Graduate Opportunities

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

We support our 131,000 members and 362,000 students throughout their careers, providing services through a network of 80 offices and centres.

More people around the world qualify in-country with ACCA than any other international body.

All degree disciplines accepted

ACCA accepts graduates from all degree disciplines, although graduates who have majored in accounting and business may be exempt from up to nine of ACCA's 14 papers.

Visit ACCA’s exemption enquiry database at www.accaglobal.com/learningproviders/exemptions to view the exemptions offered to your degree, and university, in more detail.

Undergraduate benefits

• Subscribe to potential, ACCA’s FREE monthly e-magazine at www.accaglobal.com/potential
• Join the accelerate program and, for a small annual fee, receive ACCA’s monthly student magazine filled with technical- and career-related articles. You will also be invited to participate in undergraduate-specific events and be offered free registration with ACCA on completion of your degree. To register visit www.accaglobal.com/australia/students/accelerate

Getting Qualified – a flexible approach

The ACCA Qualification includes the following and can be completed in as little as three years.

Examinations:

• are held twice a year in June and December
• up to four exams can be sat at each examination sitting
• students can study for papers in any order within a module
• students are not required to take exams at every available examination sitting if they do not wish to.

Professional Ethics Module:

• helps students develop their ethical maturity and can be taken when a student is eligible to sit paper P1, the 10th paper in the syllabus
• the module is not an exam but a series of reflective self tests.

Practical Experience Requirement (PER):

• three years relevant supervised practical experience can be gained:

- before, during or after sitting the ACCA exams
- in any one or a number of sectors
- in any one or number of countries
- with more than one employer

• experience is logged on an online Training Development Matrix (TDM)
• a mentor (qualified accountant) must sign off the TDM.

To register

Potential students can request a registration pack from the local ACCA Australia and New Zealand office at:
info@au.accaglobal.com

or register online at:
http://www.accaglobal.com/join/register/online

Registration can take place at any time, but certain deadlines apply if you need to ensure eligibility for a specific exam session.

ACCA registration deadlines	ACCA exams offered
15 August	Early December of the same year
31 December	Early June of the following year

To learn more, visit ACCA’s global website at: www.accaglobal.com

ACCA member profile

Isabelle Li, ACCA Fellow, BEc, MBA, MA

“I was born and educated in China, graduating from Xia’men University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Economics. I completed my ACCA studies in 1996 while working in Singapore as an auditor. After arriving in Australia in 1999, I embarked upon an MBA degree at the Australian Graduate School of Management. Since 2001, I have been working for Optus in Sydney in roles ranging through business process reengineering, change management, commercial evaluation and operational strategy, to my current role of managing the international voice business. This involves business planning, financial reporting, revenue assurance, quality improvement, product management and general management, all in a cross-cultural environment.”