Why Transition and Upgrade to Management Accounting

Why the transformation and upgrading to management accounting? Management Accounting (Management Accounting), also known as "analytical reporting accounting", is a management term. In order to improve the economic efficiency of enterprises, accountants through a series of specialized methods, the use of financial accounting and other information provided by the processing, collation and reporting, so that managers at all levels of the enterprise can be based on the day-to-day occurrence of the economic activities of planning and control, and to help decision makers to make a variety of specialized decision-making, a branch of accounting.

Why the transformation and upgrading to management accounting

In fact, with the networked, informatized, transparent and standardized management of accounting license, the management level of the accounting license has been improved a lot, and the traditional accountant has not been able to meet the needs of the enterprise, the accounting industry in addition to the certificate, pay more attention to hands-on skills. "Bookkeeping accounting" will be "management accounting" transformation, the next ten years, the talent structure of the accounting industry will undergo a fundamental transformation. Middle and low-level financial accountants will be replaced by management accounting talent, initially estimated that 60% of the ordinary financial accountants will be forced to face unemployment or change profession.

In March 2017, the relevant person in charge of the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Finance said in an interview with reporters that, as the Ministry of Finance in charge of the national accounting work of the Department of Accounting, the Department of Accounting to conscientiously implement the State Council to promote the "release of" the reform of the work of the State Council to further change functions, change the concept of raising awareness to increase the vocational qualification The Department of Accounting earnestly implements the State Council to promote the "release of management and service" reform deployment, further change its functions, change its concept, raise awareness, increase the professional qualifications licensing and certification matters to clean up, and continuously reduce the burden of talent and system costs. According to the spirit of the State Council executive meeting and the Decision of the State Council on the Cancellation of a Batch of Matters of Licensing and Recognition of Occupational Qualifications (Guofa [2016] No. 68), the qualification of accounting practitioners is listed as a matter of occupational qualification that is recommended for cancellation. As the abolition of accounting qualifications involves the revision of the Accounting Law, it is necessary to submit to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to revise the relevant legal provisions in accordance with legal procedures.

At present, the Accounting Division is actively cooperating with the relevant departments to promote the revision of the Accounting Law. The relevant person in charge of the Accounting Division said that if the administrative license for accounting qualification is abolished in accordance with the statutory procedures, it will no longer be used as the necessary proof of access for engaging in accounting work, but the accounting qualification certificates that accountants have already obtained can still be used as proof of the level of competence. In addition, accountants will continue to participate in continuing education, which is a clear requirement of the Accounting Law.

Currently, the field of management accounting is in dire need of talent, which can be seen from the relevant policies: "on the comprehensive promotion of the construction of the management accounting system, the guidance" pointed out that, within 3-5 years, for the training of a number of management accounting personnel in the country; "Accounting Reform and Development" Thirteenth Five-Year Plan "program" refers to management accounting 23 times, focusing on the need to vigorously promote the construction of the management accounting system, which is the main objective of the program. The "Outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan for Accounting Reform and Development" mentions management accounting 23 times, focusing on the need to vigorously promote the construction of the management accounting system, to further give full play to the role of management accounting as a tool for economic development and organizational management, and to cultivate by 2020 30,000 management accounting talents who are good at financial management, good at management and decision-making.

Thus, the traditional accounting should be timely from the "bookkeeping accounting" out, and then to the "management accounting" transition, which is the future development of the accounting industry trend. The majority of accountants do not because of the abolition of the qualification of the accounting profession and stuck in their ways, to adapt to the development of the times, walk in the forefront of the development of management accounting.