tofu

$40K for a cga who is working at a chinese small-mid size company in van couple years ago.  well $45K the most now.  her problem is she can't speak much english.  title is important, but doesn't mean everything.

快樂牛郎

It's sort of in the middle of the road.  It's definitely a professional field but at the same time a certification is only like an entrance ticket, and you need so much more to pick the plum, unlike other upper professional jobs like MD or JD where a title is pretty much all you need.

快樂牛郎

Another problem is dilution.  You have so many competing professional institutions and at the end the profession just gets watered down.  The profession would be a lot more respectable if CA (or CPA) is the only professional title for an accountant.

mimilim

I keep hearing about CGA, CMA , CA. So confusing. I wonder why there are three accounting titles in Canada.

From what I heard, CMA is the best right since they are doing managerial accounting?
A friend who is studying CMA told me the order of prestige is ranked like this.
CMA >CGA >CA

I think CA is not a popular title right? Seems like CMA and CGA are much more popular and recognized.

fibbi

14# mimilim


I think the otherwise... CA>>> CGA!

快樂牛郎

I keep hearing about CGA, CMA , CA. So confusing. I wonder why there are three accounting titles in Canada.

From what I heard, CMA is the best right since they are doing managerial accounting?
A frie ...
mimilim 發表於 2009/12/23 01:04

Your friend is retarded.

Which again goes back to my original comment.  If you filter out the bottom 2/3 of the "accountants", then the profession can probably be way up there.

快樂牛郎

I keep hearing about CGA, CMA , CA. So confusing. I wonder why there are three accounting titles in Canada.

From what I heard, CMA is the best right since they are doing managerial accounting?
A frie ...
mimilim 發表於 2009/12/23 01:04

And your "manager" friend's company's CFO is most likely a CA.

快樂牛郎

It's very easy to tell whether a designation is more prestigious or not.  You just look at its members, and the time/intelligence/effort it takes to obtain the designation.

Catpiano

I wanted to be an accountant too .. but I was too lazy ...

So .. no good pay ..

快樂牛郎

If you want good pay, you don't want to become an accountant