[Purple]

I am interested in being an accountant but I dont want to take the degree route into the career, and I've read other topics here about accountancy degrees etc and I think I would be better off not doing a degree to become an accountant.

I have done my gcses this year and predicted B's in almost everything, I'll see next week what I do get and next year I am going to do:

At College:
Business Studies
Pyscology
Law (possibly)

At home: (from Uk-open-learning.com)
Maths
English Lit/Lan
and possibly Accounting, this is the course link tell me what you think of it.
http://uk-open-learning.com/CartV3/D...?ProductID=255

After that what will I then need to do to become an accountant? How long will it take and will I have the same qualifications as the accountants that done an accountancy degree?<Probably a stupid question. Also could I have any other information I might need.

[Natasha 4 eva]

if u dont want to take the degree route then u can also join a firm and take the same accountancy qualificatons howeverr i believe that the degree route would be more suitable as gaining a degree will enable u to experience more oppurtuities.

p.s good luck with your results nxt week

[Stan Hibbert]

You can join an ancountancy firm after your A levels and study fot the AAT and then onto ACA etc. AAT is basically a qualification that school leavers have to do before they can get the ACA and become a fully qualified accountant. Graduates don't do the AAT, they just do the ACA. Have a look on PriceWaterHouseCoopers or KPMG website and search for school leaver opportunities, there will be a lot of information about it there.

Hope this helps,

[Purple]

p.s good luck with your results nxt week

Thanks.

If I were to do a degree I wouldnt really want to do an accountancy degree I would prefer to something different and there is no accounting degrees around here and I dont want to move away.

The only degrees that are available here that I would like to do are as follows:
Business and Management
Business Management with Finance
Business Management with Marketing
Law (If I done a law degree I would be a lawyer)
Applied Pyscology (If I done this I would probably be a physcologist)

Could anyone suggest any other careers in finance?

Also what qualifications do you need to be a chartered accountant

[Stan Hibbert]

(Original post by kirstinx)
Thanks.

If I were to do a degree I wouldnt really want to do an accountancy degree I would prefer to something different and there is no accounting degrees around here and I dont want to move away.

The only degrees that are available here that I would like to do are as follows:
Business and Management
Business Management with Finance
Business Management with Marketing
Law (If I done a law degree I would be a lawyer)
Applied Pyscology (If I done this I would probably be a physcologist)

Could anyone suggest any other careers in finance?

Also what qualifications do you need to be a chartered accountant

Out of those degrees the business degrees would be more relevant but you do not need a specific degree to become an accountant. You should do what you think you will enjoy and/or be best at. I have heard of someone with a psychology degree that is now earning £70,000 at PwC in London.

[EconLou]

look here: http://www.pwc.com/uk/eng/car-inexp/...rtunities.html and go to train as a tax or accounting technician.
If u live near newcastle you could also look at the flying start degree program where u spend 3 months of each year of your degree working with PWC.

[Purple]

^Yea I live near newcastle so thanks for the site

[Purple]

Would an ALevel in accoutancy exempt me from AAT foundation level?

[Reloaded]

(Original post by kirstinx)
Would an ALevel in accoutancy exempt me from AAT foundation level?

yes.

[Purple]

Thanks

[Reloaded]

are you thinking of starting AAT after A-levels?

[Purple]

Yes

[Reloaded]

are you looking to go to college to study it or do you prefer to do an apprenticeship at an accountancy firm?

[Purple]

I am looking to go to college to study it whilst getting experience working somewhere

[Reloaded]

oh rite. i'm trying to decide whether to do that, or whether to do the AAT school-leaver training schemes at some of the accountancy firms. i've applied to a few places and taken a few tests but i'm still waiting for a response.

[Purple]

I looked on my local connexions site at the apprenticeships available but there was no accounting ones available. I also checked out prospects.ac.uk and visited this part of the site:
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Options_with_your_subject/Your_degree_in_accountancy_and_f inance/Job_options/p!eklgFiL
and it gave me information about getting training without a degree.

[Reloaded]

ok well i would advise you to look at the websites of some accountancy firms to check for vacancies for AAT training. there is a list of companies that offer the scheme on the AAT website but i think you need to register an account first

[Purple]

What is the FCA qualification? I was looking on the letterhead of a chartered accountants and most of them had FCA after their name? and the rest had ACA after their names.

Also would the ACCA qualification be unsuitable to work in a chartered accountancy firm?