Finance and Accounting

This Finance and Accounting MA degree offered at the University of Westminsteris designed to equip you with the advanced skills, knowledge, and expertise necessary for a successful career in the business and finance sectors.The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

This practical, fully accredited, and professionally oriented Finance and Accounting MA degree offered at the University of Westminster will prepare you to become a qualified chartered accountant or a corporate services specialist. Upon completion, students will benefit from ACCA and CIMA exemptions and can utilise the Bloomberg data in our Financial Markets Suite (FMS) to analyse real-world financial scenarios.

The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

Careers

• You’ll be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of core accounting and finance principles, developing the advanced numerical and analytical skills to succeed in this rapidly changing and complex environment.

• Your exposure and manipulation of real financial data in the Financial Markets Suite provides excellent preparation for professional practice. You'll also graduate with a range of interpersonal, leadership, digital and critical thinking skills that employers want.

• On graduation, you can expect to pursue a range of career opportunities in financial accounting, management accounting, finance, and public administration and other roles in finance and accounting.

• Past graduates of this course have gone on to work as accountants, management consultants, audit managers, business analysts, senior financial analysts and in asset-based finance, among other professions.

Graduate employers

As well as setting up their own business and going on to work for a range of SMEs and multinationals, such as Kimberly-Clark, graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:

• Allfunds Bank S.A.

• Amazon

• Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company

• Deloitte

• Financial Conduct Authority

• London Stock Exchange

• PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Luxembourg)

• Royal Bank of Scotland Business

The course has been accredited by both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Courses include:

• Managerial Accounting

• Financial Accounting Policy and Practice

• Financial Management and Corporate Valuation

• Research Methods in Finance and Accounting

• Financial Information Systems

• Auditing Assurance and Professional Ethics

• Financial Markets and Institutions