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Accounting
26 June 2024 - 2 min read
I’ve always had a niggle in the back of my mind that I’d love to do something in finance, in my previous job to the one I have now I dealt with finance certain functions on a day-to-day basis which I really enjoyed and wanted to explore further but my job at the time didn’t allow/have any career pathway into the finance sector.
It wasn’t until I went on Maternity leave end of July 2022 that I took the plunge and enrolled to study whilst on maternity leave. I wanted to create a future where I have the flexibility to work around my kids, I have a 5-year-old and an almost 1 year old.
Anne Marie, the course advisor, was so helpful in answering all my queries and questions regarding which course would best suit me, the bookkeeping, or the accountancy one, I was toing and froing between the two.
Once enrolled and started within a few days my course tutor, Mike Seagrove, contacted me to introduce himself and point me in the right direction.
I started my Level 2 in September 2022 and took my final exam for this level July 2023. I’ve also joined a few Facebook/WhatsApp groups and the support from the students in these has been amazing, everyone helps each other out, no matter how big or small the question.
I feel although I had some experience in bookkeeping studying this course has given me a better grasp and better understanding of how everything works in the background, the manual way of bookkeeping. I look forward to starting Level 3, with hopes someday I can become a fully qualified freelance bookkeeper with views/possibility of advancing on to ACCA and become a qualified accountant.
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