ACCA Qualification Pathway

You will be required to complete 10 ACCA exams and there are 4 sessions a year – March, June, September, and December.

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1. Elements of different legal systems
2. Legal rules applicable under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
3. Recognise different types of international business forms
4. Alternative forms and constitutions of business organisations
5. Compare types of capital and the financing of companies
6. Explain how companies are managed, administered and regulated
7. Legal implications relating to insolvency law
8. Corporate fraudulent and criminal behaviour

• Explain and apply cost accounting techniques
• Decision-making techniques to facilitate business decisions
• Budgeting techniques and methods for planning and control
• Performance management information and measurement systems

Students will develop knowledge and skills relating to the tax system as applicable to individuals, single companies and groups of companies.

• Conceptual and regulatory frameworks for financial reporting
• Account for transactions in accordance with international accounting standards
• Analyse and interpret financial statements
• Financial statements for single entities and business combinations in accordance with international accounting standards.

• The concept of audit and assurance and the functions of audit
• How the auditor obtains and accepts audit engagements
• Evaluate internal controls, techniques and audit tests
• The work and evidence obtained by the auditor and others
• How consideration of subsequent events and the going concern principle can inform the conclusions from audit work and are reflected in different types of auditor’s report, written representations and the final review and report.

• The role and purpose of the financial management function
• The impact of the economic environment on financial management
• Working capital management techniques
• Effective investment appraisal
• Alternative sources of business finance
• Principles of business and asset valuations
• Risk management techniques in business

• Leadership and ethical skills
• The effectiveness of the governance and agency system of an organisation
• The strategic position of the organisation against the external environment
• The risk profile of the organisation and of any strategic options identified, within a culture of responsible risk management.
• Appropriate information technologies and data analytics
• Management reporting and internal control and audit systems
• High level financial techniques
• Enable success through innovative thinking
• Professional skills in addressing requirements within the Strategic Business Leader exam

• Fundamental ethical and professional principles to ethical dilemmas
• The appropriateness of the financial reporting framework and critically discuss changes in accounting regulation
• Apply professional judgment in the reporting of the financial performance of a range of entities
• Prepare the financial statements of groups of entities
• Interpret and advise on the meaning of financial statements that include non-financial data
• The impact of changes in accounting regulation on financial reporting.

• The role and responsibility of the senior financial executive or advisor in meeting conflicting needs of stakeholders
• Evaluate potential investment decisions and assessing their financial and strategic consequences
• Acquisitions and mergers as an alternative growth strategy
• Alternative corporate re-organisation strategies
• Alternative advanced treasury and risk management techniques.

• Strategic planning and control models to plan and monitor organisational performance
• Assess and identify key external influences on organisational performance
• The design features of effective performance management information and monitoring systems
• Appropriate strategic performance measurement techniques in evaluating and improving organisational performance
• Advise clients and senior management on strategic business performance evaluation and on recognising vulnerability to corporate failure.