Career Guide

Fields of Study: Accounting & Finance

Do you like accounts, working with numbers, organising data, explaining complex ideas to others, and providing financial services to organisations or individuals?

What’s It About ?

Accountancy is the study of maintaining, auditing and recording financial transactions. If you pursue this field, you will develop an understanding of accounting principles and processes needed to organise, maintain, analyse and evaluate corporate and personal financial records.

In contrast, finance deals with the planning, directing, organising and controlling of financial activities and services for organisations, institutions and individuals through an understanding of the theories and practice of financial planning and investment, monetary and financial systems and markets, and the principles of insurance.

Possible Occupations

  • Accountants
  • Accounts Clerks
  • Actuaries
  • Audit Executives
  • Auditors
  • Bank Managers
  • Bankers
  • Banking Consultants
  • Banking Executives
  • Bill and Account Collectors
  • Brokerage Clerks
  • Budget Analysts
  • Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
  • Claims Examiners, Property and Casualty Insurance
  • Credit Analysts
  • Credit Authorisers, Checkers, and Clerks
  • Financial Analysts
  • Financial Consultants
  • Financial Controllers
  • Financial Managers
  • Financial Quantitative Analysts
  • Financial Specialists
  • Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
  • Insurance Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
  • Insurance Appraisers
  • Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
  • Insurance Claims Clerks
  • Insurance Sales Agents
  • Insurance Underwriters
  • Investment Analysts
  • Investment Fund Managers
  • Investment Managers
  • Investment Underwriters
  • Islamic Financial Officers
  • Loan Counsellors
  • Loan Interviewers and Clerks
  • Loan Officers
  • Personal Financial Advisors
  • Risk Management Specialists
  • Sales Agents
  • Securities and Commodities Traders
  • Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
  • Stockbrokers
  • Tellers
  • Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
  • Treasurers and Controllers
  • Underwriters

Courses in Accounting and Finance

Explore a career in accountancy to master the principles of financial record-keeping and analysis, or delve into finance to learn how to plan, manage, and optimise financial activities for organisations and individuals. Both fields offer essential skills for navigating today's financial landscape.

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Source: Education Guide Malaysia 14th Ed.

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