How to become an Accountant

Official title: Accountant (excluding tax accountant)

Also called: Accounting analyst (excluding tax), Accounting manager (excluding tax), Casino accountant, Chartered accountant, Company accountant, Cost accountant, Cost and works accountant, Public accountant, Senior casino accountant, Accountant/Senior Accounts Executive, Management Accountant/Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst/Business Analyst, Ÿ Casino accountant

Accountant (excluding tax accountant) plans, organises and administers accounting systems for individuals and establishments. He/she examines and analyses the accounting and financial records of individuals and establishments to ensure accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards and procedures.

Main tasks

• Advising on, planning and installing budgetary, accounts controlling and other accounting policies and systems
• Preparing and certifying financial statements for presentation to management, shareholders and statutory or other bodies
• Preparing or reporting on profit forecasts and budgets
• Conducting financial investigations in such matters as suspected fraud, insolvency and bankruptcy
• Auditing accounts and bookkeeping records
• Conducting investigations and advising management on financial aspects of productivity, stockholdings, sales, new products, etc
• Devising and controlling a system to determine unit cost of products and services

Ways in

• University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 6 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $65,976 a year. The middle half earn $55,200 to $80,340 a year.
• Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Auditor (accounting)
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Questions people ask

How do I become an Accountant?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

How much does an Accountant earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $65,976 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $55,200 to $80,340.

Will AI change the work of an Accountant?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026