ACA profiles
Take a look at the profiles of trainee and qualified ACAs and discover more about the variety of opportunities open to you with the ACA qualification and see how your career can progress.
School leavers
You don't have to go to university to become a successful chartered accountant. Many of our students train for the ACA immediately upon leaving school or college, and go on to have thriving careers.
Kieran McCurdy ACA
Partner, Plumber Parsons, Brighton
AAT-ACA Fast Track
An increasing number of AAT students are progressing to the ACA qualification.
Lisa Atherton
Bentleys, Bolton
Bradley Barnes
Tenon, Basingstoke
Sheryl Miller
npower, retail
James Moggeridge
Kingston Smith LLP, Essex
Graduates
The majority of our students enter training contracts after leaving university with a First or 2:1 degree.
Tom Brereton
THP Ltd, London
Ben Bridger
Grant Thornton, Sheffield
Ross McLeod
Graduate, Ford Campbell, Manchester
Matthew Bestwick
Mazars LLP, Huddersfield
Training and working around the world
The ACA qualification is recognised the world over, meaning you can work in almost any country of your choosing.
Yan Luo
Graduate, Ernst & Young, London
Nauman Asif Mian
Associate, PwC, Dubai
Sue Southern
Operations Manager, Unicef, Mongolia
Zena Tsoukka
Traninee Accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Cyprus Limassol, Cyprus
Business and industry
The ACA gets you ahead in business.
Andrew Makin
NAO, London
Zoe Tindall
YO! Sushi, London
Tan Kai Yeh
Resorts World, Malaysia
Choong Wei Yih
ACA, Malaysia
Entrepreneurs
The ACA gives you the skills to be able to run your own practice or business. Perhaps your business skills will encourage you into wider entrepreneurship or the fast-moving world of business start-ups.
Lord Karan Bilimoria ACA
Founder and Chairman of Cobra Beer
Fred Brown
Chief Financial Officer at Aqua Expeditions
