BSc Accounting & Finance with Placement Experience

Accounting and finance professionals are in high demand and is an excellent career choice with plenty of opportunities for growth and development. Professionals can develop their careers in multiple roles including as a:

• Chartered accountant
• Auditor
• Tax consultant
• Business advisor
• Financial controller
• Banker
• Management consultant

Furthermore, International financial hubs like Singapore, Hong Kong, London and New York attract global talent, meaning that accounting and finance provides global career opportunities like few other professions can.

Henley Business School has partnered with ICAEW (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), one of the world's leading professional membership organisations in accountancy, finance and business, to create the Henley-ICAEW Programme (HIP).

"ICAEW Chartered Accountants are recognised world-wide and sit on the Boards of 78% of FTSE 100 companies" (ICAEW).

HIP is a unique integrated and career-focused programme with features that set it apart from other accounting and finance programmes available elsewhere.

Graduates from HIP are work-ready, highly employable, and stand out from the crowd of other graduates.

Download the HIP brochure here.

Students receive 3 qualifications rather than one!

• The prestigious BSc Accounting and Finance degree from the Henley Business School.
• The ICAEW Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (CFAB) which they can show potential employers.
• The ICAEW BFP (Business and Finance Professional) designation and can use the letters 'BFP' after their name.

HIP provides students with a full work placement in Year 3, where they gain valuable work experience. Students get a unique opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom, and develop the practical skills associated with working on real-life projects, engaging with clients and working in a professional environment. A minimum placement period of 9 months enables students to harness these skills over a period of time, giving them a distinctive advantage upon graduation compared with other graduates.

Students are typically placed in one of the prestigious "Big 6" professional services firms in Malaysia, major banks and other reputable firms which are ICAEW Authorised Training Employers (ATE).

Companies where our students have been placed include:

• Ernst & Young
• Deloitte
• PWC
• BDO
• Grant Thornton

Some students are even given conditional offers of full employment immediately after they complete the programme by the companies where they are placed!

Working closely with our industry partners and network of ICAEW ATEs, we have a 100% track-record of industry work placement.

The programme has outstanding employability; the vast majority of our students secure job offers even before graduation!

Students get a fast-track to chartered accountant status with ICAEW, known as ICAEW ACA. With HIP, students get:

• Maximum Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) on 8 ICAEW papers.
• Fee waivers of approximately 1000 UK pounds in exemption and registration fees.
• 1 year credit for prior work experience (based on their industry work placement in Year 3).

Some of the key advantages of ICAEW membership are as follows:

• 96 of the world's 100 global brands employ ICAEW Chartered Accountants
• There are over 200 Authorised Training Employers (ATEs) in Malaysia
• 100% of ICAEW students in Malaysia are employed after successfully completing the Professional level.
• ICAEW is a member of Chartered Accountants Worldwide and the Global Accounting Alliance, which allows ICAEW Chartered Accountants to practice in countries such as Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia.
• You will join a network of prestigious leaders - many of the managing partners of the most prominent professional services firms are ICAEW Chartered Accountants

Watch the following video to learn more about the advantages of ICAEW membership and how it can help build a successful and resilient career in accounting and finance.

Aside from the prestige of a UK degree from the Henley Business School, ICAEW has reciprocal memberships with professional bodies in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada. An ICAEW ACA can therefore practice accountancy in these countries without necessarily taking examinations with them. So HIP really is the best option for a global career.

Our degree is recognised by all 3 of the world's leading professional membership organisations.

Many of our graduates end up joining their placement providers as permanent employees or find positions with other reputable firms. A number of our graduates have won prestigious awards and prizes.