The ACCA exams list: becoming a chartered accountant

You'll focus on business organisation, structure, governance, and management, while considering environmental influences. You'll also cover a selected history of accounting and knowledge on managing a team.

You will review financial reporting, qualitative characteristics of financial information, and bases of accounting. Includes an overview of double entry, accounting systems, and how to prepare a trial balance, statements, and group accounting basics.

Covers the nature and purpose of cost and management accounting. Specifically cost classification, behavior, and purpose. This paper also includes a focus on business mathematics and electronic spreadsheets, cost-accounting techniques, and short-term decision-making methods.

You will study the general legal framework relating to business, including a focus on areas linked to corporate accounting.

This paper will enhance crucial knowledge and skills relating to the tax system for business and individual purposes.

Develop the knowledge to help you prepare, present, analyze, interpret financial statements to relevant accounting standards.

Learn how to apply management accounting techniques to quantitative and qualitative information. Also includes a renewed focus on previous topics, including absorption and marginal costing.

This paper covers the expectations of a financial manager, including specific issues that influence investment and financing.

You will explore skills specifically for the process and application of performing an audience assurance engagement.

You will learn how to apply and evaluate concepts, principles, and practices for the preparation and interpretation of corporate reports in several contexts.

You will grow the skills of an effective leader while supporting senior management. Also includes a focus on the Ethics and Professional Skills module.

This paper covers how to obtain, plan, control, and conclude audit and assurance engagements. It is recommended to study this alongside the SBR.

You will develop an understanding of senior financial executive expectations that link directly to the financial management of an organization.

Covers the evaluation of skills for business performance through the application of strategic management accounting techniques.

You will learn how to apply relevant knowledge and previous skills to evaluate the impact of major taxes, focusing on both individuals and organizations. Will also help you to master any rule changes since your last study period.