Category: Certified Exams

  • Thursday January 4, 2018 If you have an interest in student perceptions of the profession and professional associations, you may be interested in the podcast for this week – http://www.whereaccountantsgo.com/lifeinaccounting/064 I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Holmes & Dr. Liu from Trinity University regarding a study they performed on this topic. You can find…

  • Tuesday Nov 28, 2017 Becker has  50% scholarships for qualifying students. This amounts to a $1,600 savings. Requirements Does not have a job with a firm or organization that pys directly for or reimburses Becker Tuition NOt  currently enrolled in a CPA Exam Review Program CPA Eligible Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Able to purchase Becker…

  • Monday Nov 20, 2017 Our friends at Gleim provided this information on passing the CPA Exam

  • Friday November 10, 2017   I noticed that John Wallace, a member of our Accounting Advisory Committee, is Certified in Risk Information Systems Control. Learn about  this designation at iSACA.  

  • Monday Oct 23, 2017 We will be running the Treasury Dept with less people in a couple of years, Tor Stian Kjollesdal, Norwegian Statoil Firms Leave the Bean Counting to the Robots Humans are being eliminated from entering multiple clicks transferring data from one program to another. Artificial Intelligence is gaining acceptance.  A finance exec…

  • Thursday October 12, 2017 hope this email finds you well.  As your Chapter Relations Manager, I am reaching out to inform you of revisions being made to the CIA Exam Syllabi which will take effect in January 2019.  The changes are positive and have been made to better align content as well as allow for…

  • Tuesday October 10, 2017 On behalf of the members of the San Antonio CPA Society, thank you for helping promote the Accounting Careers Workshop to your students. A total of 123 students from seven universities and three Alamo Colleges campuses signed in this past Friday evening.  If you are counting, the totals were UTSA                     69…

  • Thursday Oct 5 2017 Hello Accounting Department,   I wanted to share the attached flyer and application for the Fifth Year Accounting Scholarship.  For 2017-2018, we have received a $3000 allocation, and currently do not have any applicants that fulfill all of the requirements. Would you please share this information with your students and colleagues?…

  • Thursday Oct 5 2017 Here is another certification that is new to me, but not surprising. Certified Investment and Derivatives Auditor CIDA. This is a four hour multiple choice exam. I see there is a three day prep course and material available to study. This is yet another example of the growing importance of certifications.

  • Tuesday Oct 3 2017 Today is the requested deadline to send in your list of students attending the Accounting Careers Workshop this Friday, October 6. E-mail any names you have not already sent to amanda@sacpasociety.com.   For a list of sponsoring organizations who will have recruiters on hand to talk to your students, go to http://ow.ly/hGRh30fBISb.…