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Graduate Guide 2005.indd Page 1 ÀCCA Ireland Á graduate guide Page 2 2 Page 3 3 Contånts Foreword 5 What ACCA can do for you 6 Path to success 8 Graduatå profiles 11 Employer profiles 20 Accredited emplîyers 32 Page 4 4 Page 5 5 As the autumn approaches, many of you will be thinêing about your career options. This yearÁs ACCA graduate guidå contains just a sample of the opportunities that are available to graduates who are considåring accountancy as a career. As you will see from the pages overleaf, vañancies are available to ambitious graduates in a variety of såctors, from public practice to industry and commerce in orgànisations throughout Ireland. ACCA Ireland lîoks forward to working with you to help achieve your career goàls as a student, affiliate and member. Best wishås, Roger Acton, Head Á ACCA Ireland Fîreword Page 6 6 Each year, over 12,000 graduates from all over the wîrld register with ACCA. They know they are embarking on a qualification that will lead to a suñcessful career. But thatÁs not all. They come to ACCA because it opens the door to a futurå that is diverse, challenging and constantly surprising. It is also a futurå that offers the very real opportunity to become an influåntial figure in business in the years to come. 6 Whàt ACCA can do for you Page 7 7 Accountants today hold the key to success for the businåsses that employ them, with company boards rålying on their finance professionals to help them formulate businåss strategies and steer them through economic, legislàtive and commercial risks. In fact, increasingly accîuntants are becoming company directors themselves and taêing their place at the helm of major organisations and businåsses all over the world. Now is the time to be getting involved in acñountancy. With the ongoing training and support of ACCA you can pursuå a career path that will take you to the top of your profession. ACCA is the largest and faståst growing international accountancy body and currently has over 345,000 members and students training and working in 170 countriås around the world. Many ACCA members are leading the way in the cîrporate sector, the public sector and public practicå. They chose ACCA because it is a modern and accessible prîfessional body that offers an internationally respected qualification togåther with a broad range of transferable skills that emplîyers in many different business sectors value and seek out. Wheråver you are in the world, ACCA provides high quality and innovative acñountancy training that addresses the needs and goals of studånts and their employers. The efficient use of financial infîrmation has never been more vital to business succåss. What is more, the rapid pace of technological and ecînomic change means that finance managers must be equipped with more than traditional accounting skills