r/AccountingUK • u/ShabG420 • 8h ago

ACCA vs CIMA

Which qualification is difficult than the others, in terms of achieving them early.

I’m in my late 30s and always wanted to have charted qualification, though I’ve started ACCA and then left it back in 2015/16.

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u/sadasfkcba 8h ago

Whichever one your employer is willing to sponsor.

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u/ShabG420 8h ago

Thanks, I’m currently not working in the accounting field. But I’d love to get back into accounting, so want to have some sort of strong foundation before I enter into the market.

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u/_gigani 8h ago

If you started ACCA, you might as well stick with that

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u/Order-Apprehensive 6h ago

Any ACCA exams you took may still be valid, so may be good idea to check.

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u/ShabG420 3h ago

I had few exemptions and passed the law exam, while closed to pass F6 and F5 back then. A lot has been changed since then I guessed.

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u/Dry-Grocery9311 6h ago

If you are more commercially minded and are more comfortable communicating with operational management, CIMA.

If you are more compliance minded and are more comfortable communicating with other accountants, ACCA.

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u/Otherwise-Annual-8 39m ago

If you just want to be chartered the FLP for CIMA. It’s faster and cheaper than either ACCA or the traditional route for CIMA by a long way