In addition, C.P.A's offer advice in the areas of tax, financial and retirement planning. C.P.A.s become partners in large and small accounting firms, or transfer their skills to well-paying jobs in the private sector. In the private sector, accountants share in the task of corporate planning, budgeting, and management systems analysis and control. Experienced corporate accountants rise to the level of controller or corporate treasurer, and even beyond. Federal accountants monitor compliance with costing principles imposed on defense and other contractors with the Federal government.
Accountants play a vital role in the operation of charitable and other nonprofit institutions.
Kean Accounting professors are a diverse lot, having worked collectively in a wide variety of public and private accounting positions. They involve themselves in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the State Accounting Societies. They are involved in accounting research, law, and accounting system design, as well as personal financial and retirement planning. Our students graduate with the requisite skills that befit them for lifetime learning in the heavily competitive, technologically-intensive work environment of the 21 st century. In addition the program will provide students the opportunity to earn a graduate degree in accounting and equip them with the educational foundation for lifelong learning.