Accountancy

Satpal Singh Gandhi | Head of Audit Section | GMVN

What is Accountancy?

Accountancy is a great Career option. One should first understand What a Career in Accountancy entails before investing time and effort to figure out How to start a Career in Accountancy. The most authoritative source of information on Accountancy is someone with real experience in it.

Head of Audit Section Satpal Singh Gandhi has 27 years & 3 months of professional experience in Accountancy. Head of Audit Section Satpal Singh Gandhi defines Accountancy as:

Accountancy or accounting is the job of sharing financial information about a business to managers and shareholders. Accountants are people who do accounting, and also carry out the auditing or checking of a company's books and records.

How Head of Audit Section Satpal Singh Gandhi got into Accountancy?

I did my B Com and M Com from Garhwal University, I also did CMA (Certified Management Accountant) in 1992. I am working with GMVN in the accounts department since 1991.

Head of Audit Section Satpal Singh Gandhi's Talk on Accountancy

Starts with what is:
1)	Accountancy

Next, it covers Education. In this Talk Education was discussed as theoretical topics needed to excel at Accountancy, and not as Qualifications needed to enter Accountancy. It explains Education needed in Accountancy with these items:
2)	Accounting
3)	Basic Mathematics
4)	Statistics
5)	Computers Fundamentals
6)	Accounting Software

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Sills and success in Accountancy go hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills. It defines Skills in terms of following items for Accountancy:
7)	Laws & Acts
8)	Patience
9)	Consistent Hard Work
10)	Time Management

There are great positives of Accountancy. The Talk discusses following Positives of Accountancy:
11)	Consistent Requirement
12)	Growth

Challenges define Accountancy as much as the Positives of the same:
13)	Continuous Updation
14)	Time Consuming
15)	Monotonous Job
16)	Deadlines

In the final section of the Talk, Satpal Singh Gandhi talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
17)	Accountancy

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LifePage Career Talk on Accountancy

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[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROGbZSuOqi4

(Accountancy, Satpal Singh Gandhi, GMVN, Accounting, Economy, Auditing, Financial Department, Business)

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