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Practitioner of accounting or accountancy

An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy. Accountants who have demonstrated competency through their professional associations' certification exams are certified to use titles such as Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certified Accountant or Certified Public Accountant, or Registered Public Accountant. Such professionals are granted certain responsibilities by statute, such as the ability to certify an organization's financial statements, and may be held liable for professional misconduct. Non-qualified accountants may be employed by a qualified accountant, or may work independently without statutory privileges and obligations. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Digitization of Accounting: The Premise of the Paradigm Shift of Role of the Professional AccountantInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Managerial AccountingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Gender and the construction of the professional accountantCited 296 times
  5. Go sideways: Chartered accountantA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Association of Chartered Certified AccountantsA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun One who renders account; one accountable.

Noun A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).

Noun One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.

Noun One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.

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