Advice on Accounting Career: ICAN, ACCA and ICAEW

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Dear Jarus,
I really want to commend your efforts on the career advancement tips you have been offering to Nigerians who crave excellence in their various fields of work and study.
I am a 300L Business Education (Accounting option) undergraduate at a top Nigerian university and I am currently on a very strong 2:1.
I need an advise on the decisions I have made for myself. I intend to work as a chartered accountant in a reputable firm in the UK. I plan on registering for ICAEW but I think it’d be quite expensive and too direct to run it directly without CPL (exemptions). So I plan on registering for ICAN during my service year, then using the certificate to apply for ACCA (5 papers) then finally use the ACCA certificate to claim exemptions under ICAEW and probably do my MBA later. Do you think I’m over ambitious because I think I am and if you think I am, please enlighten me on what certifications I should go for instead.

Thank you

 

Joshua

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Dear Joshua,

I think your plan is perfectly in order.
Start with ICAN, complete and use to get exemptions and write final 5 papers in ACCA, and use ACCA to claim exemption in ICAEW. Then MBA.
This, coupled with good work experience, will make a thoroughbred global accountant.
This is perfect as far as certification is concerned.
Regards
Jarus

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1 comment

  1. olumide 24 January, 2018 at 16:31 Reply

    gud afternoon,pls i need advice abt career path. i have o.n.d in insurance and currently running my Ican program;but i wnt to go for my degree program but still contemplating on either goin for accounting or actuarial science at unilag precisely although i chose actuary pple keep telling it does not work in Nigeria.thanks

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