Why did I become an accountant?

Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages• High earning potential• Opportunities in business• Travel• Secondments• Prestige and sense of achievement

Disadvantages• Hard work• Study at weekends• Further exams

Pathways to becoming aChartered Accountant

Graduate• 3 years university• 3 years ACA training = 6 years total

School leaver• 2 years AAT training• 3 years ACA training = 5 years total

AAT: Association of Accounting Technicians

Advantages• Shorter route to becoming a Chartered Accountant• Earn money throughout (no large student loan)• 2 years more experience• Exemptions from ACA exams

Who are Baker Tilly?

Key stats:• Top 10 UK accountancy firm• Employs over 2000 staff in the UK• International network• Award winning

Service lines:• Audit• Tax• Accounts preparation• Corporate finance• Forensic accounting• Consultancy

Requirements

Graduate ACA scheme• 5 GCSEs A-C (B in Maths and English)• 280 UCAS points (excl General Studies)• 2:1 Degree

School leaver AAT scheme• 5 GCSEs A-C (B in Maths and English)• 280 UCAS points (excl General Studies)

www.bakertilly.co.uk/trainees