An accountant is a person who keeps or inspects financial records. They're "numbers" people who excel at organization and detail-oriented work. Since they deal with money – sometimes significant amounts of it – accountants must also possess a high degree of integrity. read more
Where would you like to live? West coast, east coast or somewhere in between? Big city or small town? In a mountain range or by the ocean? With some career fields, you may need to uproot your life and move to an industry hub to find work. Accounting, however, tends to be a universal need. read more
All that being said, when it gets summer, you will as an accounting have the most wonderful life. You have shitloads of holiday, hours from working overtime and there is not a lot to do in general, so you get a lot of free time to just relax and do what you want. According to OP, the long hours are just during busy season. read more