ACCA and CPA qualifications. How useful are they in the line of consulting. I work in the M&A space focusing on FDD. Happy to have a chat to see what qualifications if any are actually useful in our line of work.

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I’d imagine a CFA is more valuable in the M&A space

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Are you already ACCA or CPA qualified? And are you asking for a career post-FDD?

Because, I would dare say it’s practically expected in FDD (although seems some firms aren’t as strict in requiring it).

In terms of consulting as a whole, I’m sure it can be useful in some niche circumstances, but practically speaking it probably looks nice but is largely irrelevant in terms of actual workflow. I doubt I even use even half of what I had to learn/review for the CPA exam and I’m in FDD.

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I'm about to finish ACCA. When looking at jobs didn't find it to have any value or a requirement. So was curious if i made a mistake in trying to complete it. I currently work in the financial due diligence space.

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