Strategic Professional Accounting and Finance MSc

Oxford Brookes University

Overview

Our MSc Strategic and Professional Accounting and Finance balances technical accounting and finance knowledge with practical skills. You are taught in small interactive groups by experts from the professions as well as leading researchers in the field.

Throughout this course, you will:

• prepare for 4 Strategic Professional ACCA papers
• acquire professional and digital skills to prepare you for your career
• complete a Research Project developing your independent research skills into a topical issue
• appreciate broader issues within accounting such as corporate social responsibility
• engage with our guest speakers such as the Deputy Chair of KPMG and managers from Grant Thornton, ICAEW.

Our accounting masters’ students have gone on to work with prestigious global organisations such as PwC, Deloitte, Oxfam, UK Civil Service and Huawei, and have careers such as accountant, auditor, tax official, banking operational officer and financial analyst.

Career prospects

This course helps you develop both academically and professionally providing you with a strong foundation for a career in accounting and finance. You will be able to sit some Strategic Professional ACCA papers externally, once you have completed your programme. It offers you an opportunity to create global business links with fellow students, teaching staff and professionals you may meet during your time at Brookes. You will develop the following skills, which are embedded into the programme:

• quantitative analysis
• digital literacy
• communication
• presentation
• team working.

The MSc in Strategic Professional Accounting and Finance develops your ability to compete for challenging and interesting roles in the profession or general business.

Our postgraduate accounting students are attractive to employers both in the UK and internationally and have gone to work in prestigious corporations such as:

• Deloitte
• PwC
• UK Civil Service
• Huawei.