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HOW TO BECOME AN ICAEW CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTTake your first step towards a highly rewarding career in accountancy, finance and business
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ICAEW is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 138,000 chartered accountants around the world.
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What’s an ICAEW
Chartered Accountant
and what do they do?
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ICAEW Chartered Accountants…
• are high achievers in accountancy, finance and business
• are professionally qualified with ‘chartered’ status
• are respected for their valuable business advice
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It’s much more than numbers…
• … lots of people interaction
• … don’t just sit at a desk
• … lots of opportunity to be creative
• … can work in a variety of different sectors and businesses
• … have the opportunity to travel
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Not for profitPracticeIndustryWhere do we work?
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Not for profit / public sector
• Organisations which operate for a charitable, humanitarian, or educational purpose.– Government department– Charity– Not for Profit
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Financial services
• Includes a variety of organisations – not just banks– Banking– Finance– Insurance – Investments– Wealth management– Mergers and acquisitions
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Business
• Work for any business
• Different sizes, different sectors, different countries– Internal Audit– Risk/ Control– Management Accountant– Finance Director
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Practice
• Firms of chartered accountants– Large – Big 4
– Medium – Top 20
– Small – Less than ten partners– Smaller high street firms, one or two partners…
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Whatever your aspirations
A professional qualification
Being challenged and stretched at work
Job security
Joining a student network
Early responsibility
Opportunity for rapid promotion
Client and customer contact from the start
Working with senior managers and executives
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Become an
ICAEW Chartered
Accountant
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HOW TO BECOME AN ICAEW CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTThe ACA Qualification
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HOW TO BECOME AN ICAEW CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTHow it works
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What you actually do
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Professional development
Techn
ical c
ompe
tenc
e
Team
wor
king
Proble
m so
lving
Decisi
on m
aking
Consid
erat
ion
Comm
unica
tion
Adding
value
You’ll develop your ability and performance in seven key
areas:
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Ethics and professional scepticism
Ethics is more than just knowing the rules about confidentiality, integrity, objectivity and independence…
…you’ll learn how to identify an ethical dilemma, understand the implications and behave appropriately.
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3-5 YEARS PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE3-5 years practical work experience
On-the-job training of 450 days puts theory into practice….
…and you gain experience in one, or more, of the following:
Audit and assurance
Financial management
Information technology Insolvency TaxationAccounting
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ADVANCED LEVEL
Case Study
Corporate ReportingStrategic Business
Management
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
Business Planning:Taxation Business Strategy
Audit and
Assurance
Financial Accounting and
Reporting
Financial Management Tax Compliance
CERTIFICATELEVEL Accounting Assurance
Business and Finance Law
Management Information
Principles of Taxation
15 accountancy, finance and business modules
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You do not need a degreeYou can do the ACA after A-levelsThere is more than one route to the ACAYou can study any A-levels you want41% of our trainees are femaleYou can qualify by the age of 21
You will earn a competitive salary as you train
You don’t need a degree
You can do the ACA after A-levels
There is more than one route to the ACA
You can study any A-levels you want
38% of our ACA students are female
You can qualify by the age of 21
Did you know?
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First or 2:1 degree
2 A2 levels (or equivalent)
3 GCSEs grades A-C including Maths and English
Minimum 300 UCAS points
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What are the ACAdemic requirements?
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Entry routes to the ACA
• School leaver
• Higher Apprenticeship
• ICAEWs Certificate in Finance Accountancy and Business
• AAT-ACA Fast Track
• Graduate
• Strategic university degree programme
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Do you want to go straight from school?
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School leaver programmes
• Ernst and Young • BDO• Deloitte• PwC• KPMG• and many more……
• Via Higher Apprenticeship or AAT
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Higher Apprenticeship in Assurance/Audit
• Developed in consultation with employers• Combination of on and off the job learning• Develop technical skills, business skills and
wider competencies• Counts as an entry route to the ACA• Earn while you learn
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Do you want to do the AAT?
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About the AAT-ACA Fast Track
• Developed in partnership with the AAT
• AAT can be taken as an accountancy apprenticeship
• Knowledge, skills or experience gained can count towards your ACA training agreement
• An integrated approach
• Can take as little as four years!
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Not working for an ICAEW authorised training employer during the AAT Technician stage
AATDiploma Level 3
Practical work experience year one
How does the AAT-ACA Fast Track work?
Working for an ICAEW authorised training employer during the AAT Technician stage
AATDiploma Level 4
ACA Professional
Level
ACA Advanced
Level
Practical work experience year two
Final year of training
agreement
Practical work experience year three
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ACA exam structure
ADVANCED LEVEL
Case Study
Corporate ReportingStrategic Business
Management
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
Business Planning:Taxation Business Strategy
Audit and
Assurance
Financial Accounting and
Reporting
Financial Management Tax Compliance
CERTIFICATELEVEL Accounting Assurance
Business and Finance Law
Management Information
Principles of Taxation
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Do you want to go to university?
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What degree do you need?
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So let’s recap……
• a successful and rewarding career• the qualification for those with ambition• an integrated approach• a range of entry routes
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What else do you need to know?
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What do employers want from your application?
The right qualifications relevant to the role
Don’t copy and paste
Do your research
Check your spelling
Use formal language and grammar
Use real-life examples
Attach a relevant and short CV
Quality not quantity
Include external interests
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Next steps…
1 Choose how you are going to get there…
2 Find an authorised training employer…
3 Complete your training for the ACA
qualification…
4 Become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant…
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