ACCA/CIMA info

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FamilyDub

3,587 posts

164 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
By the way, never used your letters on your business cards or letters, it's so schoolboyish biggrin
Agreed.

Signed, FamilyDub CIMA Adv Dip MA

hehe

Giantset

4 posts

142 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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Thanks for the replys.

Fair dues, I can see your points. The main thing is just becoming a chartered accountant, through which body is less important. For me I guess the syllabus will have to be the deciding factor if that's the case. I can see my self enjoying performance managment and probably tax, but auditing not as much.

Good shout on the CFA, I'll definitely look into doing something like that after I qualify as a CA.

FamilyDub

3,587 posts

164 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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For you, judging on tone & language, avoid CIMA IMHO.

Report back when you know the lie of the land. smile

jaedba2604

1,846 posts

146 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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edited as i can't be bothered with being contentious... smile

Edited by jaedba2604 on Sunday 20th May 23:35

DukeDickson

4,721 posts

212 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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jaedba2604 said:
Stuff
Judging people on their personal financial situation (which you really know precious little about) - scratchchinrolleyes

Maybe others judge on simple punctuation? Your caps lock appears to be broken for a start.

jaedba2604

1,846 posts

146 months

Sunday 20th May 2012
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DukeDickson said:
jaedba2604 said:
Stuff
Judging people on their personal financial situation (which you really know precious little about) - scratchchinrolleyes

Maybe others judge on simple punctuation? Your caps lock appears to be broken for a start.
as i said, everyone has an acid test...it's not something i act upon. as you say, i know very little about it.

i'm not a secretary; i apologise for my lack of capitals. however my punctuation is fine i think.

Giantset

4 posts

142 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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FamilyDub said:
For you, judging on tone & language, avoid CIMA IMHO.

Report back when you know the lie of the land. smile
FamilyDub, please elaborate on the tone and language comment, I'm sitting here scratching my head, lol.

hornet

6,333 posts

249 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Good luck to anyone sitting CIMA exams this week. I'm sitting P1 on Wednesday and currently have man flu, which is not helping matters.

Pulse

10,922 posts

217 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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hornet said:
Good luck to anyone sitting CIMA exams this week. I'm sitting P1 on Wednesday and currently have man flu, which is not helping matters.
My partner is also sitting P1 this week! Good luck. She is also sitting F1 the day after!

z4chris99

11,221 posts

178 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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I looked into CIMA but decided on an MSc instead, which i get CISI lv 6 given to me at the end too.

ACCA/CIMA is a long slog, good luck this week

FamilyDub

3,587 posts

164 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Giantset said:
FamilyDub said:
For you, judging on tone & language, avoid CIMA IMHO.

Report back when you know the lie of the land. smile
FamilyDub, please elaborate on the tone and language comment, I'm sitting here scratching my head, lol.
I'll PM you when exams are over at the end of the week. thumbup

No offence or provocation intended, I'm just trying to eek out your motivation so can comment a bit better. smile

Office_Monkey

1,967 posts

208 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Pulse said:
hornet said:
Good luck to anyone sitting CIMA exams this week. I'm sitting P1 on Wednesday and currently have man flu, which is not helping matters.
My partner is also sitting P1 this week! Good luck. She is also sitting F1 the day after!
Good luck to everyone sitting their exams. TBH, whilst the exams are stressful, practice will make them easier!

hornet

6,333 posts

249 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Pulse said:
My partner is also sitting P1 this week! Good luck. She is also sitting F1 the day after!
I'm sticking with one paper at a time for the moment. I think two papers a sitting AND working would very quickly become too much. That said, I know people doing three at a time plus working full time. Whatever works for you I guess. Qualifying at all cost was never my motivation, so I'm taking it one at a time for now. I really should be doing some last minute revision shouldn't I smile

Pulse

10,922 posts

217 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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hornet said:
I'm sticking with one paper at a time for the moment. I think two papers a sitting AND working would very quickly become too much. That said, I know people doing three at a time plus working full time. Whatever works for you I guess. Qualifying at all cost was never my motivation, so I'm taking it one at a time for now. I really should be doing some last minute revision shouldn't I smile
She did E1 earlier in the year just to kick things off, but decided to try out 2 exams this time. The trouble with taking 2 exams at the same time is that they're on consecutive days, which gives you no time to refresh for the next exam.

I suppose it's good practice for when you sit the final 3 exams in one go!

In hindsight, starting off with the easiest exam, and doing both harder exams together, was probably not the right choice!

hornet

6,333 posts

249 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Pulse said:
She did E1 earlier in the year just to kick things off, but decided to try out 2 exams this time. The trouble with taking 2 exams at the same time is that they're on consecutive days, which gives you no time to refresh for the next exam.

I suppose it's good practice for when you sit the final 3 exams in one go!

In hindsight, starting off with the easiest exam, and doing both harder exams together, was probably not the right choice!
I did E1 last November. Plan is to get through first level one at a time, so F1 this November. After that, might double up on E2 and P2 and leave F2 standalone.

FamilyDub

3,587 posts

164 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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hornet said:
I did E1 last November. Plan is to get through first level one at a time, so F1 this November. After that, might double up on E2 and P2 and leave F2 standalone.
P2 is harder than F2, just look at the past results -- it's usually the lowest pass rate of all papers, inc the strats & T4.

Edit to add: E2, which alot of it overlaps with E1 (and E3, incidentally) could be good to combine with F1.

I may be alone in saying P2 & F2 are a hard slog on their own.

Edited by FamilyDub on Monday 21st May 19:39

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,230 posts

234 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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Jeez Louise...we had to pass em all in one go, no options! (and no calculators, but ball points were allowed) biggrin

Lawrence5

1,253 posts

234 months

Monday 21st May 2012
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I'm CIMA and never looked back until moving to Jersey..... ACA's are elitest buggers and run the show here.

Then again if you are in the right role look into this biggrin

http://www.icaew.com/en/join-us/members-of-other-b...

<<To join ICAEW via Pathways to Membership, you must meet certain eligibility criteria. Qualified members of ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, MICPA, CPA Australia or AICPA with a minimum of five years' full membership and post-qualification experience in an accounting and/or business environment may apply.>>

NOt sure if I will bother - as I suspect not having worked for the big 4 I still won't get an interview frown

hornet

6,333 posts

249 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Well, exam sat and felt like it went ok. The point about question practice is very valid, as a lot came up that were basically just rewordings of previous questions I'd practiced. A lot of variance analysis and NPV stuff, which I think I'm comfortable with, so fingers crossed. Now comes that horrid wait! Not sure what I'll do with my evenings now. Well, until I start F1 tuition. Do I scare myself with some past papers and try and hit the ground running, or do I just chill out for a bit?

Ljm5

56 posts

155 months

Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Hornet, now is the time to relax - until at least August!

I sat p2 today, and I've got f2 tomorrow... Can't wait to get it over and done with and enjoy the summer!