Accountancy remains a strong and resilient career choice

PETALING JAYA - You may have heard of the usual reasons to choose a career in accountancy, which include good salaries and the fact it is a respectable profession.

While stereotyping has labelled accountancy as a boring profession populated by number crunchers and mathematics nerds, it is in reality an increasingly sophisticated occupation. The modern era of accounting goes beyond bookkeeping to investigate businesses and disclosures of financial affairs.