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Why did I become an accountant?
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages• High earning potential• Opportunities in business• Travel• Secondments• Prestige and sense of achievement
Disadvantages• Hard work• Study at weekends• Further exams
Pathways to becoming aChartered Accountant
Graduate• 3 years university• 3 years ACA training = 6 years total
School leaver• 2 years AAT training• 3 years ACA training = 5 years total
AAT: Association of Accounting Technicians
Advantages• Shorter route to becoming a Chartered Accountant• Earn money throughout (no large student loan)• 2 years more experience• Exemptions from ACA exams
Who are Baker Tilly?
Key stats:• Top 10 UK accountancy firm• Employs over 2000 staff in the UK• International network• Award winning
Service lines:• Audit• Tax• Accounts preparation• Corporate finance• Forensic accounting• Consultancy
Requirements
Graduate ACA scheme• 5 GCSEs A-C (B in Maths and English)• 280 UCAS points (excl General Studies)• 2:1 Degree
School leaver AAT scheme• 5 GCSEs A-C (B in Maths and English)• 280 UCAS points (excl General Studies)
www.bakertilly.co.uk/trainees