Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

The Foundations in Accountancy (FIA) is a suite of internationally recognised qualifications offered by the ACCA at the Technician Level while the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) is the overall qualification you will achieve upon completing all the FIA levels.

These qualifications are designed to equip you with all the technical skills and knowledge required to fulfil a supporting role in accountancy. The FIA/ CAT will provide students with a solid foundation while giving them certification incrementally as they progress on to the ACCA. The FIA has three qualifications, i.e., the Introductory Diploma in Financial and Management Accounting {Level 2, the Intermediate Diploma in Financial and Management Accounting {Level 3} and the Diploma in Accounting and Business {Level 4}. There are two additional papers from an option of three, which when completed, will allow you to attain Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) certificate, Specialist.

These qualifications are accessible by anyone who has a desire to learn about accounting and finance and there is no age restriction to starting the courses. The introductory courses are designed with the assumption that you know nothing about accounting and builds incrementally as you progress from one level to another.

Persons who should start the FIA/ CAT/ ACCA courses include:

The first three levels of the FIA (or the first seven papers) will be Computer Based Examinations (CBE). whereby the last three CAT specialist papers are Session Based Examinations (SBE) only.

The SBEs are done twice annually in the months of June and December and are administered by British Council and Pearson Vue Trained Staff. The results for these exams become available in approximately two months. The CBEs can be done at any time at ATC’s CBE Centre that is approved and licensed by the ACCA.

The pass mark for either format of these examinations is 50%.

ACCA Diploma in Financial & Management Accounting (RQF Level 2)

ACCA Diploma in Financial & Management Accounting (RQF Level 3)

ACCA Diploma in Accounting & Business (RQF Level 4)

Upon completing the Diploma, you are eligible to transfer to the ACCA.

ACCA Diploma in Accounting & Business (RQF Level 4) Specialist Qualifications (2 from the option of 3, will receive certificate for each paper)

As shown on the preceding list, the entire suite of qualifications can be comfortably achieved within two (2) years. There is no time limit within which to complete all the papers so you can structure your studies around your family and work commitments and become qualified at your own pace. However, we advise that you endeavour to complete the courses in quick succession as the various subject matters will be fresh in your memory.

ACCA requires that you complete an online module called Foundations in Professionalism so that you understand what it means to work and act professionally and ethically in a workplace. This is to be completed only once and can be done at anytime but you must finish it before you are granted the certificate for the first qualification you are studying for. You don’t need to do it for any qualifications thereafter.

In order to become a Certified Accounting Technician, you must pass all nine of the FIA papers and must have 12 months supervised relevant work experience. This experience can be before you started studying, while you are studying or after you’ve completed your studies.

Register with ATC

Registering with ATC gives you access to tuition, study materials, exam practice and preparation along with great student support. Our friendly Customer Service Representatives will assist you in completing our tuition registration form, receive your payment and answer any questions you may have.

This also can be done via MMG, Bank Deposit, Bank Transfer etc.

Register with ACCA

You will be required to register with the ACCA to become a student of that body. This must be done before you can write any of the examinations and the processing of your registration will take approximately one (1) month or even a few days to be completed. You are therefore advised to register as early as possible to prevent any delay in writing your exams at the end of your course (s).

To complete the registration with the ACCA, you are required to complete the registration form and submit:

Book and write exams.

At the end of your course(s) you will then make payment for your exams, whether its SBE or CBE. SBEs have fixed dates in June and December of each year. However, you will also need to book a date when you want to write the CBEs via cbedemand@atcguyana.com