[jkpoker1]

I have two questions relating to going into industry and not public accounting when starting your career. First, what is a competitive salary or hourly wage for a staff accountant at say a small or medium sized firm? I’d say prolly 35-42k correct after graduating college. Give or take 5k depending on location and cost of real estate?

Also is the month end close process difficult? I had an internship at a small manufacturing firm and they never really let me assist too much with month-end. I only did bank reconciliations (which were pretty simple with excel) and a little account analysis. I was just wondering if the month end process is difficult? I imagine it is tough at first but must become repetitive after you go through it a few times. Thanks for any responses or advice. I’m thinking about going into industry right off the bat and working toward my CPA at the same time and possibly going into public down the road if I find it necessary (Also depends on where I get a job- I honestly don’t believe I will get a job in public right now after interviewing with a few small no name firms that didn’t extend me an offer).

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[jkpoker1]

Really? Central New York is a pretty marginal area. Also I'm not talking about staff accountant positions for public firms. I know must public firms prolly start out around 35-45k. Some of the jobs I've applied for also are titled finance assistant/etc, so i feel like you more or less are doing A/P, A/R, etc. so its not really going to pay extremely well.

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BEC-74 (7/13),
REG- ?? (8/13)
AUD-TBA
FAR-TBA

[Malissa]

https://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Accountant&l1=Syracuse%2C+NY

Sounds like you have a good range in mind.

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[Malissa]

https://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Accountant&l1=Syracuse%2C+NY

Sounds like you have a good range in mind.

F-81
B-81
R-75
A-waiting...failed twice third time's the charm right?

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