Accountant

The ICWA course has been divided into three stages which are Foundation, Intermediate, and Final. The detailed information about these stages are mentioned below:
Course Duration:
ICWA Foundation: Minimum 8 months duration. ICWA Intermediate: Minimum 10 month duration. ICWA Final: Minimum 18 months duration. Course Eligibility:
ICWA Foundation: To apply for this course, students must have passed 10th or equivalent from any recognised institution or board. Candidates who have passed or appearing in 12th are also eligible to apply. Candidates must have completed the age of 17 years. ICWA Intermediate: Students must have passed the Senior Secondary School Examination (10+2) and Foundation Course/ Graduation in any discipline other than fine arts. ICWA Final: You can apply for this course after qualifying the ICWA Intermediate course from the institution.

First of all, to become an accountant, you have to choose commerce stream after your 10th and do a five year course or after your 10+2 do a three year degree course in commerce. After earning a degree in commerce (B.Com or B.Com Hons), you can pursue a post-graduate degree like M.Com or you can also go for CA, which will ensure you a career as an accountant.
There are lots of universities which provide B.Com. honors in which students will specialize in accounting. In three years, students have to study financial accounting, cost accounting, corporate accounting, management accounting and finance for becoming perfect for giving advice on the financial matter. Students also have to study auditing, economics and management for better managing accounting department independently.

Hi Anik!
A Cost management accountant (CMA/CWA) collects, assimilates and analyzes the financial and costing information about the organisation. A CWA can work as a credit officer or manager in public sector banks. A cost accountant can work as finance controller, cost controller and cost and financial consultant. Apart from this, a CWA specializes in guiding managerial decisions, assessing the profitability variance, operational efficiency and effectiveness of the production/service management and so on. A CWA can work in the following areas:
Finance/Accounting departments of Corporations
Related Government departments
Banking and Financial institutions
Accounting or consulting firms
There are 3 stages in ICWA course I. e. , CMA Foundation, Inter and Final. After XII, one is eligible to give CMA Foundation while after graduation one can directly attempt Inter level.