08-10-2003, 03:55 AM
Being an IT or in fact graduate of any other background and then studying accountancy is not an unknown concept here in the UK. The concept of CIO (Chief information officer) is of finance people who are also involved in IT decisions. If anything, your IT background would make you a great asset to any company. Your IT background will give you the added advantage of understanding the strategic benefits of IT and information systems, in addition to being able to manipulate and extract the vast amounts of data that ERP/accounting and information systems hold. Your combination of skills will open up potentially new opportunities too. The narrow days of being either an arts person or a science person are gone. The modern era is about multi-skilling. We are not tick bashers or book-keepers, our profession is about thinking strategically and utilising IT to the benefit of our organisations. Inshallah you have made the right decision.
