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- Pass all your exams
- Complete Career Profile
- Have relevant practical experience
Continuing Professional Development: CIMA still requires you to study and keep up to date with the changes of Accounting Profession. It is compulsory for all qualified accountants who wish to keep their CIMA membership.
To sit exams in November, you must register with CIMA by 31 July of the same year.
If you plan to start at the Certificate level, then you need to register with CIMA approximately 2 months before you plan to sit your first Computer Based Assessment.
If you have | Starting Point |
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No previous qualifications | Certificate level |
AAT qualification | Operational level |
Degree | Certificate/ Operational or Management levels |
MBA / Masters in Accounting / IFAC / ICWAI/ICMAP/ICMAB | Masters Gateway / Professional Gateway / Management Accountants Gateway |
- Pass all your exams
- Complete Ethics Module
- Have 36 month's of relevant practical experience ( Obtained before, during or after the exams)
Continuing Professional Development: ACCA still requires you to study and keep up to date with the changes of Accounting Profession. It is compulsory for all qualified accountants who wish to keep their ACCA membership.
But must register as a student at least one month before you enter the exams
If you have | Starting Point |
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No previous qualifications | Should complete the final level of the AAT or FIA Diploma first and then move on to ACCA qualification |
Two A-Levels and three GSCEs in five separate subjects including English and Maths | Knowledge module |
A non-relevant degree | Knowledge module |
AAT qualified | Skills module |
Degree in Accountancy, Finance, Law and Management | Skills or Essentials module ( subject to any exemptions) |
* For more information visit ACCA
It's a series of scenarios which encourage you to think about ethical issues surrounding accounting.
Eligible to access the module when you are eligible to sit Professional paper P1.
You can sit eight exams a year and so pass them all in under two years. You also need three years experience
Maximum time allowed is 10 years.
Most students take three years.
- Fill out an application form
- Online: Register
- Minimum time : 2.5 years
- Average time: Over 4 years
- Have a valid International travel passport
- Pass the sequence of three exams ( CFA Level1, Level II and Level III). Examined once a year during first weekend in June. Candidates can take only on exam per year
- Have at least 4 years of relevant work experience
- Fulfill CFA Institute membership requirements
- Follow CFA Institutes policies and other requirements
- Minimum: At least 250 hours for each level of examination
- Passing the exam is not a function of the number of hours that you spend preparing, it is dependent upon the quality of your preparation.
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An ideal qualification for anyone thinking of, or already pursuing a career in accountancy or finance. It is also suitable for qualified accountants and finance professionals who wish to validate their financial English language skills and provide proof of their linguistic skills and expertise.
- Financial Reporting
- Company financial strategy
- Risk assessment and analysis
- Investment Banking
- Ethical standards within Accounting
- Accounting standards
- Debt recovery
- Accounting software packages and IT
- Auditing
- Assets and company valuations
- Budgetary processes
- Economic factors/conditions/forecasts in certain markets/sectors
- Forensic Accounting
- C1 Pass with Merit;
- C1 Pass and B2 Pass,
- and two failing grades: Narrow Fail and Fail.
No. They should have an understanding of, or interest in, the world of work, business and commerce, but do not need to have business experience. Many candidates are business school students.