Long-Term Goals After Completing the Program. What

¶ … long-term goals after completing the program. What characteristics do you possess that would make you a good fit for the goals

Short-term and long-term goals: MA in accounting

When embarking upon a master's degree in a field like taxation, it is essential to have a clear idea of one's long and short-term goals, so a student can use the program to its maximum degree of efficacy. Upon graduation, I hope to work at a large corporation, where I believe that my undergraduate degree in finance combined with the invaluable skills and knowledge given to me by graduate study in taxation will enable me to provide superior service to my employers. My knowledge of finance will contextualize any advice I bestow regarding the tax code that is relevant to the corporation, while my knowledge of taxation will contextualize any financially-related advice I may give over the course of my service. My skills and knowledge will have both breadth and depth: the breadth given to me by the holistic study of the field of finance obtained during my undergraduate career, and the greater depth provided by my graduate study of taxation and its implications for corporate policy. Obtaining a master's will be the final 'piece' that completes the jigsaw puzzle of the academic preparation I require to succeed and realize my dreams and goals.

My long-term professional goal is to work my way up through the hierarchy of a Fortune 100 company, eventually assuming a leadership position on the Board of Directors, and perhaps becoming a CEO or CFO. Financially-related and taxation-related advice and knowledge is becoming increasingly important to the profitability of companies, and having the academic foundation of graduate study in taxation is thus uniquely relevant to the professional positions to which I aspire. My dream is to get to know a company, become an integral part of its vision, and offer multifaceted skills to enable it to take shape and grow, and finally put my unique 'spin' on its governance and direction.