Comments on: What is the difference between a career in Finance and a career in Accounting? http://www.quickdebteliminator.com/careers-employment/what-is-the-difference-between-a-career-in-finance-and-a-career-in-accounting/ Call 888-653-9681 To Get Debt Help Now! Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trigol http://www.quickdebteliminator.com/careers-employment/what-is-the-difference-between-a-career-in-finance-and-a-career-in-accounting/#comment-69 Trigol Mon, 19 May 2008 00:11:46 +0000 http://www.quickdebteliminator.com/other-careers-employment/what-is-the-difference-between-a-career-in-finance-and-a-career-in-accounting/#comment-69 The easiest way to distinguish the difference between finance and accounting is to think of accounting as backward looking (recording individual and company actual transactions) and finance as forward looking (pro forma planning debt and investment strategies). A career in financial planning for individuals and small business is a very tough way to make a living. It is commission sales and more of a hustle than intellectual pursuit. A few really good hustlers make decent money, but most fail and go back to salary within one year. I spent 17 years in Corporate Finance with a Fortune 100 tech firm. It was a very rewarding career that encompassed a wide range of activities from treasury investment strategies and corporate capital structure to mergers and acquisitions. A career in Corporate Finance usually requires an MBA, usually from a top 20 school. However, the rewards and opportunities clearly justify the effort. The easiest way to distinguish the difference between finance and accounting is to think of accounting as backward looking (recording individual and company actual transactions) and finance as forward looking (pro forma planning debt and investment strategies).

A career in financial planning for individuals and small business is a very tough way to make a living. It is commission sales and more of a hustle than intellectual pursuit. A few really good hustlers make decent money, but most fail and go back to salary within one year.

I spent 17 years in Corporate Finance with a Fortune 100 tech firm. It was a very rewarding career that encompassed a wide range of activities from treasury investment strategies and corporate capital structure to mergers and acquisitions.

A career in Corporate Finance usually requires an MBA, usually from a top 20 school. However, the rewards and opportunities clearly justify the effort.

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