Qualifications
The firm offers a wide range of routes to professional qualification depending on
the business stream you’ve joined. And running alongside your professional
training are a range of additional courses to help your development with anything
from writing compelling reports to bringing more pizzazz to your presentations.
An accountancy qualification prepares you for far more than a career in number-crunching.
Qualifications linked to business streams
The qualifications you work towards at BDO Stoy Hayward will differ depending on
the business stream you join.
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Business Assurance |
Tax |
Business Restructuring |
Management Consulting |
Forensic Services - Forensic Accounting |
Forensic Services - Specialist Computing |
Forensic Services - Tax Investigations |
Forensic Services – Risk Advisory Services – Technology Risk Consulting |
ACA
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
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ACCA
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants |
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CTA
Chartered Institute of Tax |
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CISA
Certified Information Systems Auditor |
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CA Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland |
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Business Assurance
Trainees interested in a career in Business Assurance will study towards an ACA or CA, professional chartered accountancy qualifications.
These are highly respected accountancy qualifications offered by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) respectively. All trainees in Scotland will study
for CA. An in-depth training programme will provide you with a thorough knowledge
of business issues such as financial reporting, tax and audit. This popular, broad-based
qualification will see you take papers in: Financial Accounting, Financial Management,
Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance, Business Strategy, Taxation and Law.Back to top
Business Restructuring
Trainees will study towards the ACCA, offered by
the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The ACCA is an internationally
recognised qualification designed to achieve high-quality, relevant knowledge which
can be applied throughout a long-term career in business.Back
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Forensic Services – Forensic Accounting
Trainees will study towards the ACA, the professional
chartered accountancy qualification. The ACA is a highly respected accountancy qualification
offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. An in-depth
training programme will give you a thorough knowledge of business issues such as
financial reporting, tax and audit. This popular, broad-based qualification will
see you take papers in: Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Financial Reporting,
Audit and Assurance, Business Strategy, Taxation and Law.Back
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Forensic Services – Risk Advisory Services – Technology
Risk Consulting
Trainees will study towards the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) program.
CISA is the globally accepted standard of achievement
in the information systems audit, control and security field.Back
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Forensic Services – Tax Investigations
To qualify as a Tax Adviser in Tax Investigations, you would follow the
CTA (Chartered Tax Adviser) route.
The CTA route will see you sit the examination of the CIOT (Chartered Institute of
Taxation). This will cover general taxation; interaction of taxes; practice ethics
and administration; and some further specialist areas.
Our dedicated in-house tax technical and training department will provide you with
plenty of support. They have devised a special programme to help our trainees combine
study with learning the areas of tax they need in order to advise our clients on
a day-to-day basis. This will be just the start of a great career with us.Back to top
Forensic Services – Technology Forensics
Trainees will be given the option to study towards the
ACCA qualification, offered by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
The ACCA is an internationally recognised qualification designed to achieve high-quality,
relevant knowledge which can be applied throughout a long-term career in business.Back to top
Management Consulting
Trainees will study towards the ACA, the professional
chartered accountancy qualifications.
The ACA is a highly respected accountancy qualification offered by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. An in-depth training programme will
give you a thorough knowledge of business issues such as financial reporting, tax
and audit. This popular, broad-based qualification will see you take papers in:
Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance,
Business Strategy, Taxation and Law.Back to top
Tax
At BDO Stoy Hayward, there are two routes to qualify as a Tax Adviser, either ACA (Chartered Accountant) or
CTA (Chartered Tax Adviser) or both.
The ACA will provide you with a thorough knowledge of business issues such as financial
reporting, tax and audit. This popular, broad-based qualification will see you take
papers in: Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Financial Reporting, Audit
and Assurance, Business Strategy, Taxation and Law.
The CTA route will see you sit the examination the CIOT (Chartered Institute of Taxation).
This will cover general taxation; interaction of taxes; practice ethics and administration;
and some further specialist areas.
Our dedicated in-house tax technical and training department will provide you with
plenty of support. They have devised a special programme to help our trainees combine
study with learning the areas of tax they need in order to advise our clients on
a day-to-day basis. This will be just the start of a great career with us.Back to top