ACCA Strategic Professional · exam guide
ACCA Strategic Professional Career Scope
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Completing Strategic Professional, the ethics module and PER leads to ACCA membership, which allows you to use the letters ACCA after your name.
Typical roles
- Financial accountant
- Management accountant
- Internal auditor
- Financial analyst
- Risk manager
- Finance transition manager
- Finance business partner
- Partner
Where you can work
- Banking, insurance and investment banking
- Financial services and fintech
- Public sector
- Technology and AI
- Retail, hospitality, healthcare and renewable energy
What it leads to: ACCA membership: pass all exams, complete the Ethics and Professional Skills Module and meet the Practical Experience Requirement, then pay the admission fee and annual subscription. ACCA reports 257,900 members and 530,100 students and affiliates in 180 countries, and 8,104 approved employers worldwide.