ACCA students, affiliates, members gain more at Sunway TES CAE

APART from students who are pursuing the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) at Sunway TES Centre for Accounting Excellence (STES CAE), affiliates and members of the ACCA professional accounting body will now be able to pursue the MSc Professional Accountancy here without leaving the country.

Upon completing the MSc programme ACCA students will attain both the ACCA and MSc Professional Accountancy qualifications concurrently whilst affiliates and members gain an additional certification via the MSc programme.

The MSc Professional Accountancy has been designed to support the candidates in developing high level knowledge and intellectual skills needed for leadership in the global finance arena. The programme also helps candidates to develop commercial, strategic and creative skills to address challenges presented in today’s fast paced, ever evolving business landscape and interconnected world.

Sunway TES CAE is offering the MSc Professional Accountancy programme in collaboration with ACCA and the University of London International Programme (UOLIP) through 2 pathways.

The first pathway is open to current full-time ACCA students who have passed all ACCA F1 to F9 papers or gained exemptions approved by ACCA, and passed ACCA professional level P1-Governance, Risk and Ethics, P2-Corporate Reporting and P3-Business Analysis papers. Students will need to complete 3 modules; Strategic Financial Management, Strategic Performance Management and Strategic Financial Projectto gain an additional qualification, the MSc Professional Accountancy.

The second pathway to the MSc Professional Accountancy programme is open to those who have completed the ACCA programme. To gain the MSc Professional Accountancy, affiliates and members of the ACCA professional accounting body will need to complete the Global Issues for the Finance Professional and the Strategic Financial Project papers.

For both pathways, students and candidates have the flexibility of completing the required papers of the MSc Professional Accountancy programme within 6 months to 5 years. Complementing the ACCA programme, the MSc Professional Accountancy is a practical and cost-effective route to gain 2 qualifications concurrently or as an additional qualification to the ACCA.

Apart from these two pathways, ACCA studentswho have completed the Fundamental level papers F1-F9 may opt to take on the Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) offered by UOLIP.

To earn the PGCert, candidates will have to complete the Strategic Financial Management and Strategic Performance Management papers. Students with PGCert may pursue the MSc Professional Accountancy certification by transferring credits to the programme after completing P1, P2 and P3. This will allow them to continue and complete the MSc programme under pathway 1. The MSc Professional Accountancy programme was launched at Sunway TES CAE in early April.

“The programme is an effective way to secure a Master degree and a professional accountancy qualification at the same time,” said Alan Hatfield, Executive Director Strategy and Development at ACCA at the launch.

“We are working towards developing accountants the world needs. In Malaysia, 60,000 qualified accountants are needed by 2020, we are working in partnership with Sunway TES towards this objective.”

This partnership in collaboration with ACCA and University of London makes Sunway TES CAE, a pioneer in offering face-to-face development of the MSc Professional Accountancy programme. Attendees at the launch included representatives from PwC, EY, BDO, KPMG, staff and students of Sunway TES CAE.

Je ya so thy Pal akrishn ar, Country Head,ACCA Malaysia attended the launch withDr Alan Parkinson, Principal Teaching Fellow and Deputy Director (Education) and Lynsie Chew, Programme Director of the MSc Professional Accountancy programme from University of London’s School of Management.

Dr Parkinson and Ms Chewalso presented an overview of the MSc Professional Accountancy and programme structure.

The MSc Professional Accountancy programme at Sunway TES CAE is approved by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). Teo Ee Sing, Executive Director of Sunway College hopes the innovative programme be highly attractive to ACCA graduates who are working and looking to pursue their Masters.

The first intake for the MSc Professional Accountancy programme at Sunway TES CAE is July 2017. It has been awarded the prestigious 14th Platinum status by ACCA in recognition of its high quality academic standards and quality graduates in high demand by the Big 5 Accounting Firms.

Students at Sunway TES ACCA student stand to gain a cost-effective route in dual qualifications, the Professional Accountancy as well as the MSc in Professional Accountancy simultaneously.

For further information about the professional accounting programmes offered by Sunway TESCentre for Accountancy Excellence (CAE), please call 03-7491 8622 or email: info@ sunway.edu.my or log on to http:// sunway.edu.my/college/sunwaytes