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Is Chartered Secretary Qualification adequate to deliver as Company Accountant as well?
KHALID HASHMI

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By User deleted
11th Feb 2008 09:21

Well known & prestigious qualification
If you are contemplating an accountancy career, then of course its best to pursue chartered or certified.

For Anthony's information, the ICSA (Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators) is the main player on matters of corporate governance & compliance & business administration. Its software company (ICSA International) is also highly regarded in its field.

The ICSA was established by Royal Charter over 100 years ago, with 44,000 members & 27,000 students. Exams are stringent, covering company law & accountancy.

A company secretary in a PLC must be either a chartered or certified accountant, barrister, solicitor, advocate or a Chartered Secretary.

For anyone interested, see www.icsa.org.uk

By the way, I speak as an ICAEW member.

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By AnonymousUser
10th Feb 2008 18:57

Better to train as a Chartered Accountant
The chartered secretary qualification is not a well known or indeed a very prestigious qualification.

If you wish to become a company accountant you would be best placed to study for one of the chartered accountancy qualifications such as ACCA, ICAEW or CIMA.

Statistical analysis prepared by the Financial Reporting Council with respect to the UK chartered accountancy bodies can be found on the following link:

http://www.frc.org.uk/images/uploaded/documents/5th%20Edition%20Key%20Facts%20and%20Trends%20Final090807.pdf

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By neileg
11th Feb 2008 15:09

I have a pal
who is a chartered secretary. However he has found that the qualification is not well recognised and is in the late stages of CIMA to make himself more 'marketable'.

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By AnonymousUser
12th Feb 2008 10:36

High standards of Chartered Secretary
When AIA qualification got recognised as RQB, the 5 paper exemption ICSA would normally grant to AIA members are withdrawn.

This is testimonial of its very high Chartered standards without question.

But why was the 5 paper exemptions granted back to AIA members now?

Also, AIA members need to write the Financial Accounting papers of ICSA. If anyone thinks the ICSA Financial papers are easy, you are definitely in for a surprise.

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