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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would consider business with concentration in management and then an accounting adjacent career path in Accounts Payable,  Billing , etc. Google Billing Analyst, Accounts Payable Analyst positions. Very minimal basic math and very basic accounting skills required but there is a career progression to supervisor, manager, director roles that pay pretty well. Procurement is another accounting adjacent field with a similar career progression path. Look up procurement analyst roles. Plenty of options for him in Corporate support roles. Another option is a concentration in HR with careers in payroll processing or HR, including benefits, recruiting, training, etc.[/quote]
Accounting requires some stats classes.  Also, not everyone is cut out for accounting. It takes a certain personality.  I worked with accountants most of my career.[/quote]

NP here, could you elaborate on the personality traits that would help a future accountant? My son is second year college student in accounting.

Btw, OP, your son sounds like a great kid and just reading this thread shows how many paths can lead to success. Good luck to him! [/quote]
My daughter is graduating with a BBA in accounting (with honors, yeah... I'm proud!). 
Her personality is one that has always loved and thrived with structure and rules. There's no one who loves rules better than her. She is meticulous and organized. She appreciates the "a place for everything and everything in its place" adage. She likes solving problems, organizing data, and creating visual representations of her work. Her program was difficult, Intermediate 2 (and it's a 2-semester class) is the huge weed out class and there was much crying - not just her, the whole class was stressed. She absolutely loves audit, a lot is done by AI now but using the programs to go thru financial statements and compare transactions, look for material issues, etc. is something she enjoys.  Accounting requires learning a new way to think and a new language, accounting is the language of business. She enjoys it but her major was hard compared to others in the business school. She is starting her grad program in January as she wants to take the CPA.[/quote]

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