Is it better for acca to join a foreign company or an office?

First of all, there are only two types of people who can ask this kind of question: one is a novice who is new to accounting and finance, and the other is an accounting scumbag who fantasizes about pie in the sky all day long. Can you use your brain? Forget it if the rookies don’t know. Sooner or later, they will know that ACCA and CPA are certificates worth taking. But what’s going on with those people who have imaginary symptoms? They have been working in the industry for several years and they don’t know about ACCA. What is it? Both the International Certified Public Accountant and the Chinese Certified Public Accountant are certificates worth taking, okay? You can get away with just taking the CPA exam? Doesn’t it take ten or eight years? And besides state-owned enterprises and accounting firms , How many large-scale companies would want you? Just go to the office and find an experienced auditor with decades of experience to sign the audit report. If they want you? Don’t worry, the company is not worried yet.

Similarly, just taking the ACCA exam is not perfect. Although you can confidently choose from many large domestic and foreign companies, although ACCA can help you get promoted online in your career. A raise in salary, but you will never enjoy the right to sign audits in China. Even if you have exercised the right to sign audits tens of thousands of times in countries such as the United Kingdom, Singapore, Ireland, etc., you will never be able to exercise the right to sign audits in China. In China, you only have the right to sign audits. CPA has this right...well, I agreed not to say it, but it's a lot of verbosity.

Well, since you are still obsessed with the comparison between ACCA and CPA, I will help you to the end and send Buddha to the West! Hey! I have posted the post about ACCA and CPA on Zhihu It’s sorted out, take a look at what these Zhihu masters say!

The following are various answers from Zhihu masters:

ACCA has high gold content and is worth taking the exam. Although certificates cannot represent everything, they are a valuable stepping stone for employment opportunities in foreign companies.

I think that when learning ACCA, you should not be woken up by a bowl of chicken soup. ACCA is not a guarantee for your promotion. Everyone should be aware that ability is the most important, and a certificate cannot guarantee admission to the top four. Among the Big Four, apart from PricewaterhouseCoopers, as far as I know, EY, KPMG, and DELOITTE will not give ACCA a salary increase of several thousand. In fact, I think the certificate is not important, what is important is personal ability. Can a truly qualified person fail to pass the CICPA or ACCA exam?

Can not agree

more!!! After finishing all the courses in the third grade exam, I am not the kind of girl who is very cool and smart. Almost every May Day, National Day, Dragon Boat Festival, and even winter and summer vacations, she spends time in the empty study room with textbook questions. The output does not have to be material, and I also appreciate the beauty of life. I even feel that washing clothes is a kind of relaxation after enrichment. Looking at the colorful colors in the water, recalling the story behind each piece of clothing, and the joy of running around the playground after sitting in the study room for a day, etc. , are all gifts given to me by ACCA.

The days for the A exam are almost over. Looking back on those one or two months, I got up before dawn and my roommates were already asleep when I returned home at night. Those days were quite fulfilling. If you can get 60, 70 or higher in most ACCA courses, you have gained a lot. Perhaps the more important thing is the learning method, which can be applied no matter what you study.

As an ACCA affiliate

I would like to add that for college students, ACCA can provide you with many internship opportunities. This is what I personally appreciate most about ACCA. ACCA's employability competition and every semester's intern day have many ACCA-approved employers, Fortune 500 companies and well-known domestic companies, providing many very good job and internship opportunities. I personally got an internship at a very good Fortune 500 company because of ACCA's recommendation and finally got a job offer. Hope that helps.

During the interview, I personally feel that ACCA is very convincing. It is a huge bonus and will make employers think that you have a strong background in financial theory. When I was looking for a job, I was never rejected at the interview stage. Almost every interviewer would mention that they were satisfied with my financial background. I think for this, I have to thank the general practitioner for passing ACCA.

First of all, it is recommended to understand the Big Four. When you say you like finance, it is actually very broad. Why do you want to join the Big Four? What do the Big Four do?

Then, it can be said that if you enter the four major domestic companies and have a CPA, it will be very important. But let’s not say that you can’t take the exam as an undergraduate. If your professional background is not accounting or even business, CPA is not realistic for you at least for you now. It is recommended that if you want to go step by step, you can first learn business knowledge, microeconomics and management. Self-study accounting qualifications can acquire the most basic accounting knowledge. You still have two years to go before graduation. Even as a junior accountant, you can take the exam. Although it is very different from CPA, at least you can acquire some accounting thinking methods while you have the certificate. Feng will take the CPA exam again.

Finally, it’s ACCA. To be honest, if your family conditions are good, I highly recommend you to study. The first nine courses of ACCA cover accounting, management, law, corporate finance, etc. After passing the exam, you will have a very solid and international financial knowledge framework.

This is absolutely different for CPA. CPA is too sophisticated, so its scope of practice is too narrow. It is just a pure accounting certificate. The scope of ACCA's practice is much wider. Many people have to use various reasons to argue why ACCA is not well received in the UK. In fact, I personally feel that it is trying to catch up. And as a freshman, ACCA will really be an exam for you to enrich your campus life.

1. First of all, ACCA and CPA do not conflict. Take the ACCA exam at school and the CPA exam after graduation. I studied CPA for four years in school and took 6 exams at one time after graduation. I thought it was not very reliable.

2. ACCA, ACA, and CA are divided into higher and lower levels, but they are basically at the same level, with a high degree of exemption from the exam and even mutual recognition.

3. Those who have passed ACCA P7 have the right to sign audit reports in Commonwealth countries, but in China? That is definitely not the case. Only CPA has it, and the corresponding AICPA, ICAEW CA does not have it either

4. ACCA, CPA and other certificates can get 1500~2500 Q PAY in the four majors. If there are several certificates of this level, q pay will It feels so good to get it

5. ACCA is simpler than CPA, but it does not mean that ACCA is easy to take. It usually takes 2 to 3 years (depending on the degree of exemption)

6 .Those who pass the CPA are exempted from taking nine ACCA exams (basic stage). ACCA cannot be exempted from taking the CPA exam, and ACA is exempted from taking two CPA exams

7. Learning ACCA will greatly improve your financial English level

8.ACCA It is not as helpful as expected to get into the Big Four. Those who want to rely on ACCA to get into the Big Four can save money. Don't think that having ACCA will 100% guarantee that you will get into the Big Four/Big Eight head office. Help is limited. However, in the recruitment of the eight major domestic companies, it is clearly stated that ACCA

Those who have passed several CPA exams will be given priority. Pay attention to the wording. It is just a priority.

9. ACCA is said to be from the UK. IQ arrears are not mentioned here.

10. It is difficult for undergraduate students with a financial background to find a certificate with higher value than ACCA. Of course, CICPA requires you to apply for it in the last semester. If you don’t apply for AICPA It's troublesome to fly to the United States once a year. ACA's application restrictions are more restrictive, unless you pass the orientation classes set up by some universities. It seems that you can take the first level of CFA in your junior year.

11. Don’t think that a CPA or ACCA can solve all problems.

In China, CPA has almost become a stepping stone, and it is almost a necessary skill to go to the Big Four, investment banks, etc. ACCA has high gold content, is difficult to test, is foreign-style, and is biased toward auditing. If you pass the test, you can get a lot of points, and you won't hit a wall even if you don't take the test.

After passing the CPA exam, ACCA only needs to take nine exams. However, current CPA students cannot take the exam.

I think that now that I am in my first and second year of college, there are many possibilities for employment in the future. Now is the stage of knowledge accumulation. I can study all majors in finance and economics to lay a solid foundation. After all, CPA and ACCA are not easy to take. of. At the same time, I am also preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination and going abroad. Every path is open.

Also, the Big Four are actually... easily mythologized by current students. If you want to enter the Big Four, a bachelor's degree is enough. If you want to enter industries such as securities funds, you must have a master's degree or above or even a master's degree from an excellent university.

Clarify your identity: A first-year postgraduate student, passed all ACCA at the undergraduate level, took the CPA exam for the first time after graduation, and passed accounting and financial management

Interests: ACCA member, currently working for The financial department of a company listed in two places.

In my personal opinion, I don’t care which one is better, CPA or ACCA (in fact, I can’t tell). As far as school is concerned, taking the ACCA exam is more suitable because it can increase your leverage when you are employed. Someone said earlier that due to strict restrictions, you cannot complete the CPA exam before graduation.

Let me talk about the value of ACCA. Since I started taking this certificate n years ago, I have seen in various forums the debate about which one is better or worse than CPA. Later, I didn't bother to read it, so I just talked about my experience after passing ACCA from the perspective of a working person, for the reference of friends who are studying. I talk about it from two aspects:

1. Recognition in the workplace.

Let’s start with why I took this certificate. When I first started working N years ago, the company encouraged everyone to apply for ACCA because we were listed in both domestic and overseas markets and needed to disclose financial reports in accordance with IFRS. The company pays to organize training classes, and if you pass the exam, the annual fee will be 100% reimbursed. It is highly encouraged from the company and department leadership level. If you pass the exam, you will be commended by the company's financial system. From my perspective, there are many people who understand Chinese standards within the company (even if you are not a CPA), but only after passing the ACCA exam will everyone think you understand international standards and are considered a relatively good person. Therefore, in terms of internal promotion, having an ACCA certificate is a great advantage. Of course, this may be related to the preferences of our leaders, but this may not be the case in other companies. All this nonsense is just to tell the poster that whether a certificate is good or bad depends on the specific working environment. It doesn’t matter to laymen, it’s just that people think you have a professional qualification certificate. But in your work environment, value is more desirable when it is scarce.

By the same token, since CPAs have the right to sign in a firm, I guess CPAs are more valued (I have never been in a firm, just a guess)

2. About the knowledge system

ACCA's knowledge system is very good, and it focuses on cultivating financial management talents. I have also read the textbooks for CPA, and I feel that it focuses on cultivating professional and technical talents. It depends on which direction you want to develop. I don't think it matters. Specifically speaking to the poster, since I am not a finance major (I am not a finance major), from my personal examination experience, the process of taking the ACCA exam is a process of systematically learning the financial and management knowledge framework, which is very rewarding.

3. Regarding the accumulation of connections

Why I want to bring this up is because I participated in many activities organized by associations after passing the ACCA exam, and I feel that the gains are even more rewarding than passing the certificate. big. ACCA has representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. There are activities every week in Beijing, including badminton, expert financial lectures, outdoor activities, and even organizing dinners for members who have birthdays that month, and even giving out small gifts. . . . In this process, you can get to know many senior people in the industry. Since you are a member of the association, there is no conflict of interest and everyone can talk easily, and the level is generally OK. Last month, the association organized a birthday party for members to have a dinner with four people at a table, and one foreign investor The director of the bank, the director of a supervisory committee, and the financial director of a state-owned enterprise had some exchanges with each other and felt very good. Since I am not a member of CPA, I don’t know what CPA’s activities are and I have no right to speak.

In short, putting aside the debate, if the poster is not short of money, it is recommended to take the ACCA exam first, and if it is necessary to take the CPA exam for future career development, it is not stressful to have many talents.

Finally, with a responsible attitude, I can tell you: take the ACCA exam while you are in school, and then take the CPA exam after graduation. If you pass both exams, you can be successful. If you want to develop in the accounting industry, try your best to take the exam. If you pass ACCA when you graduate, it will prove your ability. When you apply for the "Big Four", your chances will be much greater than ordinary people, and then in During the "Big Four" internship period, no one will tell you to take the CPA exam, and generally those who have been trained will have a much deeper cognitive understanding than the rookies, and it will be easier to pass the CPA.