Chartered Professional Accountant
C.P.A
What do C.P.A's do
They play key roles within diverse segments of the economy including Industry, public accounting, government, education and the not-for-profit sector. Cpa's have many skills one main skill they usually have is managerial this is great because in today's environment everything is changing and they need to stay on top of everything.
Education
You must have an undergraduate degree and a specific subject area coverage to be admitted to the new CPA professional education program. In special occasions you can get into CPA professional education program without a undergrad degree, in order to do so you must fill the criteria.
How Long It Takes
Accounting and Finance
4 years
Don't need grade 12 English
need all university level math courses
Also another 3 university level courses
low 80's to mid 80's required
Earnings
C.p.a's nowadays that are employed in industry are best paid, their pay being a average of $163,000, For C.P.A's that are employed in the professional services, get paid at an average of $142,000. but as said before the money is in industry, C.P.A's that work with mining, oil, and gas industries lead the pack getting paid an average of $194,000 to $203,000