Why Accounting Is Important: The Importance Of Accounting

An accountant’s main job is to observe and create the financial records of companies. They make sure that the company they work for pays their taxes promptly, and accurately. Having an accountant is key to the efficiency of the company. Without them, financial records and reports could be sloppy, incorrect, and misleading. I chose accounting as my major because there is multiple factors about it that spark interest in me. One of the more interesting things about accounting is dealing with numbers. Ever since I was a kid I loved math, numbers, and playing games with them. So I thought to myself that there was no better field to go into than accounting with that love of numbers. Like many other jobs, especially business related ones, organization is held to a very high standard, and is expected by ones employer. Organization is important to me because I always keep work in binders, computer folders, and places where I could easily find them. Two rather important factors in being an accountant interest me quite a bit, being numbers and remaining organized. I hope to utilize these attributes in order to aid me with my field of study, and eventually finding a job opportunity.

In multiple business related books, accounting and numbers are married to each other. According to Bucky, Perry and Ringstrom (2016), “Accounting is a means of keeping score within your business, but unlike a lopsided baseball game, the numbers that represent the score for your business must balance.” This description of accounting attracts me due to its leaning towards numbers, and balancing them. Businesses require the use of programs such as Excel, which simplify organizing numbers and makes the business run more efficiently. Recently, I have spent much time becoming familiar and learning how to use Excel efficiently, which is why I believe that it would be a good fit and interests