Chartered Accountant & Career Coach | Big 4
I would say I have sat a LOT of exams in my 25 years, including more recently the 15 ACA exams. With every exam comes exam stress to some extent. To make matters worse, there was even the added pressure with the ACA exams that my job could be on the line if I performed …
Optical Express was the first company I physically visited for a laser eye surgery consultation and it was the last. Following on from ‘How I came to choose Optical Express for Laser Eye Surgery’ I did have an initial online consultation with Optegra too. I was also considering Optimax but as I had a great …
The ICAEW ACA Ethics Learning Programme is a key requirement to becoming ACA qualified. Ethics is constantly drummed into you throughout your ACA studies. This is done through examining ethics within each ACA exam and through the Ethics and Professional Scepticism tab of the training file. This is an element of the ACA qualification that …
If you have read my Growing up with Glasses blog, you will know getting laser eye surgery is something I have always considered. My rationale behind getting laser is made very clear in that post. However, I had not always been completely sure if I would actually take the leap to get laser eye surgery. …
Before reading, please note that this is an extremely subjective blog. What I find difficult another person may not and vice versa. Find the details of my academic background here if interested (no prior accounting experience). Therefore, this is my personal opinion on how hard the ICAEW ACA exams are. I will also include ICAEW …
Has anyone else been searching for weights online since the first lockdown? The funny thing is, I always anticipate the next lockdown coming as it will be all over the news. Why I do not look to improve my home workout equipment at the earliest opportunity I do not know. I always leave it until …
The final part to the 15 ACA exams breakdown is the three ACA Advanced Level exams. These consist of the three exams outlined below. The Case Study exam as mentioned in Part 1 has to be sat last of all the exams. The three Advanced Level exams can be sat in one exam sitting (during …
My average monthly savings of my disposable income (after bills) since October 2019 is 83.71%. Yes, you read that correctly, 83.71%. My 5 months prior to COVID-19 average savings are 82.30%. Admittedly this is slightly lower as expected due to lockdown but these savings are still huge. In absolute terms, I spend on average just …
Now you have entered into the ACA Professional Level exams, multiple choice questions are a thing of the past. These exams are a HUGE step up from Certificate exams. To put yourself in the best position for these ACA exams ensure you have grasped the basic understanding from Certificate Level. Much of the content will …
As I embark on a new chapter in my life, post laser eye surgery, I would like to take this time to reflect on my past eighteen years of life with glasses. This post is one where I will express raw, honest emotion and is a more vulnerable post than the mostly factual ACA posts. …
As mentioned in ‘All Important ACA: What? Why? How to Qualify?’, there are 15 ACA exams. These 15 exams can be broken down into three levels: Certificate Level – six exams Professional Level – six exams Advanced Level – three exams This blog post focuses on the ACA Certificate Level exams. In order to make …
What is the ACA? The ACA, different to ACCA, stands for Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA). It is a professional qualification (similar to a masters), which for me came as part of my graduate scheme in audit. However, this qualification is also part of many other graduate schemes within the financial sector. The ACA covers a …