If you are thinking about a career in accountancy, you are very likely to have come across the ACA and ACCA qualifications. Apart from a letter difference, they appear to be very similar. However, when you dive into the details there are a couple of fundamental differences which you should consider before deciding on the best route.
Read MoreA large part of the ACCA requires you to demonstrate that you have gained a range of skills and advanced your technical knowledge. This is shown by completing your practical experience requirement (PER) - 36 months of relevant work experience.
Find out more in this blog.
Read MoreThe ACCA qualification requires that you study and pass 13 exam in order to become an ACCA qualified accountant. These focus on different aspects of accountancy, finance and business and are designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge across a broad range of topics. Find out more in our latest blog.
Read MoreThe ACCA is the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’s professional qualification in accountancy, business and finance.
This blog walks you through the four key elements of the qualification.
Read MoreA quick google of the ACA brings up a mixture of different horror stories about how hard the ACA’s exams are and how any chance of work-life balance during your training contract will be gone. The other end of the spectrum seems to suggest that the ACA exams are the easiest exams that some students had ever sat and that there is nothing to worry about (although we are yet to meet one of these people in person).
Read MoreThe ACA qualification allows you to learn whilst you earn, balancing practical work experience with 15 challenging technical exams. But it is not going to all be easy. Like any other professional qualification, it is not supposed to be easy. It has been designed to challenge and develop you both as an skilled accountant and as a professional employee. But is the hard work worth it? We think so. Here are seven reasons why.
You must study and pass 15 exam in order to become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. These focus on different aspects of accountancy, finance and business and are designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge across a broad range of topics.
The modules are split over three levels: Certificate, Professional and Advanced. These can be taken in any order, except for the Case Study which must be taken last.
Read MoreTax regulation is not only complex, but it is a constantly changing area. Tax accountants help their clients, (both businesses or individuals) to ensure they are meeting their legal obligations.
For individuals with strong analytical and communication skills, who want to work in a fast-paced sector, a career in tax may be perfect for you.
Read MoreChartered accountants play a vital role in the running of public services, social enterprises and charities. At every charitable organisation there are individuals who are responsible for monitoring and managing the organisation's finances and raising the profile of fundraising projects.
There are roles for accountants in all sizes of charities - from small local charity to large global organisations.
Read MoreThinking about doing the ACA but not sure where to start?
Whilst a lot of people will go the ‘traditional’ route of joining a firm after doing a degree, that’s not the only way to end up ACA qualified:
We’re going to walk you through three different routes to getting ACA qualified.
Read MoreWhile it’s important to show academic success and display the right attitudes in psychometric tests, one of the most persuasive yet elusive qualities employers look for is a demonstration that you have commercial awareness. Put simply, this means that you understand the commercial setting that you will be working in – and how the advice you provide as a professional fits into this commercial environment. So how do you develop it?
Read MoreStudying for the ACA can be notoriously difficult. The exams can be difficult, and most people will be working whilst trying to revise. As a new ACA student, you need to make sure you prepare yourself to be in the best position to succeed.
Read MoreWith the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the move to online learning has only accelerated. Whilst a lot of people will be familiar with studying online from recorded university lectures, it requires a certain focus to ensure that you use online studying to its full potential. We have set out below some top tips for how best to study online.
Read MoreWant to save distressed companies? As part of our series on different career paths within accountancy we turn to an area of accountancy and finance which is in the spotlight at the moment - insolvency.
Insolvency focuses in two main areas: helping a company experiencing financial difficulties and supporting a company through the liquidation / bankruptcy process.
Read MoreThere is no way about it, revision is boring. Hours sat at a desk trying to cram information in is enough to make anyone crazy. No one wants to spend their evenings and weekends revising. More importantly, no one wants to spend all their free time trying to revise but not getting anywhere. Here are our top five tips to help make your revision effective and efficient so you can get some of that time back and pass your exams first time.
Read MoreLove them or hate them, the fact is that MCQs – multiple choice questions – are going to be a key part of your accounting exams. All professional accounting exams now have an element of MCQ testing, whether this be parts of online exams or the whole exam.
Read MoreAs part of our series on different career paths within accountancy we turn to main alternative route to audit - working in industry. Working in industry refers to any accountant that is working in-house in a non-accounting business (e.g. for a supermarket or construction company)
Read MoreDid you know that there are over 5m reported incidents of fraud per year? Or that experts believe that only 20% of fraud cases are reported?
As part of our series on different career paths within accountancy we are looking at an unusual accounting career path - forensic accounting.
Read MoreAs part of our series on different career paths within accountancy we a turn to accounting careers within the public sector.
Working in the public sector gives you the chance to help shape public spending at a local, regional and national level, ensuring that tax payers are receiving value for money.
Read MoreAs part of our series on different career paths within accountancy we turn to a popular route for those wanting to work in the city: corporate finance.
Corporate finance is the way the companies finance themselves, either through initial start-up costs or to grow or through the acquisition of other businesses.
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