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How achievable is it to complete CIMA/ACCA with a full time job - 40 hours a week

Im 25, Currently working full time as a AP officer for 3 years..doing standard ap work nothing extra.. been offered a finance assistant role but at less hours . its a supporting role

The job role would be mostly be this
Processing purchase invoices
• Assisting with sales invoicing
• Supporting credit control and payment follow-ups
• Reconciling supplier statements and resolving discrepancies
• Performing bank reconciliations and monitoring cash flow
• Supporting month-end journals and accruals
• Maintaining financial records and filing systems
• Assisting with expenses and staff reimbursements
• Assisting with company credit card processing and reconciliation

Would you accept this role at 22hours, less pay or stay as ap officer

Hi All,

I graduated from uni about 3 years ago it has given me some exemptions from CIMA. The remaining exams i have are the following

Operational Level
OCS – Operational Case Study (Operational Case Study Exam)

Management Level
MCS – Management Case Study (Management Case Study Exam)

Strategic Level
E3 – Strategic Management (Strategic Management Exam)
P3 – Risk Management (Risk Management Exam)
F3 – Financial Strategy (Financial Strategy Exam)
SCS – Strategic Case Study (Strategic Case Study Exam)

Would you say i should go through the traditional route of self study + kaplan/bpp or go with FLP and how hard are these remaining exams i have forgot a lot of the theory from uni would i struggle?

Hi All,

Need some career advice…currently i am 25 working as a accounts payable officer for about 3 years in the UK 40 hours a week 28k per year…have been offered another role as a finance assistant with less hours but more responsibilities around 22.5 hours, salary 26.5k FTE. I do have accounting and finance degree and do want to get a CIMA qualification but current job wont pay for it

My current role i do standard AP work but this new role would be a much wider finance role so doing journals, accruals, credit control basically a wide range of finance responsibilities

Should i stay in my current role or move to this new one?

Hi All,

Need some career advice…currently i am 25 working as a accounts payable officer for about 3 years in the UK 40 hours a week 28k per year…have been offered another role as a finance assistant with less hours but more responsibilities around 22.5 hours, salary 26.5k FTE. I do have accounting and finance degree and do want to get a CIMA qualification but current job wont pay for it

My current role i do standard AP work but this new role would be a much wider finance role so doing journals, accruals, credit control basically a wide range of finance responsibilities

Should i stay in my current role or move to this new one?