At large CPA firms, does a CPA need to be a specialist?

Question

For example in: Taxes, Auditing, Aquisitions and Mergers.

Answer 1

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Absolutely. In fact within the major classifications you named above, you will work mostly within a specialty. For example, if you work in audit, you will generally ONLY work in either governmental, non-profit, manufacturing, banking, etc. In the larger firms, there is very little movement out of the niche that you are assigned to. There are just WAY too many rules and regulations to bounce around.

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CPA and used to work for a large firm.

Answer 2

Any professional in a large firm generally serves as a specialist, unless they are fairly high up the management chain.

My "day job" is in IT. I've worked as a generalist in small firms where I did everything from routine admin tasks to routing and switching to maintaining database and mail servers to pulling cable for LAN drops. I've also worked in large firms where all I did was maintain several hundred routers or maintained the e-mail system but little if anything else.

Answer 3

more than likely, just like lawyers, specialize in certain areas