Sneak Peek Series - EHSAN Bhai - Chartered Accountant ..

[ehsan]

Re: Sneak Peek Series - EHSAN Bhai - Chartered Accountant ..

@Chicken_Biryani

EB, I have questions too ..

• When you say its boring coz its just routine work , isnt that the same case with all other careers as well .. Dont you think its specific to the BIG 4 where you are not able to handle the entire lifecycle of a project and can only become part of the crowd each one only doing their own bit … Coz I know in smaller firms people feel more empowered and challenged in their roles … what say?

• What determines that you are now ready for your first management role ? Is it that you have a strong track record of achieving targets hence you are ready for progression ? how is progression decided …how possible is it for people to make moves internally into other departments like Tax or Coporate Finance or Investigations etc …

• What do the managers do ? arent they also sort of lookng at the audit side of things ? or do they start focusing more on the client relationship while the juniors do the actual auditing ?

When I say it is boring I am talking about certain aspects of it like auditing and routine book keeping. The aspects I love are in the fields of investment, forecasting, business turnarounds, etc.

You move into management roles once you prove that yo can handle projects on your own, you have vision, you can complete projects on time and handle and guide staff. Moving into various other sections or departments within the firm like tax or corporate finance depends upon your own interests and where you feel comfortable and in which speciality you want to grow your career. You need to think hard before making move into speciality areas as a wrong move can set your career back by quite sometime.

The managers take charge of the audit from planning to final execution and liaising with the clients. The actual audit is carried out by the team under the manager but he is overall in charge and responsible to oversee that the audit is carried out properly and in timely fashion. he will be responsible to review the audit file once the work has been carried out and guide the team on any shortfalls and also ensure that all legal requirements have been adhered to.