<p>I saw a similar question on wallstreetoasis.com and I wanted some opinions from a different subset of people since this may concern me in the future. For someone that wants to work for a corporation and basically attain senior levels within a firm, do you think at the undergraduate level that a degree in finance or accounting is more valuable and for the masters, is a CPA or MBA a more marketable skill? </p>
<p>Since there are different fields in corporate finance, I'll just use me as an example and say that I'm more interested in strategic management, so for things like this and also corporate treasury, wealth management, etc. what looks better? The reason I ask is that over here, people always recommend accounting since you have the backup of working in public, but if you know for sure you want to work for a corporation (or in accounting terms work in "industry"), which is more valuable then?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Double in Accounting and Finance work toward your CPA in 2-3 years and start the MBA after 5 years experience.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my school doesn’t allow doubles within the business school (i.e. actg + finance, or actg + marketing, etc.). So that’s not an option.</p>
<p>Then do Finance and focus in on Capital Budgeting, shareholder value management, and company valuation type classes. If you have the option add a few extra accounting classes because depending on the need entry level jobs start at:</p>
<p>Budget Analyst
or
Staff Accountant
or <a href=“http://www.careers-in-finance.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.careers-in-finance.com</a>
Credit Specialist.
or
Financial Analyst.</p>
<p>I landed in corporate finance from the outside as a consultant. I had a family friend in the US. Small Business Administration who encouraged me to become a loan intermediary for small business commercial lending. That type of business requires a well rounded understanding of business because often I consulted entrepreneurs who were lay people with great ideas and a need for capital. That’s how my career in the VC and M&A world began. I was a senior at Temple U. I originally went to him for a capital loan which he refused due to the speculative nature of my business. <a href=“http://www.constancefg.com%5B/url%5D”>www.constancefg.com</a></p>
<p>You will need a certain amount of accounting credits to get your CPA. The MBA will prepare you to go beyond Comptroller if you’re aiming for CEO or other functional area chief positions.</p>
<p>As I think, for corporate finance jobs, the degree in finance is better than an accounting degree. However, both of them are good. If your school does not offer the double major, then you can take a lot of accounting electives, as much as you can. As for the CPA vs MBA,
MBA is definitely better, but only in the finance world, not in accounting. Yet, if you want to be somehow related to accounting, and as you said, “attain senior levels,” the better bet for corporate world is a CMA.</p>
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<p>Majoring in accounting will get you your first job easier. Once in,you can investigate other departments.
My nephew, in his mid 20’s majored in accounting, has his CPA, got tired of working in public accounting (a job he held since graduated from college) and landed a job in corp finance easily in another company.
You have to realize that to get to a “goal” job, the path is never linear.</p>