Finance and Accounting

Finance and accounting is a discipline that sits at the heart of every organisation, providing the frameworks for recording, reporting, and analysing financial information, managing resources, and making the investment and funding decisions that determine an organisation's financial health. Accounting is concerned with the accurate capture and communication of financial data, the preparation of financial statements, and the audit and assurance processes that give stakeholders confidence in reported figures. Finance extends this into the analysis of investment, risk, capital structure, and financial markets.

Together they equip graduates for a range of professional and commercial roles.

At Anglia Ruskin University's London campus, this three-year full-time degree is designed to develop subject-specific skills alongside important transferable capabilities including communication, enterprise, problem-solving, and quantitative analysis. The combination of technical financial and accounting knowledge with these broader skills reflects the reality that finance and accounting graduates work across a very wide range of roles, not only in professional accounting but in financial management, business analysis, and commercial leadership. The typical entry tariff of 72 points reflects the genuinely inclusive nature of the programme, designed to provide access to a high-quality business education for students from diverse backgrounds.

You will develop the ability to prepare and interpret financial statements, to understand the principles of financial management, and to approach quantitative problems with the precision that finance and accounting require.

Graduates pursue professional accounting qualifications through bodies such as the ACCA, CIMA, and ICAEW, or move directly into roles in financial management, banking, financial analysis, auditing, and business management. The transferable skills the degree develops also open paths in consulting, operations, and the public sector. Postgraduate study in accounting, finance, or business is a natural next step for those wishing to specialise or move into more senior roles.