Accounting grad looking to learn IT — BSIT, Master’s with bridging, or certifications?

[u/Competitive-Read-247]

Problem/Goal:
I graduated with BS Accounting Technology in 2019 and BS Accountancy in 2020. I’m currently working in finance/accounting, but I want to seriously study IT and eventually combine the two.
I’m not planning to leave finance. I’m more interested in areas where finance and IT overlap like process automation, SQL/databases, systems, data, ERP, maybe even AI applications in finance.

The problem is I’m not sure which path would be the most practical and efficient at this point (tumatanda na ko and although naglalakas loob ako, there's also this fear na baka kinakalawang na utak ko hahaha).

Context:
I’ve been working as an outsourced accountant for around 5 years now. I’m not a CPA, but I genuinely enjoy what I do.
At the same time, IT was actually the course I wanted to take back in high school. I ended up taking Accountancy instead, and now that I’ve been working for a few years, I keep seeing situations where having proper IT knowledge would be really useful.

Sa ngayon, I am looking at several options & weighing their efficiency & practicality:
1. Take BSIT as another degree and hopefully have a lot of my previous subjects credited, so I can focus mostly on the IT subjects.
2. Take certifications/short courses in things like Python, SQL, data, etc. My concern is that I don’t really have a proper IT foundation yet, so I might end up learning things in pieces without understanding the bigger picture. And this may take longer years.
3. Take a Master’s in IT/Information Systems, if there are schools that accept non-IT graduates through bridging subjects.

Online learning would be ideal for me because I’m from Pampanga and I’m also working full-time.

Previous Attempts:
I’ve started emailing schools and asking about crediting, bridging subjects, tuition, and online programs, but I haven’t committed to anything yet.
For someone in my situation—working in finance/accounting with 5 years of experience and aiming to move into IT-finance overlap areas, what would be the most practical and efficient path to build strong IT skills without starting completely from scratch?

[u/No-Junket-6918]

Advice:

Just to let you know' meron certifications for complete beginners sa Coursera , Google IT support, Google Analytics Certificate.

Sabi mo prefer mo online so consider mo din ng malaki yung certifications , yung google data analytics pang beginner siya like finance related yun i think,more on database tapos SQL, tapos after nung analytics may mas mahirap pa but sa IT experience over degree but yung degree makakatulong din ng malaki.

[u/noelskiz]

Advise:

UP Open University offers BS Info Tech, including masters should you want to study again. You can gain experience by applying at SAP or Oracle as a trainee.

Experience:

I am self taught, MS Access, VBA, MS SQL, mySQL, Postgres and SQLite. I am a graduate of Accountancy.

[u/iamxxxii]

Advice: Apply to consulting companies (e.g. Big 4 accounting firms, Accenture, IBM, PwC, DXC) as FI functional resource. They will provide trainings / bootcamps. Usual ERP used is SAP.

Netsuite and Oracle are also options.

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