Maiki Lynch: Hey there, I'm Maiki Lynch and I'm an accountant. And
Maiki Lynch: in this series from ACCA, I'm sitting down with some
Maiki Lynch: other accountants and people who work in finance to lift
Maiki Lynch: the lid on some of the common myths you might
Maiki Lynch: have fallen for about this awesome career path. This week,
Maiki Lynch: we are looking at the process of actually getting an
Maiki Lynch: accountancy qualification. With so many routes into the profession, many
Maiki Lynch: of which we've heard about on the series, it can
Maiki Lynch: feel a bit overwhelming. Because the thing is, you can be
Maiki Lynch: an accountant without having any specific accountancy qualification, but to
Maiki Lynch: be a chartered accountant, you do need one. And for
Maiki Lynch: most people, getting an accountancy qualification like ACCA can take
Maiki Lynch: several years, requires quite a bit of studying, and can cost
Maiki Lynch: a bit of money too. It's a commitment. So is
Maiki Lynch: the training really hard? Are they good resources to pass
Maiki Lynch: the accountancy exams or do you have to go it alone?
Maiki Lynch: And are there benefits to getting through the tests even
Maiki Lynch: if you've already started working? Let's find out. This is
Maiki Lynch: By All Accounts. Now, this is a subject I happen
Maiki Lynch: to know quite a lot about, and that's because although
Maiki Lynch: I have an accountancy qualification, I've spent the past 10
Maiki Lynch: years working in the education of future accountants. I've taught
Maiki Lynch: many school- leavers, those on apprenticeship schemes, grad schemes, and
Maiki Lynch: those more experienced hires sponsored by their employer to complete
Maiki Lynch: their training. Everyone's path is different, and what gaining that
Maiki Lynch: qualification means is personal to each of us, whether that
Maiki Lynch: be the letters we can place behind our name, the
Maiki Lynch: job we can land, the knowledge and skills we've gained,
Maiki Lynch: or the salary we are now awarded. So I found
Maiki Lynch: two people who currently work in accounting and finance, alongside
Maiki Lynch: studying their accountancy exams, to ask, is the training worth it?
Maiki Lynch: First up, Ravi Tanna. Hello.
Ravi Tanna: Hi, nice to meet you.
Maiki Lynch: And Xhulja Duka, welcome.
Xhulja Duka: Nice to meet you.
Maiki Lynch: Ravi, I'm going to come to you first and ask,
Maiki Lynch: how's the studying going?
Ravi Tanna: It's very stressful, to be honest. I started ACCA about
Ravi Tanna: 10 years ago. I actually did AAT before that so I
Ravi Tanna: had three exemptions, and then I did the tax exam past
Ravi Tanna: that and then did the financial reporting and I got
Ravi Tanna: 49%. And I decided to give it up after that
Ravi Tanna: because my confidence was really knocked. I just couldn't get
Ravi Tanna: back into it. Mentally, I just couldn't do it. And
Ravi Tanna: then I decided just to work my way up. I
Ravi Tanna: qualified by experience. And that's what I've been doing for
Ravi Tanna: the last 10 years. And the latest role I'm in
Ravi Tanna: is for a qualified accountant, but everyone around me is
Ravi Tanna: qualified and I just feel like it's a piece of
Ravi Tanna: me that's missing. So I've went back into it last
Ravi Tanna: year and started again, ACCA.
Maiki Lynch: Wow, that's quite a journey.
Ravi Tanna: Yeah, it's a journey.
Maiki Lynch: And when you're saying 49, what's the pass mark?
Ravi Tanna: It's 50.
Maiki Lynch: Oh, so only one mark to go?
Ravi Tanna: Yeah. And I put so many hours into it and I just felt like
Ravi Tanna: this is not for me now. And then, as I say, my confidence was knocked
Ravi Tanna: big time and then I decided to give it up.
Ravi Tanna: I thought I'd just focus on working my way up in
Ravi Tanna: a company and that's what I did, basically.
Maiki Lynch: Can I ask what made you come back? What made
Maiki Lynch: you start again?
Ravi Tanna: I always felt it was like a piece of me that was
Ravi Tanna: missing. I feel like if I'm working in an accountancy, a
Ravi Tanna: role, I just feel like it's something I need to
Ravi Tanna: do. So I thought I'm going to give it one
Ravi Tanna: more shot. And I started last year and I found
Ravi Tanna: a provider that I felt they were really good and
Ravi Tanna: I started passing the exams again and then my confidence
Ravi Tanna: built up. But the first result I was waiting for
Ravi Tanna: last year when I went back into it was nerve
Ravi Tanna: wracking. Those three months, four months were the worst. Even
Ravi Tanna: when I passed, I didn't open my results up for
Ravi Tanna: two days. And my tutor contacted me saying, " What did
Ravi Tanna: you get?" I said, " I'm not going to open my
Ravi Tanna: results up." So I was on holiday and I opened
Ravi Tanna: it up there and then I passed and I couldn't believe it. Honestly, I couldn't believe it.
Maiki Lynch: How did it feel?
Ravi Tanna: I felt like I won the lottery. I think you put
Ravi Tanna: so much effort into it and so many hours and
Ravi Tanna: you sacrifice your social life and it affects everything like your day- to-
Ravi Tanna: day. So I felt like it meant a lot to
Ravi Tanna: me. And especially going back into it after 10 years,
Ravi Tanna: I just felt... All I keep saying to everyone is, "
Ravi Tanna: I'm studying, I'm studying." So it was worth the sacrifice
Ravi Tanna: I made and then I just slowly got back into it and
Ravi Tanna: started doing the exams again.
Maiki Lynch: That's fantastic. And how many have you got to go?
Ravi Tanna: I've got five more now.
Maiki Lynch: Five more to go.
Ravi Tanna: Yeah. I did the financial management exam and I failed
Ravi Tanna: that in the summer, because I had year- end, so
Ravi Tanna: it's a combination of both. And then I just stopped
Ravi Tanna: it again. So I went and did it again in
Ravi Tanna: December, so I'm waiting for my results next week. Yeah.
Maiki Lynch: It's only a few days out.
Ravi Tanna: It's a few days out, yeah.
Maiki Lynch: We're just waiting for results at the moment.
Ravi Tanna: Yeah, we are. Next Monday.
Maiki Lynch: A few days until they come out. And you touched on that you
Maiki Lynch: were focusing on getting qualified by experience. Where are you working
Maiki Lynch: at the moment and what do you do?
Ravi Tanna: I work for ERM and they're based in Liverpool Street in London
Ravi Tanna: and they're an environmental consultancy, so they're backed by a
Ravi Tanna: private equity. So I'm doing a group accountant role there
Ravi Tanna: now. Yeah, so I actually love the role. The team are amazing and they're very supportive.
Ravi Tanna: And I think where you're working, as well, is really important.
Ravi Tanna: If they understand your studies and if they give you
Ravi Tanna: that sort of understanding, I think you can actually get
Ravi Tanna: your exams.
Maiki Lynch: Okay. And Xhulja , if we can come to you, what
Maiki Lynch: do you do? Where do you work? Can you tell
Maiki Lynch: us a little bit about your job?
Xhulja Duka: Of course. So at the moment I'm working as a financial
Xhulja Duka: analyst associate at Nomad Foods. It's a really great job. It
Xhulja Duka: gives you opportunities to grow, especially if you've got the
Xhulja Duka: ACCA title, which I'm working towards on. So it's a
Xhulja Duka: very nice environment. It's a big company with many opportunities
Xhulja Duka: to socialize but also to grow and to travel, as
Xhulja Duka: well, because we are currently collaborating with Germany. Their finance
Xhulja Duka: department is moving to London. So I found myself there
Xhulja Duka: in this amazing team and I'm currently very happy with
Xhulja Duka: my job.
Maiki Lynch: That's fantastic. And can we ask, where are you in your
Maiki Lynch: studies at the moment?
Xhulja Duka: Basically, I'm done with the practical practice of ACCA because
Xhulja Duka: since I started uni, to be honest, I started my
Xhulja Duka: journey with ACCA, as well. At the same time I
Xhulja Duka: was working, I looked for an internship. And as soon
Xhulja Duka: as I said, " I'm working towards ACCA," they said, " Okay,
Xhulja Duka: good. There's an ambitious girl who has work ethic," of
Xhulja Duka: course. Because that's what ACCA gives you, basically. It makes
Xhulja Duka: you more reliable and more professional to people, which is
Xhulja Duka: very important in the financial career. You are dealing with
Xhulja Duka: money, you are dealing with different assets. So it's really
Xhulja Duka: important for people to trust your ethics and professionalism. That's when
Xhulja Duka: I started. Now I have only two exams left so
Xhulja Duka: I can reach to the next stage of my career
Xhulja Duka: and become a full analyst. And this is what ACCA
Xhulja Duka: does, basically. It helps you grow.
Maiki Lynch: That's a fantastic answer. So you've only got two exams left
Maiki Lynch: to do.
Xhulja Duka: Yeah.
Maiki Lynch: So you've passed many exams so far. What does it
Maiki Lynch: feel like to pass when you've opened that email or
Maiki Lynch: that text message that gives you your passing mark?
Xhulja Duka: It's the greatest satisfaction to see your achievements become true,
Xhulja Duka: your dreams become true. In a way, you feel properly
Xhulja Duka: that all this investment that you've put on all this
Xhulja Duka: time, everything that you had to invest, it gives you
Xhulja Duka: a reward. It has a light in the end of
Xhulja Duka: the tunnel.
Maiki Lynch: And could you go over a little bit about what
Maiki Lynch: investment there is? As in, are we talking time, work?
Maiki Lynch: What goes into taking the exams and what has that
Maiki Lynch: looked like for you?
Xhulja Duka: Obviously, it requires a lot of time management. Basically, you
Xhulja Duka: need to sacrifice a lot of time, do a lot
Xhulja Duka: of reading, of course, and be very well- prepared. For
Xhulja Duka: me, it was a sacrifice that those hours I could
Xhulja Duka: be working, but I was instead studying. And in the
Xhulja Duka: end of the day, as far as I can see,
Xhulja Duka: progressing through my career, all these hours that I invested
Xhulja Duka: in studying so that I didn't go to work or
Xhulja Duka: do socializing or do something else, take a trip for
Xhulja Duka: myself or just be on my own time, basically, it
Xhulja Duka: has its rewards; because it helps you grow and in
Xhulja Duka: the future it helps you earn more money and be
Xhulja Duka: in another position for yourself, be more independent, be more
Xhulja Duka: proud of yourself, be more professional.
Maiki Lynch: And have you found other people as part of a
Maiki Lynch: student community? Is there a community of those who are studying?
Xhulja Duka: There is a large community, actually. People in finance or
Xhulja Duka: our people aim towards ACCA because it is a internationally recognized title, of
Xhulja Duka: course. But I actually found my study buddy in my
Xhulja Duka: friend at uni. She was an ambitious girl, like all
Xhulja Duka: 70% plus. So we joined together and we are currently
Xhulja Duka: studying towards ACCA so we can have it in our
Xhulja Duka: pocket, let's say.
Maiki Lynch: That's lovely. That's really lovely. What's been hard? Has there
Maiki Lynch: been any bumps in the road in your journey through
Maiki Lynch: the qualification?
Xhulja Duka: Of course, because life happens when we are busy doing
Xhulja Duka: other things; like family time that required money, attention, loss
Xhulja Duka: of travel because of work, university studies, as well, at
Xhulja Duka: the same time. So I was doing three jobs and
Xhulja Duka: ACCA at the same time.
Maiki Lynch: Three jobs?
Xhulja Duka: Yes.
Maiki Lynch: Wow.
Xhulja Duka: So time management is a quality that was a must
Xhulja Duka: for me. But still, even with three jobs and life
Xhulja Duka: happening on the other side in uni, I'm telling you,
Xhulja Duka: you can still do ACCA and still excel on it.
Maiki Lynch: I think that's a really inspiring message to hold down
Maiki Lynch: three roles and still be continuing with your studies with
Maiki Lynch: that goal of getting to the end. That's really lovely
Maiki Lynch: to hear. Ravi, I want to come back to you. How do you
Maiki Lynch: think your job will change when you've completed your exams?
Maiki Lynch: You've got five to go.
Ravi Tanna: I think my job will still stay the same, but
Ravi Tanna: there'll be opportunity to be promoted in the company, maybe
Ravi Tanna: more management positions. Or if I want to leave, in
Ravi Tanna: say five or 10 years, there'll be other opportunities worldwide.
Ravi Tanna: So I think because ACCA is recognized worldwide, so it's a good qualification to
Ravi Tanna: have. You can go and work abroad and we have
Ravi Tanna: offices all around the world, as well, so we can
Ravi Tanna: even maybe move between those offices.
Maiki Lynch: And what have you enjoyed about the process so far? I
Maiki Lynch: know that your journey, you've started, you've stopped, you've gone
Maiki Lynch: back, and now we're at the point where we've got
Maiki Lynch: lots of passes under our belts, we've got five more
Maiki Lynch: exams to go. What have you enjoyed about the process
Maiki Lynch: so far?
Ravi Tanna: I like how when you are practicing the studying and
Ravi Tanna: revising and you feel that you're getting the answers right,
Ravi Tanna: I just feel that you feel that you're achieving something. I think it is
Ravi Tanna: a self- confidence thing. So I definitely feel that after
Ravi Tanna: passing these exams and studying for the exams, it definitely
Ravi Tanna: helps the self- confidence. And then that mirrors into your
Ravi Tanna: work, as well, because you can apply a lot of
Ravi Tanna: the skills, the discipline and the learning that you learn through ACCA
Ravi Tanna: into your day- to- day work. You don't realize it,
Ravi Tanna: but subconsciously it does improve your work standards, self- confidence.
Maiki Lynch: Have you found a student community? Is there someone that
Maiki Lynch: you are studying with or a group that you've worked with?
Ravi Tanna: I use FME Learning. They're a learning provider. And each time
Ravi Tanna: we do a subject, the tutor creates a WhatsApp group.
Ravi Tanna: For three months you are in contact with everyone that's
Ravi Tanna: studying in that period. So there'll be a lot of
Ravi Tanna: questions going back and forth about any queries they have on
Ravi Tanna: an exam question to the tutor and they've always answered
Ravi Tanna: it straight away. So there is a community every three months whenever
Ravi Tanna: you do the exams with this learning provider.
Maiki Lynch: That's fantastic.
Ravi Tanna: Yeah. It's really good.
Maiki Lynch: What's been difficult about progressing through your studies?
Ravi Tanna: To be honest, I feel like it's making time for
Ravi Tanna: yourself, as well, and your friends and your partner, family.
Ravi Tanna: And that's what I find the most hard; because sometimes when
Ravi Tanna: you work in a job Monday to Friday, you might
Ravi Tanna: work till say 8: 00 sometimes or 7: 00, and
Ravi Tanna: then the weekend is the only time you get to
Ravi Tanna: relax and wind down. And if you have to go
Ravi Tanna: straight into your studies on a Saturday morning or a
Ravi Tanna: Friday evening and you have to sacrifice saying no to
Ravi Tanna: people, not going on holidays, missing out on having great
Ravi Tanna: times with your friends or your partner, I feel that's
Ravi Tanna: what's been the most difficult. So just balancing everything in
Ravi Tanna: terms of saying no to people and just keeping your
Ravi Tanna: head on the studying game.
Maiki Lynch: On the prize.
Ravi Tanna: On the prize, yeah. And I took the time out
Ravi Tanna: and I managed to go and see a lot of places
Ravi Tanna: around the world and do scuba diving, practice my hobbies.
Ravi Tanna: But I can't do that right now. Now I have
Ravi Tanna: to say, look, you know what, I can't go away right now. I need to
Ravi Tanna: just focus and that's why I have to sacrifice. That's
Ravi Tanna: the hardest thing.
Maiki Lynch: Is there something that you'll reward yourself with when you
Maiki Lynch: do qualify?
Ravi Tanna: I would like to travel, maybe just go away for
Ravi Tanna: three months. I don't know if my employer will allow me, but
Ravi Tanna: I'd love to just go to the Philippines, Bali or Southeast
Ravi Tanna: Asia and I just want to go away. I just want to travel. I think that's the
Ravi Tanna: best thing, honestly.
Maiki Lynch: Disappear.
Ravi Tanna: Disappear and switch off. And honestly, I would like to
Ravi Tanna: do it by myself, as well, now, because I just
Ravi Tanna: imagine myself just sitting on a beach. Because even when you go
Ravi Tanna: on holiday and you know have to come back to
Ravi Tanna: studying... Work is work, but when you have to come
Ravi Tanna: back studying, it's a big shock to system to get
Ravi Tanna: back into it. I think it takes me about two
Ravi Tanna: to three weeks to actually sit there on a desk
Ravi Tanna: on a Saturday and say, " Look, just focus on that one
Ravi Tanna: thing," and not look at my phone, not watch TV
Ravi Tanna: or not go out or anything like that. So it'd
Ravi Tanna: be nice just to go away and just completely switch
Ravi Tanna: off and not have to think about sitting on a
Ravi Tanna: desk for three months or something like that on the weekends.
Maiki Lynch: You're not going to take some ACCA notes or some light reading to the beach?
Ravi Tanna: Whenever I've done that, I always say I would do that. And then when I take it there, I never look at them. So
Ravi Tanna: I always feel just maybe just leave the notes back home.
Maiki Lynch: Would you do anything differently if you could go back?
Ravi Tanna: Yeah, I think if I could go back now, say 10 years,
Ravi Tanna: I think I would've finished my... If you can do that,
Ravi Tanna: I would feel that just don't even work if you
Ravi Tanna: can and maybe just do the exams for a year
Ravi Tanna: or two years and just focus on your exams. Because
Ravi Tanna: if you have the opportunity not to have to, living at home
Ravi Tanna: or whatever, I say just do your exams for two
Ravi Tanna: years, like a university degree, and just treat it like
Ravi Tanna: that and then go into the work world. Because I
Ravi Tanna: think work's always there for you if you're studying or
Ravi Tanna: something like that; but in terms of exams, you need
Ravi Tanna: to give your time to that. So I would say
Ravi Tanna: I would've completed it say 10 years ago and just
Ravi Tanna: focused on my studies and not focused on looking for
Ravi Tanna: a job or working.
Maiki Lynch: I think there are many different ways of gaining your qualification.
Maiki Lynch: And obviously, studying full- time is definitely one of them.
Maiki Lynch: But then I guess you're missing out on the experience
Maiki Lynch: that you are gaining in the workplace that solidifies what you are learning
Maiki Lynch: in the classroom, whether that's in person or online. Xhulja ,
Maiki Lynch: would you change anything? Would you do anything differently if
Maiki Lynch: you could go back to the start of your studies?
Xhulja Duka: To be honest, I was fully invested since I started
Xhulja Duka: the journey with ACCA and I wouldn't have done anything
Xhulja Duka: differently, even though it cost me a lot, like social
Xhulja Duka: life and everything. But I can say with full voice,
Xhulja Duka: let's say, it was worth it in the end. So
Xhulja Duka: everything was worth it all the time.
Maiki Lynch: That's lovely. What resources have you found helpful to you? You're
Maiki Lynch: so far through your studies, you are almost at the
Maiki Lynch: end and I hope you'll stay in touch and you'll
Maiki Lynch: let us know when the end has arrived and you've
Maiki Lynch: got no more studies left to do. But what resources
Maiki Lynch: have you found helpful?
Xhulja Duka: There are all sorts of resources online. You have everything
Xhulja Duka: you need. But what I use actually is the Kaplan
Xhulja Duka: books and the ACCA resources to do different mock tests, which
Xhulja Duka: are very, very helpful. You test yourself before you're going
Xhulja Duka: to the actual exam, so you have the opportunity to
Xhulja Duka: see where you stand and how far you need to
Xhulja Duka: go. It's a clear mirror. I would suggest to all
Xhulja Duka: of the students, actually, firstly to start with the mock
Xhulja Duka: test, see where you are, then study through the ACCA
Xhulja Duka: materials, Kaplan books. Everything you need is there. And if
Xhulja Duka: you find boring, like reading a book, you are not
Xhulja Duka: the bookish type, there are so many videos on YouTube
Xhulja Duka: which are very helpful.
Maiki Lynch: Thank you. I think that's great advice and that's something that
Maiki Lynch: we also advise at ACCA. Practice is key. Practice, practice,
Maiki Lynch: practice, in terms of question practice for your exam. Have
Maiki Lynch: any of the exams or study helped specifically in your
Maiki Lynch: work so far?
Xhulja Duka: Absolutely. In the beginning when I started the ACCA, it was
Xhulja Duka: taxation actually helped me a lot because I was working
Xhulja Duka: before in an accountancy office. So obviously, it helped me
Xhulja Duka: through the self- assessment, different taxes for different business. And
Xhulja Duka: then it was strategic business leader, which I actually just
Xhulja Duka: did in December. Still waiting for the results next week.
Maiki Lynch: Keep my fingers crossed.
Xhulja Duka: Yes, please. And it helped me through the financial journey
Xhulja Duka: to understand better the corporation world and how it works.
Xhulja Duka: So definitely, as you previously said, it is very important to get
Xhulja Duka: in touch with the reality. From studying ACCA, you are
Xhulja Duka: in touch with the reality, as well, so it helps.
Maiki Lynch: And as you're so close to the end of your
Maiki Lynch: studies, what are your hopes when you finish?
Xhulja Duka: When I finish, I'll start another title with ACCA. That's the
Xhulja Duka: beauty of the ACCA title. It gives you basically the
Xhulja Duka: basis to reach for the stars, in a way. Because
Xhulja Duka: there are titles which I've been researching on; actually, international
Xhulja Duka: audit. Because it's not just finance and accounting, it's the
Xhulja Duka: auditing, as well. And there are so many career opportunities
Xhulja Duka: out there, like international opportunities. So just put a finger
Xhulja Duka: on the globe and you can be there with ACCA.
Maiki Lynch: What an inspirational message there. But I do understand where
Maiki Lynch: you are coming from. It is an internationally- recognized qualification in
Maiki Lynch: accounting and finance. There's so many career paths open to you,
Maiki Lynch: specifically once you have qualified. Xhulja, can you tell me
Maiki Lynch: if there have been any rewarding aspects about studying for the qualification?
Xhulja Duka: Of course. My teacher obviously knew that I was studying
Xhulja Duka: towards ACCA, so she selected me as one of the
Xhulja Duka: students to make it to this international competition for the
Xhulja Duka: UK. And basically, we submitted our application and I was
Xhulja Duka: selected Accountancy Graduate of the Year by the PQ magazine.
Maiki Lynch: That's amazing. That's really amazing. You got your trophy. Did
Maiki Lynch: you get to keep it?
Xhulja Duka: Yes, I got to keep it. I have it at home.
Maiki Lynch: That's really fantastic. I'm very impressed.
Xhulja Duka: Thank you.
Maiki Lynch: I'd like to return to you, Ravi. Is the training worth it?
Ravi Tanna: I think it is, yeah. I think it definitely is. Like Xhulja was saying, there's a module financial reporting,
Ravi Tanna: and I find that really helpful in my work because
Ravi Tanna: of looking at balance sheets, financial statements, cashflow statements. So that
Ravi Tanna: worked hand- in- hand. What you're studying, the study actually
Ravi Tanna: is very detailed, but overall what you're learning can be
Ravi Tanna: applied in your day- to- day work. So I think
Ravi Tanna: it is worth it 100 percent. Yeah.
Maiki Lynch: Have you done strategic business reporting just yet?
Ravi Tanna: Not yet. No.
Maiki Lynch: You're going to love it. It's going to be great. Xhulja
Maiki Lynch: , I want to come to you. Is the training worth it in your opinion?
Xhulja Duka: It is definitely worth it. As Ravi previously said, it's day- to-
Xhulja Duka: day life. It applies to day- to- day life because
Xhulja Duka: in the end that's what you need, something that's going
Xhulja Duka: to be applied in reality. We are more and more
Xhulja Duka: going into a practical world who teaches exactly what you
Xhulja Duka: need to do and that's what ACCA does.
Maiki Lynch: And lastly, if you were to give some advice to
Maiki Lynch: someone listening at home who's considering accounting and finance as
Maiki Lynch: their career path, what advice would you give them?
Xhulja Duka: Please do, first of all. But what amazes me about
Xhulja Duka: the world of finance is you don't get just stuck there.
Xhulja Duka: It just opens the door to so many other opportunities.
Xhulja Duka: So basically, if you've chosen finance, you just chose to
Xhulja Duka: open the door to many opportunities for yourself. So please do.
Maiki Lynch: And Ravi, same to you. If you could give some
Maiki Lynch: advice to someone at home who's considering this career path,
Maiki Lynch: what would you say to them?
Xhulja Duka: Yeah, like Xhulja said, finance and accounting has so many different areas.
Xhulja Duka: You've got FP& A, you've got audit, you've got tax.
Xhulja Duka: There's so many areas you can look into. And ACCA does
Xhulja Duka: actually cover every single area, as well, which is great.
Xhulja Duka: So you might pick something up when you're studying and
Xhulja Duka: you will enjoy that area, say tax, and you can
Xhulja Duka: actually apply for that job in the future when you're qualified.
Xhulja Duka: But if you are looking to do ACCA, I would
Xhulja Duka: say exam practice. If you're doing these exams, ACCA provides
Xhulja Duka: a website that provides you with many examples of exam questions.
Xhulja Duka: So I would say just be prepared to just practice
Xhulja Duka: as many questions as you can so when you walk
Xhulja Duka: into the exam, you feel more confident and ready. It's
Xhulja Duka: not just about the knowledge; it's all about the confidence.
Xhulja Duka: I think 50% of the exams is confidence, as well. And if
Xhulja Duka: you practice those exams that ACCA provide on their website,
Xhulja Duka: I think it really helps you to build on that
Xhulja Duka: confidence and walk into the exam to be able to get the pass.
Maiki Lynch: Thank you so much. So that's it from this episode of By
Maiki Lynch: All Accounts. Thank you Xhulja and Ravi for joining me today.
Maiki Lynch: For a link to watch the video version of this podcast,
Maiki Lynch: check out the show notes. With skills in accountancy and finance,
Maiki Lynch: you can work in any business anywhere and turn your
Maiki Lynch: passion into an exciting and rewarding career with an ACCA qualification.
Maiki Lynch: You can sign up to find out more by heading
Maiki Lynch: to accaglobal. com forward slash BU anywhere. That link is
Maiki Lynch: also in the show notes. See you next time. I'm
Maiki Lynch: Maiki Lynch, and this is By All Accounts.