How this CA chose to be SAP-certified and explore the tech-driven corporate world instead of typical CA roles

• Hi! I am Prakash Gopalakrishnan, a chartered accountant (CA) with a solid tech background, working as a Senior Finance Controller in Dubai.
• Before qualifying as a CA, I did not know what I wanted to do and I recall that my father brought me a brochure titled “Become SAP-Certified Today”. This was in 2011.
• With all the technological advancements and digital transformation, I thought it would be wise to align my career with tech and I do not regret that decision.
• Today, I vouch for SAP/Oracle certification and I am open to mentoring aspiring as well as fresher CAs who are still unsure which path to follow.

I chose the world of numbers

I would be lying if I said I always aspired to be a CA. As a slightly above-average student, my favorite subjects were Science & Maths.

However, Science was a complicated subject and I remember that if I were to choose the Science stream in college, I would end up on the bandwagon of IIT-JEE aspirants, which would have been a grueling experience.

(For those not from India, IIT-JEE are engineering entrance assessments conducted for admission to various engineering colleges in India and they are very competitive!)