Accountancy qualifications: Cost and management accountant, Fellows of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Cost and management accountant, Fellows of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Certified Public Accountant, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, Chartered Accountant, British qualified accountants, Association of International Accountants, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Certified General Accountant, International Association of Airline Internal Auditors, Uniform Evaluation, Jeremy Hanley, Indian Chartered Accountancy Course, Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh, George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld, Ian Swales, Certified Bank Forensic Accounting, Certified Forensic Accounting Professional, Certified Fraud Examiner, Target costing, Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Alan Geoffrey Woods, Society of Management Accountants of Canada, Richard Lapthorne, Certified Practising Accountant, Chartered Cost Accountant, Accredited Business Accountant. Excerpt: Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global body for professional accountants offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (Designatory letters ACCA or FCCA). As of April 2010 it is one of the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy bodies with 147,000 members and 424,000 students in 170 countries. The Institute's headquarters are in London with the principal administrative office being based in Glasgow. ACCA work through a network of 83 offices and centres and more than 8,500 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. The term 'Chartered' in ACCA qualification refers to the Royal Charter granted in 1974 by Her Majesty the Queen in the United Kingdom. Since Chartered Certified Accountant is a legally protected term, individuals who describe themselves as Chartered Certified Ac...