It's never too early to think about your progression possibilities after Level 7. Throughout your apprenticeship, you'll be developing skills which will help you with whatever direction your career takes. There will be conversations with your employer about potential next moves, and you can find out here about further study opportunities and types of roles in the sector.
MSc in Professional Accountancy
The MSc in Professional Accountancy is designed for career-minded finance professionals who wish to complement their professional skills with master’s level understanding and skills, applied to accountancy and finance subject areas.
CTA Qualification
Some apprentices have finished Level 7 ACA and continued to study with the Chartered Institute of Taxation afterwards. CTA offer the highest level tax qualification in the UK, the Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) qualification. you will find all the information you require within this section of this website.
Diploma in Tax and Technology
CIOT understands the significance of digital change, which is an important part of tax practice and as relevant as tax law. In response to the learning need they have launched a Diploma in Tax Technology (DITT) qualification.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Continuous Professional Development Courses
Here you will find an extensive range of online CPD resources for our members, including live and recorded webinars, online courses, articles and reports.
Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales, Data Analytics Certificate
The course offers a choice of two distinct learning pathways. Upon successful completion of the case study you will be awarded the ICAEW Data Analytics Certificate for your chosen pathway.
Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales, Continuous Professional Development Courses
Choose from over a 100 virtual CPD courses across a wide range of topics to advance your and your team's career. Whatever your interest, development stage or skill gap, ICAEW Academy will have a CPD programme to accelerate your individual, business or practice performance.
The comments from other accountants working in academia will give you a range of insights which concern thinking things through. Read through the three topics below and reflect on the issues in the box preceding the quotes relating to each topic. As you read, make a note of any actions you might wish to take and add them to your Researching Accountant Development Plan.
covers fraud, financial crime and data analysis procedures – invaluable insight used by professionals in the search for criminal activity in both public and private sector organisations.
Some organisations provide further development for their senior colleagues through the Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship, which is often delivered with part of an MBA. Kaplan doesn’t deliver this standard, but you’ll find in the link below a list of providers that do
As a chartered accountant you'll give advice, audit accounts and provide trustworthy information about financial records. This might involve financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting, corporate finance, business recovery and insolvency, or accounting systems and processes.
A Management accountant works within a business to prepare and present financial reports to senior management teams in order to give an insight into business performance. The reports are used to aid with business strategy and also in decision making within the business, to ensure growth and profitability.
Tax Accountant applies knowledge of tax compliance and tax accounting principles to oversee and prepare all company tax compliance reports, while reporting budgetary concerns and taxation effects of business decisions to company managers. Offers knowledgeable tax advice to clients and across company departments.
Tax advisers help clients plan their finances to make sure they're paying the right amount of tax.
An Internal Auditor's job is to ensure that all the business processes in a company are risk-management compliant. The operating process includes assessing certain areas for compliance with relevant laws and evaluating how effective this department has been at implementing its controls into practices.
An external auditor reviews the financial information of a company and reports on findings. The external auditor is responsible for investigating financial statements for errors and fraud, performing audits on operations, and reporting on findings, and providing recommendations.
If you are a qualified Accountant with one of the ACA, ACCA, CIMA or ICAS qualifications? Are you interested in an exciting, new challenge, where you will be training up the next generation of accountancy & tax professionals?
A treasury accountant is responsible for tracking, maintaining, and overseeing the daily movement of money in and out of a business' banking accounts. In this position, your job duties are to keep track of multiple accounts associated with the business, and you also make any payments due to other parties.
Forensic accountants use their expertise in finance to investigate fraud and other financial misrepresentation. They work analysing financial information to enable lawyers to prosecute criminals, such as those funding illegal activities, and with insurance companies and other clients to resolve disputes.
Cost accountants help businesses by overseeing and analyzing cost expenditures and purchases within the organization. They review services and goods, record data, and make recommendations about cost-efficient and financially feasible cost options.
Provide advisory consultation to clients upon request regarding topics relating to corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ESG. Create guidelines, checklists, policies, procedures, and other related program content, to align with best practice and frameworks, and enable clients to carry out and enhance programs.
Is someone who sees an opportunity to start and run their own business. The business could be in any type of industry or service area. As an Entrepreneur, you will work out a business plan and raise money to finance your company.
Some people move into volunteering roles to make the most of their skill set and give back to society
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What next after your accounting and tax apprenticeship: Working in forensic accounting and as an entrepreneur
ICAEW learners, read this really good article on how to be an Audit Manager