Accounting geek question - ACCA or ACA? *updated 12/08*
From what I gather this forum seems to be full of well educated professional types, this is bound to be relevent to someone who might be able to help me or have some input please.
In February I'll be finished with my AAT studies (fingers crossed). I'm not completely sure what the differences between the ACA or ACCA are, and I don't care which is harder I just want to do the one that will have most use to me.
From what I understand the ACA is slightly more difficult but only very useful if you want to do auditing work, it is less globally recognised than the ACCA but held in higher regard in most places? Although I may be totally wrong.
Someone here must have done one or the other. How did you find it and which would you recommend?
/accounting geek
edit *updated* I know this is a lot but this thread's had some very helpful people compared to student/accounting forums I've tried.
from post #88
Extending this accounting thread a bit sorry. Thinking out loud a bit.
I think I'll talk to Reed or another good agency sometime soon. I like the tax units, and I still don't really know what I'm aiming for.
Studying...
AAT - Will finish by February 2011 (fingers crossed), when I start the last NVQ I want to study the optional units, "Personal Tax" and "Business Tax". I find the tax modules quite interestering.
I'll have the option to study...
ACCA - for two years, I can also get the Oxford Brookes degree. I still think this isn't quite so highly regarded as the ACA as a lot of people have pointed out (people in this thread seem to lean more towards ACA), but I also get the impression that with some experience and good work under your belt nobody really cares too much.
ACA - for three years. I may be misinformed but I've read somewhere you can only take the final exams on the third year of your training contract. This is another problem for me as my current role is completely unrelated to finance or accounting, I'm not sure I could get such a job with only two thirds of an NVQ and no relevant experience or University education.
CIMA - I know least about, I'm going to read up on some more. From what I understand it focuses slightly less on audit, is slightly more restricted than the others but is very good for management accounting. Not so good for practice or auditing but it still covers this.
From what I gather this forum seems to be full of well educated professional types, this is bound to be relevent to someone who might be able to help me or have some input please.
In February I'll be finished with my AAT studies (fingers crossed). I'm not completely sure what the differences between the ACA or ACCA are, and I don't care which is harder I just want to do the one that will have most use to me.
From what I understand the ACA is slightly more difficult but only very useful if you want to do auditing work, it is less globally recognised than the ACCA but held in higher regard in most places? Although I may be totally wrong.
Someone here must have done one or the other. How did you find it and which would you recommend?
/accounting geek
edit *updated* I know this is a lot but this thread's had some very helpful people compared to student/accounting forums I've tried.
from post #88
Extending this accounting thread a bit sorry. Thinking out loud a bit.
I think I'll talk to Reed or another good agency sometime soon. I like the tax units, and I still don't really know what I'm aiming for.
Studying...
AAT - Will finish by February 2011 (fingers crossed), when I start the last NVQ I want to study the optional units, "Personal Tax" and "Business Tax". I find the tax modules quite interestering.
I'll have the option to study...
ACCA - for two years, I can also get the Oxford Brookes degree. I still think this isn't quite so highly regarded as the ACA as a lot of people have pointed out (people in this thread seem to lean more towards ACA), but I also get the impression that with some experience and good work under your belt nobody really cares too much.
ACA - for three years. I may be misinformed but I've read somewhere you can only take the final exams on the third year of your training contract. This is another problem for me as my current role is completely unrelated to finance or accounting, I'm not sure I could get such a job with only two thirds of an NVQ and no relevant experience or University education.
CIMA - I know least about, I'm going to read up on some more. From what I understand it focuses slightly less on audit, is slightly more restricted than the others but is very good for management accounting. Not so good for practice or auditing but it still covers this.
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