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This is an ideal career for analytical thinkers. Your role as an auditor is to provide an external, independent assessment of an organisation’s finances and accounting systems. You must ensure internal procedures are being used; internal controls are in place, identify irregularities and alert management to areas that are working and those that need attention.

Salary p/a
50k - 250k +
Qualifications
Post Graduate
Intensity
Sitting
Demand
Growing
Travel
Low
Conditions
Indoor
Weekly Hours
40-50
Pros
  • Great job opportunities
  • Strong earnings potential & career path
  • Learning about business
Cons
  • High pressure
  • Continuous tough deadlines
  • Numbers can get boring
The Bottom Line

As a part of the accounting profession, audit is a terrific career which delivers challenges, new people, job satisfaction and career progression. The pay can be good, the demand is strong and ongoing and the range of career options is endless. If you’re a strategic thinker who uses numerical analysis, perhaps this is the career for you. Just pace yourself to guard against burnout.

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