How to Answer: Do you find finance and accounting to be similar or different?
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29. Do you find finance and accounting to be similar or different?
How to Answer
This is not a question to spend a lot of time on. Give your opinion and state why in 2-4 sentences and then an example from one's education or professional experience. Make sure you are very clear. Finance and Accounting have many similarities, but they are different disciplines.
Written by Bobbi Witt on June 18th, 2018
Entry Level
"In my current role, I am a Financial Analyst in the General Ledger Department for a fortune 500 company, and I performed both finance and accounting functions on a daily basis. Based on my current experience, I find finance and accounting to cross paths in my job. I partake in month end close on the financial recording and spend the rest of the month analyzing the data for trends, anomalies, preparing financial modeling and financial reports for mid to senior level managers."
Written by Bobbi Witt on June 18th, 2018
Experience
"I find that both finance and accounting have many similarities, but are technically different. The higher I have progressed upward in my career, from mid to senior level positions, the more distinct the disciplines have become. Accounting is the ability to accurately and timely report all the financial transactions that have occurred within a timeframe. Finance is the management of the financials and assets of the business."
Written by Bobbi Witt on June 18th, 2018