Accounting & Finance
Accounting and finance together form one of the most practically valuable combinations available at undergraduate level. Accounting provides the framework for understanding how organisations measure and report their financial position and performance, and how that information is used in decision-making, regulation and accountability. Finance builds on those foundations to examine how financial resources are valued, how risk is managed and how investment decisions are made in markets ranging from individual firms to global capital markets.
Together they equip you with the knowledge and skills to function at a strategic level in the financial dimension of any organisation.
At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year full-time programme gives you a strong theoretical and practical grounding in both disciplines, preparing you for a career in which you can guide management decisions at the highest level. You will study financial and management accounting, auditing, corporate finance, investment theory and financial analysis, developing both the technical knowledge and the professional judgement that careers in accounting and finance require. A placement year gives you direct professional experience in a relevant financial context, a year abroad extends your formation and international perspective, and work placement opportunities are integrated throughout.
Accounting and finance graduates are among the most sought-after in the professional job market. Public practice accounting, investment banking, corporate finance, asset management, financial analysis, treasury management, insurance and the public sector all recruit heavily from this combination. Many graduates pursue professional qualifications alongside their careers, with the ACA, ACCA, CIMA and CFA being among the most common routes.
The strategic outlook and analytical rigour the programme develops also make graduates effective in general management and consultancy roles, particularly where financial analysis is central to the work.