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ADVANCE INFORMATION

How to Become

an Accountant

The eccentric worldofaccountancy

practices and how I found myself

there

NickAsset

KEY SELLING POINTS

Whatis it reallyliketorunanaccountancypractice?Haveyougotwhatittakes?Areaccountantsreally
‘boring?’
Includes the day-to-day worries and humorous stories of both working in and running an accountancy
practice.
Suitable for readers both working in accountancy, but also thinking of joining this increasingly popular
profession

What is an accountant? A dictionary definition states: ‘someone who keeps or examines the records of money
received, paid, andowedby a company or person.’

Hmmm. If only life werethatsimple.

Thereis no mention of theworrieswhendealing withnightmareclients.No referenceas to how different an
accountancy career is when you run your own practice. No indication of the troubles when dealing with staffing.
Ithasbeenreportedthataccountancyis inthetop 10 moststressfuljobs. Runningabusinessis verystressful.
Combinethemtogetherfortheperfectstorm.

From an autobiographical and tongue-in-cheek perspective, Nick Asset takes readers on an eccentric journey
throughhischildhood, and howthis begantoshape hiscareeras anaccountant.Startingoff asa trainee in an
accountancy practice, Nick’s life takes many twists and turns before reaching the pinnacle of running his own
practice.

This is no self-help book, just Nick’s experiences, both inside and outside work, whilst moving up the career
ladder, simultaneously striving to shake off the tag of ‘boring accountants!’

Nick Asset hasworkedinaccountancysinceleavingschool,startingoffasajuniorandrisingthroughthe
professiontoowningandrunninganaccountancypractice.Thisbook chartsthehighsandlowsofhis
eccentric journey.

Publication Date: 28th October 2024 £11.99 ISBN: 9781836280255
Themasubjectcategory: DNC– Memoirs
paperback 198 x 129 mm 200 pp Portrait Author location: Essex
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