Accounting and Financial Management

Accounting and financial management is a practical and professionally oriented degree that prepares you directly for careers in accountancy and finance by developing both the technical accounting skills and the financial management knowledge that employers in these fields value. Accounting is the discipline of recording, reporting, and analysing financial information; financial management concerns how organisations plan, raise, and deploy capital to achieve their objectives. Together they cover the core of what finance professionals do, from preparing financial statements and managing audits to evaluating investment decisions and managing working capital.

At Hull you will study this three-year full-time programme, developing the skills that provide a faster route towards professional accountancy qualifications and the stronger starting salaries that follow. You will cover financial and management accounting, auditing, taxation, corporate finance, and investment analysis, alongside the analytical and commercial skills that employers across the accounting and finance professions consistently seek. The programme is designed with professional accounting examinations in mind, providing exemptions from parts of the qualification process with the major accountancy bodies, which reduces the time and cost of achieving chartered status after graduation.

Graduates of accounting and financial management enter professional accountancy in public practice, industry finance functions, and financial services. The most direct path is into one of the major professional accountancy qualifications, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA, where the degree typically provides significant exemptions. Many graduates join large accountancy firms as trainees, while others move directly into industry roles in financial analysis, treasury, financial reporting, or management accounting.

The programme's professional orientation makes it particularly well suited for those who want to move quickly into a recognised and well-remunerated professional career. Postgraduate study in finance or accounting is also available for those who wish to deepen their expertise.