ACCA or CIMA which is your favourite
Sweetpotato Chips
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I have just had alittle bit of an insight in to Management Accounting from my Unit 4 and it looks really interesting. What are you guys thoughts and feelings on it ??
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mmmmm i Prefer CIMA because i could careless about auditing some elses accounts.
From what i have seen its more about the process's of accounting and management than ACCA, Internal Audit here i come
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working in practise i understand more about financial so will have be ACCA0
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From what I can see its a more forward thinking process that maybe more business orientated rather than finance orientated. Both are of course very valuable and I was totally set on ACCA but now I am not so sure.mmmmm i Prefer CIMA because i could careless about auditing some elses accounts.
From what i have seen its more about the process's of accounting and management than ACCA, Internal Audit here i come0 -
Spot on what the BPP advisor told me Sweet, i was set on ACCA but several things swayed me to CIMA one being that its more business orientated, two i can keep my own practice up and running.0
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Sweetpotato Chips wrote: »Both are of course very valuable and I was totally set on ACCA but now I am not so sure.
I was so set on doing ACCA, but now im in the finance office at work, industry is looking more and more appealing. One of the main things for me is the progression that it offers. But i will decide closer the time....Still dont hurt looking though...lol...keeps me going sometimes !0 -
OMG some people are so rude and i hope it wasnt anyone off here, just had a telephone call at the office:-
"Hello am after a training contract through ACCA"
i reply "o are you"
She said "yes"
i reply "o good luck with that"
she said "cant you offer me one"
i said "no"
then she slams down the phone. Please even if i had a choice that person would be the last to be offered a job or training of any kind with that attitude.0 -
Don'tcha just luuurrrrvvvveee people !!!! I have to say though when I am talking to sales people sometimes I am the rude one LOL !!! oh and annoying creditors and debtors !! Work are having me do management reports its really exciting ( i am so god dam sad ) anyone fancy getting me a life lol !!!OMG some people are so rude and i hope it wasnt anyone off here, just had a telephone call at the office:-
"Hello am after a training contract through ACCA"
i reply "o are you"
She said "yes"
i reply "o good luck with that"
she said "cant you offer me one"
i said "no"
then she slams down the phone. Please even if i had a choice that person would be the last to be offered a job or training of any kind with that attitude.0 -
So are you sticking with ACCA then ??? My tutor has advised us all to stay away from CIMA because he reckons there is no future in it and that with ACCA you can still branch out or specialize....I like it all anyway lol even if my head feels like its about to explode and its still soooooo murky !!I was so set on doing ACCA, but now im in the finance office at work, industry is looking more and more appealing. One of the main things for me is the progression that it offers. But i will decide closer the time....Still dont hurt looking though...lol...keeps me going sometimes !0 -
Sweetpotato Chips wrote: »Don'tcha just luuurrrrvvvveee people !!!! I have to say though when I am talking to sales people sometimes I am the rude one LOL !!! oh and annoying creditors and debtors !! Work are having me do management reports its really exciting ( i am so god dam sad ) anyone fancy getting me a life lol !!!
It was just the attitude on the phone like she had the god given right to a training contract - o boy is she in for a suprize lol0 -
Well I suppose there is having confidence in your abilities and then theres just being downright arrogant..!! can I have a training contract when I pass my AAT please lol !!!It was just the attitude on the phone like she had the god given right to a training contract - o boy is she in for a suprize lol0 -
Sweetpotato Chips wrote: »Well I suppose there is having confidence in your abilities and then theres just being downright arrogant..!! can I have a training contract when I pass my AAT please lol !!!
of course you can sweetie 5 years in a hellish job (not to you by the way) taking stick building my very own rep within the firm just for you to jump in and get my earned training contract lol0 -
Sweetpotato Chips wrote: »So are you sticking with ACCA then ??? My tutor has advised us all to stay away from CIMA because he reckons there is no future in it and that with ACCA you can still branch out or specialize....I like it all anyway lol even if my head feels like its about to explode and its still soooooo murky !!
what was your tutors basis for reckoning there is no future in it? funny i had an interview the other day with Md of a local company ...not the FD but he was still Cima qualified, i think CIMA aloows for a much better branching out of the normal practice accounts, but then it all depends on what your goal is.0 -
A call like that is priceless! Makes you wonder if people think that they might need to be thinking about what they ask.
Anyways, my concern with CIMA was originally as well that in the future all industry would move to China and cost accountants (management accountants) would not be needed that much anymore, aka there is no future in CIMA.
I came back from it lately though. Been doing some research and am now trying to make the choice between the two. My work says CIMA would be better fitting with the work in the company, but won't let me do any higher work then just purchase ledger, so I have decided that once I finish my AAT I first am going to try find a new job and then decide on which course to go, as otherwise I probably end up being one of those all-qualified people, but no experience to back it up.
I still like both financial and management accounting a lot, so I find it very hard to make a choice!0 -
A call like that is priceless! Makes you wonder if people think that they might need to be thinking about what they ask.
Anyways, my concern with CIMA was originally as well that in the future all industry would move to China and cost accountants (management accountants) would not be needed that much anymore, aka there is no future in CIMA.
I came back from it lately though. Been doing some research and am now trying to make the choice between the two. My work says CIMA would be better fitting with the work in the company, but won't let me do any higher work then just purchase ledger, so I have decided that once I finish my AAT I first am going to try find a new job and then decide on which course to go, as otherwise I probably end up being one of those all-qualified people, but no experience to back it up.
I still like both financial and management accounting a lot, so I find it very hard to make a choice!
we were told tho they are almost the same just not audit papers you still do a financial papers and taxation0 -
we were told tho they are almost the same just not audit papers you still do a financial papers and taxation
Same as what i was told, at if your really interested in doing it you can do and audit top up paper and a i think another tax one and get FACCA or what ever it is so you can be a MAAT ACMA FACCA. 0 -
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Certainly more geared towards industry but from what i understand it doesn't rule out the possibility of working in practice, due to the wide scope of the syllabus, obviously you can't do much audit activity.0
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Sweetpotato Chips wrote: »So are you sticking with ACCA then ??? My tutor has advised us all to stay away from CIMA because he reckons there is no future in it and that with ACCA you can still branch out or specialize....I like it all anyway lol even if my head feels like its about to explode and its still soooooo murky !!
I can't believe a tutor would make such a ridiculous comment (ok well maybe I can).
CIMA is an equivalent qualification with a slightly different emphasis. Certainly if anyone is looking to work for themselves, CIMA has far less stringent practice regulations than ACCA.0 -
OMG some people are so rude and i hope it wasnt anyone off here, just had a telephone call at the office:-
"Hello am after a training contract through ACCA"
i reply "o are you"
She said "yes"
i reply "o good luck with that"
she said "cant you offer me one"
i said "no"
then she slams down the phone. Please even if i had a choice that person would be the last to be offered a job or training of any kind with that attitude.
It always surprises me how people don't expect to work there way up. People need to earn a learning contract, proving to the company they are worth investing in?!
Maybe I'm just damaged with the years of menial work I had to do whilst working my way up 0 -
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Maybe I'm just damaged with the years of menial work I had to do whilst working my way up
Probably....
Just kidding, but yes, people seem to think they earn the right to get a training contract by just showing up for an interview.
I am looking for a new job, so I can actually start on CIMA or ACCA once I have finished my MAAT, but if I find a really nice new employer that says they prefer one of the other, I might just go with that one, but with all respect to my new employer, I do expect to pay for it myself. I just hope they will be friendly enough to offer me some study leave now and then.0 -
It was one of the first things my tutor said to us. Don't misunderstand me I really like my tutor and enjoy his lessons I was just repeating the advise he gave to us. I am so far away from that decision that I am not going to worry about it for now lol !!Bluewednesday wrote: »I can't believe a tutor would make such a ridiculous comment (ok well maybe I can).
CIMA is an equivalent qualification with a slightly different emphasis. Certainly if anyone is looking to work for themselves, CIMA has far less stringent practice regulations than ACCA.0 -
I like menial but thats my OCD coming out nice a repetativeIt always surprises me how people don't expect to work there way up. People need to earn a learning contract, proving to the company they are worth investing in?!
Maybe I'm just damaged with the years of menial work I had to do whilst working my way up0 -
Well im off to BPP, man these 15hr days hurt my head.0
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Don't worry sweet, I know you were only repeating what you had been told, I meant the tutor made a ridiculous comment, not you.0
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Sweetpotato Chips wrote: »Excuse my obvious ignorance but what is BPP lol ??
Its a learning provider0 -
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