Accounting and finance work increasingly crosses borders: international reporting standards, multinational groups and global capital markets. Employers want professionals who have both the analytical depth of a master’s degree and the technical grounding of a recognised professional qualification. The M.Sc. in International Accounting and Finance brings the two together. It combines a one-year master’s degree with the ACCA qualification pathway, so graduates finish with an academic credential and meaningful progress towards professional membership.
The program builds thecapabilities that a globalised accounting and finance profession demands. In the first term, students lay the quantitative, economic and business foundations on which professional judgement rests: working with financial data, reading the economic environment in which firms operate, and understanding how organisations are structured and governed. The second term turns to the language of business. Students learn to record, prepare and interpret financial statements under international reporting standards, to use management accounting information in decisions, and to understand the legal framework within which companies operate. In the third term, this knowledge is put to work in managing performance, making investment and financing decisions, providing assurance over financial information, and applying tax rules to individuals and companies. The final term draws these strands together at a strategic level, where students examine how boards and senior finance professionals make decisions: reporting complex transactions to investors, evaluating strategy, governance and risk, advising on mergers, treasury and cross-border investment, and assessing organisational performance. Throughout, students sharpen their analytical reasoning, their ability to exercise ethical and professional judgement, and their capacity to communicate financial analysis and advice clearly to those who rely on it.
On completing the program, graduates will be able to: