Acca

Ciara26

Thinking of doing one of p exams for the aug sitting and wondering which id easiest to self study?

jodieS

I atteded classes for P1, 2 and 6. Self studied p3 and passed but you need to be very motivated which I struggled with. Either P1 or P3 could be self studied but definetley go to classes for P2. Hope this is some help

kco2010

Just starting out with the fundamental papers through distance learning and am wondering which paper is the most difficult and which can be done together. Full time working mum with 15 years in Financial industry so hoping its not too much of an undertaking 😱

ledpage

Hi,

So its been a while since the last reply so I'll pick it up with my own question! don't know how to set up my own thread so I'm stealing this one sorry!

I'm thinking of a full career change - been working in a bank for the last 3 years doing nothing like accounting but I'm thinking of moving into it. I'm doing a part time degree in Business and really enjoy the subject plus as a career the payoffs are there.

Problem is I never finished college previously (currently 1st year at the moment) so I'd have no exemptions or previous degree qualification, only a QFA and would be starting basically from scratch at 31/32.

My dilemma is this: If i stay in college I would finish in 2019 with 9 exemptions then have to do a further 3 years to complete the exams along with the PER - so 7 years in total. After college I'd be 35ish dropping down to 20k or whatever which would be very incovenient obviously! Alternatively I could leave college after 1st year and try find a job in a small/medium firm and hopefully be qualified fully (all going to plan) by around 2020 saving myself some time. Also if i have to take a drop in salary I'd rather do it sooner rather than later as circumstances and financial needs could be vastly different in a few years.

Am i mad to think id even get a job with next to no experience? Ive heard people go into firms starting ACCAs after school. What salary could i expect? How many exams do i need to do to get a raise? And how much might that be? Any other advice?

Probably seems a bit scattered! Anyway thanks a lot for reading!

jjjd

If you had nine exemptions and only had the P level papers left it shouldn't take three years to complete. Perhaps some of your experience in banking could be considered as meeting the PER requirement. Don't see why you would need to leave the bank, could you request a transfer to the accounting and finance section? You should be able to get the required experience there for PER purposes.