A & B collectively in 6 months
Module C in 6 months
Module D in 6 months
Plan 3 (One Year)
Module A & B in 6 months
Module C & D in 6 months
Majority of students opt plan 2 but we recommend you to go step by step and plan 1 is the best plan 4 you.
Duration of CA final varies form 3 to 3.5 years.

Chartered Accountant Core Topics
Here is the list of core topics in CA;
Accountancy
Commerce
Risk management
TaxationAdvance managerial accounting.
Advance taxation
Micro finance.
Commercial accounting
Enterprise accounting
Performance accounting
Managerial accounting
Financial accounting
Banking & finance
Industrial accounting
Advance financial accounting.
Advance micro finance

 

Chartered Accountant – Jobs, Career & Scope 
Chartered Accountant – Employment Areas
Banks
Government departments
Financial institutions
Research Institutes
Consultancy firms
Auditing firms
Real estate sector
Auditing Companies
Newspaper
TV Channels
Print Media
Educational Institutions

 Chartered Accountant Job Types

Senior accountant
Branch manager.
Commercial writer
Assistant professor
Financial analyst
Financial controller
Internal auditor
Financial consultant
Account executive
Chartered accountant
Financial accountant
Research writer
External auditor
Senior financial accountant.
Real estate financiers
Financial manager
Risk management officer