This experience proved to be the most exciting and, at the same time, the most intimidating one in my life [Comment 2]. While the opportunity to work with MBA students created the spark that led to my deep interest in the business world and finance specifically [Comment 3], I also realized how much I had to learn. It was for this reason that I decided I needed to acquire a good basis of understanding in finance once I graduated from college [Comment 4]. I reasoned that the best way to truly learn and understand finance was to start as an accountant and get a good grounding in the basics of the income statement and its components [Comment 5]. This led to my first job as a Staff Accountant at Bob Chinn's, Inc., a restaurant operator.
My short term goal subsequent to the MBA program is to join a financial consultancy, such as The Boston Consulting Group or Deloitte Consulting LLP, at managerial level. This will help me apply all the theoretical knowledge I have gained through an established curriculum of my MBA program. This will also provide me an opportunity to interact with leading financial firms and multinational business houses, thus contribute in expanding my real life knowledge base by helping me get a better understanding of global industry practices and different financial systems prevailing in the world. With a span of ten years I plan to rise through the levels of management to strategic business position of an executive officer at a financial consulting firm. After having worked at the uppermost level of a top financial firm for some time, when I feel I have gathered the requisite amount of knowledge pertaining to every aspect of the firm, I plan to start my own consultancy with my father.
Professor Willis noted that the popularity of his office hours mysteriously rose in the middle and the end of each semester, falling off to virtually no visitors throughout the rest of the year. The demand pattern at work is: a. cyclical. b. random. c. seasonal. d. trend.
When I first chose this as my major four years ago, I did not have a clear goal. After four years in college, there is no doubt that Finance is the area that I want to pursue graduate studies in and Boston College is the institution. My short-term career goal is to work as a business consultant in an investment bank that has a global presence, such as Morgan Stanley. In the long-term, I expect that I can be transfer to the China branch of the company; and it is one of the reasons that I prefer globalized companies. My short-time internship experience in Bank of Nanjing gave me the chance to know about how the investment-banking department operates, and it interested me.
Upon completion of this degree, I plan to work for an international micro and SME financing establishment for five years which will give me hands-on experience that will eventually help me in starting my own micro and SME financing firm. My admission in the undergraduate program in Business Administration at NUST Institute of Management Sciences (NIMS) was the first step towards the achievement of my career objective. The three years spent at NIMS equipped me with the ability to comprehend and implement all concepts related to my academic skills including financial modeling, portfolio management, and valuation of companies etc. My business acumen has been developed by courses such as International Financial Management, Risk Management and Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. Although I grew tremendously during my undergraduate degree, it wasn’t until I wrote my MBA paper titled ‘Microfinance – An Effective Instrument for Poverty Alleviation’ that I realized the immense opportunities presented by micro and SME financing especially for an underdeveloped economy like Pakistan.
The Requirements For and Expectations of a Career in Accounting Melanie Henke Everest Online CCI SLS1105-106 June 19th, 2012 The Requirements For and Expectations of a Career in Accounting My career of choice is audit CPA. An audit CPA is an individual who has completed all state requirements and passed the Unified CPA exam who specializes in checking the financial statements and records of corporations or governments.I have not yet determined if I want to work for an accounting firm or open my own accounting service. No matter how I choose to practice, many of the requirements and expectations remain the same. Some common characteristics of successful accountants include punctuality, courteousness, honesty, integrity, self-confidence, a positive attitude, and a well groomed appearance (essortment.com, 2012). To be a successful accountant requires some sales, communication, and synthesizing skills.
I would really like to give back to the people who are less fortunate and assist those in need of help. My immediate goal after receiving my MBA is to work for a brokerage firm that will allow me to gain enough exposure to the brokerage business prior to me establishing my own firm in Tennesee. I believe that this move would help me further enhance my learning of the necessary management concepts I will need to succeed. Attending the university will prepare me for the actual situations I will face in the corporate world. After which, my experience being an employee would then give me further experience and knowledge to help me in building my own firm.
Nowadays, I’m study first year at the Economic and Finance Institute. I choose to study accounting at that institute and I also want to become an outstanding student at there. The main reasons that make me want to study that subject, is to work at some of the international bank or a high standard department. Creating a plan is much like following a map. My ultimate goal at the end of the plan is my destination.
I have planned to take up ‘BBA in management’ offered by the American national College in partnership with the Northwood University, USA in order to accomplish the mentioned goal. By, 28 years of age, I would like to establish myself as an efficient manager, particularly an operations manager or a human resource manager, in the same company that I would be initially employed as a management trainee. I expect to serve the company with sincerity along with the application of theory in practice. Between 24 and 28 years of age I would take up a MBA in International management while I attempt to settle down as a recognized manager in the particular company I work for. I have planned to complete my MBA by 28 years of age at the most.
In many ways, the city of Ordoshas shaped my long-term dream and my personal ambition: to become an expert who comprehends the internal sophistication and the global insight of modern finance and accounting. One that is qualified to manage the fortune of Ordosers and to contribute to the building of a healthy financial environment. My college years coincide with the growth and expansion of my family’s solar power business, an integrated Chinese private group named FW Energy with more than 2500 employees’ nationwide and total assets of around one billion dollars. I majored in Financial Management and I have had my academic horizons set on finance, economics, accounting and management in order to expand and elevate my analytical skills. I am determined to help expand my family’s solar power business and improve the commercial order of my hometown in the long run.