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ACCA
Qualification
– the future
A journey of
innovation
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Driving the changes
The world is changing. Fast
Ever-changing ‘new normal’
Need to assimilate and plan
Professional accountants are more vital than ever
• Accountancy keeping economies stable, fairer and transparent
• Help grow and prosper • Need to change to
keep adding value
The world needs strategic forward- thinking ACCA professional accountants
Unique blend of skills – which starts with our qualification
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Professional quotients for success
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The Changes
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ACCA qualification – the future
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Strategic
Business Leader
(SBL)
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Strategic business leader – specimen exam
Strategic Business Leader
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Syllabus and the professional skills
Strategic Business Leader
Leadership, Communication & Professionalism
Organisational Control
Analysis
Governance
Finance
Scepticism
Strategy
Innovation & Change Management
Evaluation
Risk
Communication
Technology & Data Analytics
Commercial Acumen
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Strategic business leader – exam style and approach
Strategic Business Leader
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
Background: information about a public sector rail
company
Exhibits: webpages, newspaper report, survey results,
board minutes,
CVs for candidates for CEO position
Requirements include: briefing papers, reports, letter,
presentation slides, business case
Strategic Business Leader
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Specimen exam 2 - example requirement
You are an assistant auditor reporting to Alex Reed, the senior audit officer of
the National Audit Authority.
Alex has asked you to draft a letter to be sent to the chairman of the Rail Co
Trust Board which:
Reviews the effectiveness of the internal controls at Rail Co using evidence
from the minutes of the latest Rail Co Board meeting and any other suitable
source and justifies that the chief executive of Rail Co is failing in his fiduciary
duties to the trustees of Rail Co.
Professional skills marks are available for demonstrating scepticism skills in
questioning the opinions and assertions made by the chief executive at the
recent board meeting.
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Flavour of Exam
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - specimen exam 2
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Strategic business leader - CBE
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Professional marks
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Professional skills – general principles
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Marking professional skills – the specific criteria
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Other Strategic
Professional
Papers
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Holistic reporting
Stakeholder management and engagement
Framework and principles
Performance reporting
IFRS
Less manual accounting skills
Strategic business reporting – meeting changing demands
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The options exams
Exams What we’re doing
Advanced Financial Management
Retaining the Options exams
Continuing to update annually
Minor changes to exam formats
Advanced Performance Management
Advanced Taxation
Advanced Audit and Assurance
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Ethics and
Professional
Skills Module
(EPSM)
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Key ethical and
professional skills and
behaviours required
of a professional
accountant
Make students more
employable
and increase their
effectiveness and
career potential in the
workplace
Demonstration
of professional skills
to support success at
the Strategic Business
Leader exam
The Ethics and Professional Skills module
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Timeline
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Key dates
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Learning
Support
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Importance of learning support
http://future.accaglobal.com/changes-to-the-qualification/the-qualification-
journey/strategic-professional
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Microsite - http://future.accaglobal.com/
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Microsite- http://future.accaglobal.com/
The microsite for the new Strategic
Business Leader examination will
contain:
• Two specimen exams with answers
• Examiner Approach article
• Webinar presentation slides
• Professional skills article
• Examples of good, marginal and
weak professional skills answers
The link to the microsite is as follows:
http://future.accaglobal.com/changes-
to-the-qualification/the-qualification-
journey/strategic-professional/strategic-
business-leader
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