Accounting and Finance

Career and employability

As well as openings as an accountant in a professional firm of accountants or in industry, finance expertise is in constant demand in many areas across the private and public sectors and can be a good starting point for a career in general management.

Is this course accredited?

The course offers significant exemptions from some of the UK’s leading professional accountancy bodies, particularly the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Why study this course with us

This programme will give you the opportunity to enter the accounting profession, one of the largest recruiters of undergraduates in the United Kingdom.

The professional bodies, to which students of this programme will be most suited, will be the Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The programme is designed to obtain a high level of exemption from these bodies’ professional examinations, and therefore give you fast track entry towards becoming a professional accountant.

Objectives

Course Aims

Confronting some of the key issues surrounding the current economic situation, this degree helps accelerate your career, and prepares you for the challenges of modern-day accountancy.

It covers the very latest practices and theories of accounting and finance, and offers significant exemptions from some of the UK’s leading professional accountancy bodies, particularly the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

You will gain skills and knowledge based on accounting and finance, as well as other business-related areas such as IT and Human Resources.

You could also pick up invaluable work experience during an optional work placement year.

During the course you will have the opportunity to:

• Prepare, using digital and other methods, a range of accounting and financial information useful to the management of organisations.

• Critically analyse financial and accounting information from a range of national and international sources.

• Critically discuss current financial and accounting issues.

• Provide solutions to financial issues and problems.