Job description

Chartered accountants are responsible for financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accountancy, corporate finance and insolvency. They play a strategic role by providing professional advice, aiming to maximise profitability on behalf of their client or employer. They work in many different settings, including public practice firms, industry, commerce and the public sector.

In public practice firms, chartered accountants provide professional services to fee paying clients, from private individuals to large commercial and public sector organisations. In commerce, industry and the public sector, they may work in fund management and procurement, as well as in financial management and reporting roles.