ACCA
ACCA's mission is:
- to provide opportunity and access to people of ability around the world and to support our members throughout their careers in accounting, business and finance
- to achieve and promote the highest professional, ethical and governance standards
- to advance the public interest
- to be a global leader in the profession.
ACCA's benefits
ACCA builds lifelong relationships through programmes designed to suit the varying needs of accountants, finance professionals and non-finance professionals with financial responsibility – at all stages of their careers.
Our modern approach and our established reputation mean that we create a world of opportunity for learning and advancement.
More information
ACCA has an extensive network of over 89 offices and other centres worldwide which can provide additional information on our qualifications and courses. Information on our services can be found on our website at www.accaglobal.com along with details of how to register and further background.
A modern approach
ACCA's reputation is grounded in over 100 years of providing accounting and finance qualifications. We complement our long traditions with modern thinking. With a predominantly young and dynamic membership, we aim to create value for the profession and the business community through standards and services which are innovative, relevant and of the highest possible quality.
A range of new qualifications is aimed at enhancing the skills of finance managers and accountants. Our MBA programme with Oxford Brookes University and Diploma in Corporate Governance help to ensure that ACCA is a pre-eminent world brand, relevant wherever global capital and labour markets flow.
General description/About ACCA
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.
Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development. We aim to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of global standards. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that, through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We seek to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers, innovating our qualifications and their delivery to meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers.
ACCA works to strengthen a global profession based on the application of consistent standards, which we believe best supports international business and the desire of talented people to have successful, international careers. We champion the needs of small and medium sized business (SMEs) and emerging economies, and promote the value of sustainable business.
To achieve this we work with global bodies such as the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and with 77 global partnerships. Above all, we seek to bring long-term value to economies in which we develop and support professional accountants.
We support our 162,000 members and 428,000 students in 173 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills needed by employers. We work through a network of over 89 offices and centres and 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development.
ACCA works in the public interest, assuring that its members are appropriately regulated for the work they carry out and, promoting principles-based approaches to regulation. We actively seek to enhance the public value of accounting in society through international research and we take a progressive stance on global issues to ensure accountancy as a profession continues to grow in reputation and influence.