Sample Personal Statement for Accounting & Financial Analysis Program

Good support in life is endearing. Someone who puts oneself in your shoes is the one who can suggest something in your best interest. I have been fortunate that my support system, my professors, and my peer group have helped me bring my skills to the fore such that I felt the need to hone them. Elevating my skills through the second Master’s course will provide a larger, and paradoxically micro view of accounting, enabling me to make worthy decisions later as I tread towards my professional goals. 

So far my Master’s in Management has been a comprehensive course. It has proffered learning of various aspects of commerce, including business studies, entrepreneurship, operations and management, Economic Analysis, Marketing Management, and International Business. However, now I want to concentrate on Accounting and Finance and attain a specialization. Gaining a specialization will escalate me from a career standpoint. Pursuing a focused degree in Professional Accounting and Finance Analysis will supplement me with exact skills that will help me prosper career-wise. Hence, even though I have completed a Master’s course in Management, I have not acquired specific skills that will enable me to move forward the way I want to professionally. The subjects covered in the professional accounting and finance analysis course include Taxation, forensic accounting, and business systems, which I have not studied during the MS in Management course in my country. Moreover, through the previous MS course, I have already covered the prerequisites, hence, now when I step into the contemporary MS course, my fundamentals will be already clear. I will only have to concentrate on gaining real-time knowledge and the know-how of the aforementioned subjects as they were not covered in the course done earlier. 

Post completion of the MS course in Professional course, I see myself working as a Financial Advisor. Finance is the foothold of all industries. And post-COVID-19, the need for financial advisors has increased manifold, thus allowing me to fill positions at reputed companies such as Big 4. In my position I want to work on the comprehensive financial profile of the organization, including taxation, reading the balance sheet, and undertaking calculative risks, to be able to generate high profits. I am aware that organizations today look for professional advice from financial managers and analysts and I enjoy this aspect where calculations are done. I see myself acquiring this goal after the MS course from the University of Merlyn as I will learn the most relevant subjects and their implementation. Subjects like management accounting, financial statement analysis, and contemporary issues in accounting are some of the subjects that I will study and are aligned with my goals. 

In the long run, I want to start my CPA firm. Gaining knowledge and experience from academics and professional exposure, I believe, I will be in a position to make financial decisions for others whilst also managing and making decisions for my organization. Moreover, I will be generating employment for my country, contributing to the GDP as well. Through my CPA firm, I want to upscale the organizations to the level they desire. Hence, the focused program and the experiential learning that I will have through the various events held at the university will allow me to utilize my skills during the professional course. I am certain that through this MS program, I will develop advanced professional skills in global strategy and leadership, ethics, and governance elevating my methodology as a professional. 

Besides the academic relevance and best exposure that I am looking forward to gaining from Merlyn University, I also intend to absorb the various principles such as inclusivity, and diversity, while also perceiving social dimensions of planning, urban management, economic environmental, and cultural norms which will widen my acceptability not just as a professional, but also as an individual.  

As a student, I have been aligned with the commerce realm and have acquired knowledge in the stream too. I am certain that at your University, I will perpetuate this know-how exponentially by studying with like-minded individuals. I am also looking forward to studying under erudite professors who will scale me up as a student by guiding me to absorb the right set of knowledge. I will constantly strive to better myself as a person and student because this will reflect in the kind of professional I will be.