本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Lynne graduated from high school and completed two college level accounting courses when she decided to pursue further accounting studies with the CGA Program. During her second year on the program she began gaining her practical experience as an Accounting Clerk with ABC Co. Working with both Accounts Receivables and Payables enabled her to secure employment as the Assistant Accountant for XYZ Co. after only 1 year in her former position. As the Assistant Accountant, she broadened her experience with duties such as preparing unadjusted trial balances, maintaining customer sub-ledgers, assisting with payroll preparation and advanced use of ACCPAC. Two years later, Leanne's supervisor left the company and Leanne was promoted to her position as Accounting Supervisor. In addition to her supervisory duties for payroll, receivables and payables, Leanne became responsible for financial statement preparation and interpretation, budget preparation, cash flow planning, and assisting with systems analysis and implementation requirements. After approximately 2 years as Accounting Supervisor, Leanne, having also completed all of her academic requirements, was certified as a CGA. She then left XYZ Co. for a position as Controller with another, larger company and a significantly higher salary.

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After earning his bachelors degree in economics, Mike decided to begin his foray into the accounting field with a position as Junior Accounting Clerk for a computer systems company on contract with one of the giants in the Oil industry. From there he progressed to Supervisor, Credit Card Accounting where he was responsible for credit card receivables and reconciliations. Six months later, he was hired directly by the Oil Company to the position of Junior Internal Auditor and was responsible for systems review and testing to ensure adherence to internal controls. Then, promoted to the position of Senior Auditor, he conducted extensive operational and financial audits of the oil operation and trained and supervised several auditing staff. Mike had now acquired both the education and experience necessary to be certified as a CGA.


Junior Accounting Clerk =>Supervisor, Credit Card Accounting => Junior and Senior Auditor

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Sylvia enroled in a part-time accounting certificate program at a local college after spending a decade as a hospital nurse. About a year later, she began her financial management career with a position as Accounting Assistant at a large communications company. Her duties included bank reconciliations, billing adjustments, accounts payable and payment tracing. After working there for 3 years, she decided to ladder her college accounting studies to the CGA Program. She enroled in the CGA Program and soon after found a position as Intermediate Accountant with a Real Estate company. There, her main duties included preparation of financial statements for both commercial and residential properties, preparation of year-end working papers, assisting in the development of budgets, and prepared operating cost and tax recovery billings. After 2 years, she left the company and took an offer with a large international wholesale/retail company as Branch Accountant. Here, she was responsible for the consolidation of provincial financial statements, preparation of budgets, accruals, prepaids, bonus and sharing, and analysis of retail and wholesale inventory. After only one year as the branch accountant, she fulfilled the practical experience requirements of the CGA Program. The accumulated combination of her accounting experience was considered more than sufficient. She then finished her final year of academic studies and was certified as a CGA.


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本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Ken graduated from BCIT with a Diploma in Technology with the Financial Management option in 1995. Shortly after leaving BCIT he was accepted on the CGA Program and secured employment as an Accounting Assistant in the plant accounting department of a pulp mill owned by a large integrated forest products firm. As Accounting Assistant, Ken prepared plant payrolls, prepared accounts payable transactions, assisted with monthly management reports, and assisted with monthly accounts receivable collections. After two years of employment, Ken was promoted to Project Accountant responsible for the fixed assets ledger, monthly and annual budgets, and various small systems projects. After one year in this position, he was promoted to Operations Accountant and was made responsible for monthly and annual financial statements, supervised the accounts payable function, prepared monthly activity reports for head office, and acted as backup to the Plant Controller. Shortly after receiving his promotion to Operations Accountant, Ken received his CGA designation.


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本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛In 1992, Laurie graduated from a local community college with an accounting diploma. Shortly after graduating, Laurie secured a position as the Office Administrator for a large independent furniture store. As Office Administrator, Laurie was responsible for the accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, bank reconciliation and monthly financial statements and assisted an independent professional accountant with the annual financial statements and the company's tax return. In 1993, Laurie was admitted to the CGA Program; a year later, she secured employment with a medium sized professional accounting firm as an Accounting Technician. As an accounting technician, Laurie prepared annual financial statements for a broad range of clients, prepared both corporate and personal tax returns, and assisted with the annual audits of many clients. In 1995, she secured employment with a large government department as an Auditor. As Auditor for the government department, Laurie was a team member on large corporate audits and on small to medium sized corporate audits, Laurie acted as Audit Team Leader. Laurie was designated as a CGA in 1996.


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本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Janice graduated from university with a degree in psychology and began working as a counsellor at a non-profit organization. After a number of years, she found herself wanting a greater challenge and degree of responsibility, so she completed a career assessment course and discovered accounting would be a suitable profession to pursue. She then enroled in part-time accounting studies at a local college and within a year's time found a position as Accounting Clerk with a small non-profit organization. When she was nearing completion of her diploma in accounting, Janice was encouraged by her employer to enrol in a professional accounting program. Janice chose to obtain her CGA designation. Shortly after beginning her CGA studies, Janice was promoted to the position of Accounting Assistant; as such her duties included supervision of accounts payable and assisting with the preparation of financial statements. One year later, she found a position as Accounting Manager with her local Municipal Government where her responsibility increased to include human resource issues of selection and evaluation, accounting for revenues and operating expenses, accounting for capital assets, preparation and analyses of budgets, and the administration of intergovernmental cost sharing agreements. After 18 months passed, Janice was certified as a CGA.


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John graduated from a University College with a degree in business administration. After working in a number of different businesses in a variety of positions, he decided accounting was where his interests and opportunities could be filled and found. He joined the CGA Program and soon found work in the financial field as an Accounting Clerk with the Federal Government of Canada. Within only 6 months, he was accepted into the Auditor's Secondment Program with Revenue Canada and began his 2 years of audit and tax training. As a PM2 Auditor, Joe learned the entire range of audits, both small and medium in size and completed his practical experience requirement for his CGA studies prior to completing his academic requirements. Once he passed all of the academic requirements, he was then certified as a CGA.


Accounting Clerk => PM2 Auditor

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Anne graduated from high school in the late 1970's and secured employment as a teller in banking. For many years, she worked at similar junior positions such as Bookkeeper, Accounts Payable Clerk, Customer Information Clerk, and Accounts Receivable Clerk for a number of different businesses. In 1992, she decided she needed to expand her career and secured employment with a regulated utility business as a Customer Billing Clerk and was accepted on the CGA Program. Her responsibilities were to assist customers who had problems with their monthly invoices. Over the years, with the utility she worked as Junior Accounts Payable Clerk, Accounts Payable Clerk, Accounts Payable Analyst and then to Accounts Payable Section Supervisor. In 1996, she took a position as an Accountant with a large community hospital. She was responsible for accounts payable, bank reconciliation, and payroll and assisting with the annual budgeting process. After one year with the hospital, she was promoted to Budget Officer and was responsible for the budgeting and cost control function of the entire organization. After one year as Budget Office, she received her CGA designation.


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Lisa obtained a diploma in business administration from a local college with an emphasis in accounting immediately following her graduation from high school. Then, about 3 months after completing her diploma, she was hired by a Professional Public Practice firm as Junior Staff. Her work included bank reconciliations, data entry and basic personal tax returns. Then she was promoted to Intermediate Staff and began training Junior Staff, completing more complex tax returns including corporate returns, and took on client contact as well. She also began completing audits of pubs, dentist practices and real estate firms. After two years as Intermediate Staff, and after completing her academic requirements, she was certified as a CGA. Following certification, she was promoted to the position of Senior Staff Accountant and began managing all other staff, all billings and maintaining full client contact on behalf of the firm's partners.


Junior Staff Public Practice => Intermediate Staff Public Practice

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Dave began working in the accounting field long before he joined the CGA Program. He first began his work as Junior Staff doing general bookeeping, tax returns and file work for a sole practitioner. Finding interest in this field, he chose to work for himself while paying his way through university.

Once he earned his degree, he chose to move to a different city and accept the opportunity to work for a large public practice firm as Staff Accountant. There, for about 16 months, he performed a range of small and medium audits. He then switched to another public practice firm as a Staff Accountant. Dave worked another 9 months as Staff Accountant. While planning and performing audit services for non-profit organizations, manufacturing companies, commercial enterprises and First Nations, Dave completed his academic studies and was certified as a CGA. As a result of being designated, Dave was immediately given Associate status with the firm.


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