The BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance degree programme is designed to prepare students for a career in the accounting and finance function in business. It features a blend of specialised accounting and finance subjects together with general business subjects. It aims to develop an awareness of the international relationships between finance and other business disciplines, to develop a critical and methodical approach to problem solving and decision making in a financial context and to develop the ability to interpret and communicate financial and other information.
Ireland has an exceptionally strong international financial services sector with particular strengths in administration and management of funds; reinsurance; cross border insurance and specialist finance, such as aviation leasing and asset finance. As a result, there is a continuing need for well-educated staff to work as managers, accountants, auditors, financial accounting, management accountants, professional advisers, regulators and service providers with sophisticated domain knowledge in the key business provision of financial services.
Ireland is a very profitable location for multinationals and financial service providers, due to the combination of high productivity and a cost base that is very competitive with other locations, which have similarly sophisticated ecosystems. The IFS 2020 identifies a need for further education in this area to fill the skills gap, which arises in start-up, indigenous and multinational companies. This programme accommodates a wide audience of learners whose specific interests in Accounting & Finance.
This programme is a 3-year Full Time programme and a 4-year Part-Time programme. The programme is aligned to the ACCA syllabus and graduates are exempted from all 9 of the F (Foundational) level ACCA exams and 7 CIMA paper exemptions.
Prospective learners for this programme are those who are entering through the CAO process, who wish to pursue a career as a professional in accountancy or finance related fields. The programme may be of interest for both full time and part time learners that already work in the profession and are seeking career progression through attaining a degree qualification, or who are seeking to enter into the profession.
