Accounting & Financial Management

This module helps you develop digital literacy skills, with a particular focus on using Excel worksheets and workbooks. You’ll explore business and entrepreneurial challenges and work towards creating sustainable solutions. The module also supports the development of critical thinking, an entrepreneurial mindset, and analytical reasoning for solving problems in a business environment.

This module helps you develop both personal and professional skills to become more effective and confident. It  will enhance your readiness for future employment in the evolving fields of accounting and finance. You’ll be introduced to a variety of business types and career opportunities, and learn how to work independently and collaboratively within diverse teams. The module also introduces the basic principles of company law and macroeconomics to support your understanding of the broader business environment.

This module introduces you to the theory, concepts, and practices of management accounting, with a particular focus on costing. You’ll learn management accounting techniques for planning and control to support effective business decision-making. The module also helps you develop digital literacy skills for evaluating data.

This module introduces you to the core principles and concepts of financial accounting. You’ll develop technical proficiency in double-entry accounting techniques, learn how to maintain accurate accounting records, and gain the skills to prepare basic financial statements for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies.

This module explores how information technology influences modern accounting practices. You’ll be introduced to the basics and importance of data analysis, and develop the skills and knowledge needed to use accounting information systems effectively and responsibly. This includes understanding regulatory frameworks, corporate governance, sustainability regulations, and ethical principles.

This module helps you analyse the core principles of corporate finance across different national contexts. You’ll examine key concepts in financial management and capital structures, and evaluate sources of finance for their responsible and appropriate use in business. You’ll also explore risk management theories and techniques, and apply practical tools for investment decision-making.

The module develops your critical thinking skills to tackle complex financial management challenges across public, private, and charitable sectors in the UK and internationally. Additionally, you’ll consider ethical, cross-cultural, and responsible approaches to financial management.

This module explores the responsible and appropriate use of global accounting standards. You’ll analyse the principles behind preparing technical financial statements for a range of business types, and examine how accounting information functions in financial analysis. The module also helps you develop critical thinking skills and understand the principles of corporation tax.

This module helps you develop and expand your management accounting analysis and techniques in costing and budgeting, supporting lifelong learning and professional success. You’ll learn to make socially aware decisions by considering production factors, and explore the ethical application of theories, concepts, and techniques across a range of business scenarios in both public and private sectors. The module also examines sustainability principles in different business operations, encouraging a global perspective. Additionally, you’ll build responsible teamworking and leadership skills by working within diverse teams.

This module explores strategic aims in the context of global financial and non-financial reporting. You’ll examine sustainable and ethical implications across a range of business sectors and develop responsible professional judgement by integrating sustainability, ethics, governance, and audit considerations into financial reports.

The module also helps you build personal and professional skills to interpret and respond to complex, evolving real-world business scenarios. You’ll strengthen your leadership and teamwork abilities through the analysis of technical financial information and enhance your lifelong learning and academic skills through project-based group activities.

This module expands your knowledge of advanced management techniques, building on your understanding of costing, budgeting, and pricing. You’ll explore and evaluate the application of academic theories, concepts, and techniques to global business scenarios, while examining ethical and societal concerns that influence financial decision-making.

The module highlights the role of the management accountant in global business leadership, supporting resilience and agility in professional environments. You’ll also develop critical thinking skills to creatively solve complex problems using both financial and non-financial information, and strengthen your leadership and teamwork abilities by working within diverse teams on real-world scenarios.

This module helps you understand how to use financial data to evaluate business performance. You’ll learn how to assess investment strategies for businesses operating locally, nationally, and internationally. It also introduces you to analytical approaches for managing risk in a responsible and ethical way. You’ll develop critical thinking skills to tackle complex business challenges across public, private, and charitable organisations.

This module helps you build strong data management skills and encourages responsible, analytical, and critical thinking for ethical research. You’ll develop academic research and analysis abilities that support lifelong learning, and learn how to apply statistical tests appropriately in business decision-making.

The module also explores emerging technologies and how they’re used in business, accounting, and finance. It aims to help you develop a resilient, agile, and curious mindset to adapt to change in the financial services sector, while examining the global impact and importance of Financial Technology (FinTech).