The Accounting Profession of New Brunswick

The Accounting Profession in New Brunswick

GENERAL INFORMATION HANDOUT

The demand for professional accountants in New Brunswick is growing faster than the professional bodies, which accredit accountants, can satisfy. The organizations representing over 2000 professional accountants in New Brunswick: CMAs (Certified Management Accountants), CGAs (Certified General Accountants) and CAs (Chartered Accountants), have partnered to deliver a program that will inform students in New Brunswick high schools about the accounting profession and to provide a peek into what a career as a professional accountant would be like.

At the center of the program is a DVD collage of real-life professional accountants working in various roles and industries in New Brunswick. In addition, animated characters walk the viewer through the thought process that students might follow as they think about their future and what they may want from their career. We are sure the DVD will encourage students to think about their future in time to select the post-secondary program that most effectively leads to the career of their choice.

The Accounting For My Future DVD is supplemented by the www.accountingformyfuture.com website where students may view the DVD and enter a contest to win one of five iPODS that will be awarded. Students may enter a ballot anytime before April 30, 2008 by providing their name with middle initial and selecting their high school from the drop down menu. The draw will be made the first week of May and prizes will be sent directly to the school for presentation to the winner OR a presentation directly to the student will be organized (if possible) by one of the accounting organizations.

The program was originally launched on April 10, 2007 with a press release and a simultaneous presentation at three major high schools in the province. It is planned that through the coming months, every high school in the province will be visited by a representative from one of the three professional accounting organizations to introduce the DVD, the website and the contest and to speak briefly about the highlights of a career in accounting.

The vast shortage of accountants around the world is only beginning to be felt in New Brunswick. By the time today’s high school students complete their post-secondary education, the demand for professional accountants will be such that students will have the pick of where they want to work, who they want to work for and what they want to do. Having a professional accounting designation will open a world of opportunity.
Details regarding the three professional designations granted in New Brunswick and recognized internationally can be found at the following links:
www.cga.org www.cmanb.com www.nbica.org