By Amanda Kavanagh
Amid a sea of make-up tutorials, dance routines and comedy skits, TikTok content can feel sort of samey.
It's certainly not a platform where you might expect to find a niche community dedicated to accountancy.
But today, there's a thriving subset of legitimate accountant creators who are breaking stereotypes and utilizing the medium to share valuable insights, tips, and humor related to the world of finance.
To save you searching, we turn the spotlight on five accounts that offer a refreshing perspective on numbers, ledgers, and everything in between.
@your.tax.coach
Your Tax Coach is a U.S.-based boutique tax accountancy and tax strategy firm that doesn't do accountancy jargon. Offering newsy and advice-based video, this is informative content for business owners, and is a good example of how to make complex topics accessible.
@accountant_she
An inspirational account from the UK founders of StriveX, a chartered accountancy firm near London, @accountant_she started from the couple's kitchen table in 2020. Today the company has a team of 18, and its TikTok brings in over £15,000 every month.
@dukelovestaxes
Duke Tax positions himself as an expert for creators and small business owners, and offers advice on diverse topics like IRS mileage raises, and child tax updates. With over 3.5m followers and 40.4m likes, clearly many people find his lively content useful.
@accounting.plus
Accounting Plus is a platform connecting students to some of the world's most impressive accountancy firms. Its TikTok features experienced accountants advising on how they got their jobs, student money struggles, and jokes about accountancy myths. Definitely more for the entry-level accountant, but being featured on it could promote a personal brand, or company.
@ahadthecpa
Based in NYC, Ahad the CPA makes taxes simple, and provides free cheat sheets for tax prep, influencers and creators, real estate agents and self-employed professionals. Each video is helpfully captioned with a consistent graphic for easy topic discovery.
If you learn a thing or two from these creators, and you're keenly seeking career advice, perhaps a job change is on the cards?
Start your job hunt on the Financial Planning Job Board, which is constantly updated with roles all across the country, like these three.
When there is a major humanitarian crisis, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) steps in to help the people affected by the conflict or disaster regain their power, health, safety, education, and economic well being.
If you're interested in helping a good cause professionally, you're in luck, the organization is now hiring a Finance Manager to work from Sacramento, and with its Director of Finance, to manage the implementation of accounting systems in the IRC NorCal region.
With a budget of $11.8 with multiple federal, state, and private contracts and grants, as well as several sub grantees, this is a busy office. See a full list of responsibilities and read the job requirements in the job spec, click here to view.
If you're an experienced SAP Ariba Procurement and Supplier Management Lead and are able to own the technical support of the Financial and Accounting Platforms, Accenture in Nashville has the job for you.
Now hiring for a SAP Finance Lead, the role requires the performance of detailed analysis of complex business process requirements, and providing appropriate system solutions, while documenting customer requirements. The successful candidate will also provide analysis and support in functions and processes for SAP FI/CO, AP, AR, and tax. See what you need to apply here.
Become an FBI Special Agent through your finance and accountancy background, and your expertise will ensure accountability, identify criminal activity, uncover hidden assets, and connect the dots to trace transactions to their source. Here financial skills can contribute significantly to all areas of crime solving, from counterintelligence and cybersecurity to organized crime and terrorism.
Unsurprisingly, applicants must undergo rigorous background investigations, credit checks and a polygraph to obtain clearance, and must pass physical fitness requirements and a medical exam. The successful candidate will spend 18 weeks as a trainee, housed at the FBI Academy in Quantico, and after graduation will transfer to one of the FBI's 56 field offices. Find out more here.
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