Accounting & Commerce

Many opportunities are there for the candidates after post graduation in commerce. Candidates can go for many courses after M.Com. Some of the courses are:
Doctor of Philosophy in Banking & Finance
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Economics
Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce
Doctor of Philosophy in Corporate Secretary ship
Doctor of Philosophy in Financial Studies
Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics
Professional Education (Course PE-I)
Professional Education (Course PE-II)
Other Certification Courses after M.Com
Candidates after completing the M.com course can go for many certificate courses .Some of them are:
Certificate course in Banking
Certificate Course in Office Automation
Certificate Course in Operations Research (OR) with Applications in Engineering and Management
Certificate Course in Applied Managerial Economics
Certificate Course in Central Excise (CCCE)
Certificate Course in Derivatives
Certificate Course in Financial Accounting & Taxation (CCFAT)
Certificate Course in Income Tax (CCIT)
Certificate Course in Micro Finance
Certificate Course in Personal Management (CCPM)
Certificate Course in Phonetics
Certificate Course in Stock Market
Certificate Course in VAT (CCV)
Certificate Course in Vedic Mathematics
Certificate in Accounting
Certificate in Tally
Chartered Financial Analyst Equity Research
IFRS Certification - ICAI
Post Graduate Certificate in Investment Banking

Company Secretary in the set-up of corporate sector plays the role of a mediator between the company, its board of directors, stakeholders, government and regulatory authorities.
There are three types of Company Secretary Course which you can take up:
1. Foundation Course.
2. Intermediate Course.
3. Executive Course.
The Eligibility Criteria for these courses are mentioned below:
Foundation Course:The candidate should have at least passed 10+2 examinations to get into the Foundation Course. This is a basic-level course, which is of eight-month duration ( 8 Months).
Intermediate Course:The candidate should have passed Foundation Course of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India or ICWAI, ICAI or got their graduation degree or a Masters degree to get enrolled into the Intermediate Course. The duration of the Intermediate Course is nine months (9 Months).
Executive course: The candidate becomes eligible to sit for the Executive course after he completes and clears the Intermediate course.
After the candidate passes the Executive course, he/she has to undergo a five-day Training Orientation Program, which precedes the actual training of 15 months. The 15-month training is followed by a practical training, which is of three-month duration. In practical training, the candidate has to work with a company or an independent company secretary practitioner as an intern to get hand-on knowledge and training about the roles and responsibilities of a company secretary. It is followed by 15-day training with the Registrar of Companies, financial or banking institutions or stock exchange to know their nitty-gritty. Then there is a 15-day Secretarial Modular Training Program. Some of those company secretary candidates who are exceptionally brilliant or have had good practical experience could be partially exempted from training or their training period could be reduced.
A Company Secretary could either get a government job in accounts or law departments or could get attached to a corporate sector and even rise to the post of Chairman or Managing Director or even be a member of the Board of Directors in the private sector. Though an average Company Secretary would get the starting salary of at least Rs 10,000, sky is the only limit for the brilliant and exceptional Company Secretaries.

1- Core Finance
(Asset Management, Investment Banking, Corporate Planning & Budgeting)
These profiles require a lot of work on your technical skills like business mapping, understanding finances and industry trends, thorough review of financials, market intelligence and other hard-bound skills
Personal Opinion:
CAs are very well fit for the profiles which require a greater understanding of the underlying business, accounts and financial statements. There might be though competition with MBAs but enough firms would prefer CAs.
2- Banking & Insurance
(Actuary, Commercial or Retail Banking, Insurance Underwriting & Claims departments, etc.)
Here you'll need to be well versed with regulations, compliance and filings and a basic level of customer service since most of them are client facing roles
Personal Opinion:
Apart from Commercial Banking, the other profiles usually require some expertise in the field with various specialised courses. So Commercial Banking is good, but otherwise a CA might have limited scope here!
3- General & Financial Management
(Auditing, Law, Tax, Strategy & Consulting, Financial Planning, etc.)
This requires being an expert in the domain and probably relies the most on your ability to think out of the box and solve business problems. If you ask me, here is where an MBA or a professional degree becomes the most important and accordingly gives way to problem solving.
Personal Opinion:
Here again, there are specific courses for each of the profiles like Financial Planning has CFP, Consulting places more importance on an MBA and others. But as you can see, Auditing and Tax is something where CAs are most preferred of course and so your chances are good here too!
4- Non-finance Roles
(Sales, Marketing, Content Management, Human Resources, etc.)
Now here is where your education becomes less important and your personality/soft-skills/attitude play the biggest role. Of course, you do need a degree to stand out and be capable enough, but your success is not guaranteed by your qualification.
Personal Opinion:
Goes without saying, CAs might not show as much interest in this group owing to their qualification, but it could be a challenge for anyone and something worth taking up.