Until recently I was studying for my ACCA Qualification while working in a non-financial role. The opportunity arose at the beginning of March to move to the Finance Department with my current employer. I grasped the opportunity immediately, packed up my things and moved to Finance that day. I thought I’d better make a quick exit from my old department before somebody came up with a reason for me to stay.
So here I am now working in a Finance Department. What a joy to be working with people that have a love for numbers, and be no longer be regarded as odd for my desire to become an accountant. Within a few days of arriving word got round that I had passed my tax exam and my advice was sought. What a feeling of achievement that already I could be useful. Even now almost two months later I get a thrill from the words that fly across the office, ‘accruals, provisions, asset registers’. I expect the novelty will wear off eventually but for now I’m going to enjoy it.
I have now turned my attention to gaining my practical experience requirements. My first concern was whether I would be able to gain the depth of experience that is required while working for an organisation whose main function is not accountancy. My worries were quickly pushed aside as I began to understand the depth and breadth of accountancy work that takes place, which I expect is the case in many Finance departments in medium sized companies. In fact it has already become evident that working in a smaller organisation will enable me to take on a great deal of responsibility from an earlier stage.
Moving on from my initial concerns I went into the ACCA website to download the advice and guidelines on gaining my PER. There is lots of guidance and examples of relevant activities for each of the 13 performance objective that must be achieved. In fact I managed to crash my computer when trying to download all the information (my fault not the ACCA website). While the amount of information initially seemed daunting, I’m fairly confident that by taking each objective separately, I can integrate the requirements into my work related goals. I’m even considering attending a course on achieving PER which fellow bloggers have recommended. I expect it’s best to be clear from the start what I should be doing.
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