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Mrs. Ramirez
Natasha Velasquez
January 26, 2015
Prospective Professional Memo
Introduction
I am writing this memo to inform my instructor about my experiences, aspirations and
opportunities in the Accounting field, of which I am currently studying. During my studies at
Galen University, I am equipping myself to become a professional accountant, auditor or maybe
even both, at different points in my life. While attending Galen University, I was given the
opportunity to be the accountant at El Rey Hotel, Darah Travel, Clever N Smart and Central
American Collections. Those are four different businesses owned by the same couple. However,
due to the strains of working a full time job in part time hours and having to maintain a 3.5 GPA
to keep my scholarship at Galen University, I had to resign from the job. On a more positive
note, when I do graduate from Galen, I will not only have a Bachelors degree in Accounting, but
also one years worth of experience as being an Accountant. Not many graduating Accounting
students can attest to the previous fact, in regards to themselves.
Professional Goals and Possibilities
I am also interested in being an auditor at some point in my life, preferably, as soon as I graduate
from Galen University. After gaining enough experience from that career choice, I plan to once
again become an Accountant. I was informed by my Accounting professor, Mr. Hill, during a
class session, that many auditors would do auditing for many years and would then be recruited
by one of the organizations they audited to become their main accountant. Auditors are heavily
desired by organizations to become their accountants, simply because, the auditor is already fully
knowledgeable about the accounting system of the organization and would be able to quickly
adopt in the new working environment. Auditors are also wanted by organizations because they
are aware of the different accounting principles and they should know exactly how to do
accounting without making any errors. I look forward to taking my auditing course at Galen so
that I learn more about this career choice.
There are several auditing firms in Belize that would employ me, namely, Bakertilly Hulse, CSB
and Moore Stephens. Some of those firms have already employed Galen students and have no
problem employing more, once they pass their entrance exams. Almost any business, you might
think of, can potentially hire me, because any successful business needs to have proper
accounting in order to keep their records straight and file proper tax returns. Speaking from
experience, some of the job responsibilities of an accountant are filing, preparing income
statements and balance sheets, filing tax returns for the business and calculating payroll. Those
are only a few of the job requirements I had at my previous accounting job. Due to working at a
small business, my job requirements were vaster than other accountants. However, other main
job responsibilities of accountants are to create table of accounts, do journal entries, create and
maintain budgets and report the financial status of the business to managers (Career Planner,
n.d.). Some accounting and auditing skills, that are needed to be successful at the job, are team
work, communications, innovation and initiative (Admin, 2013).
References
Accounting Simplified (n.d.) Types of Accounting. Retrieved on January 22, 2015 from
http://accounting-simplified.com/financial/types-of-accounting.html
Admin (2013) Skills and Talents Needed for Your Accounting Career. Retrieved on January 22,
2014 from http://daleyaa.com/skills-and-talents-needed-for-your-accounting-career/
Career planner (n.d.) Job Duties and Tasks for: "Accountant". Retrieved on January 22, 2015
from http://job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/accountants.cfm
Payscale (n.d.) Accountant Salary (United States). Retrieved on January 22, 2015 from
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Accountant/Salary