陕西省考生注意啦!你对ACCA了解多少呢?看了这些让你明白
发布时间:2020-01-09
2020年,目前风靡全球的ACCA证书许多人都听说过,但真正了解它的人或许是少之又少的,它是从事会计行业的会计人梦寐以求的证书,据说拿到了ACCA证书的人生活质量都得到了极大的提升,那么ACCA国际会计师到底是什么呢?它是有什么魔力让成千上万的人争相报考呢?且随51题库考试学习网一起了解一下吧。
ACCA证书是什么?
ACCA在国内被称为"国际注册会计师",是全球含金量高的财会金融领域的证书之一,在国际上的认可范围很广的财务人员资格证书。ACCA全称:英国特许公认会计师公会(The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)。
ACCA证书的优点是什么?
他的优点分为以下几类:首先是在报名条件上门槛不高,不像国内其他类似的高级会计师一样有报考专业和工作年限的要求,它的报考并无专业限制;
其次,它的知识架构完整且基础,即便是无财会背景人士通过学习可以了解财务领域所有知识与技能;
最后,ACCA证书认可雇主皆为全球五百强企业。
拥有ACCA认证,就拥有了全球求职"通行证"
在培养方式的优势:
重视逻辑思维的培养
西方人重视考生逻辑思维,不同于国内的考试的是,在ACCA考试中,答题时需要表明个人观点与论据,并且在观点与论据中不能存在逻辑矛盾。比如分析事件内部与外部环境对它有什么影响,这些影响中哪些是可以控制的,哪些是不可以控制的,有哪些有利和不利的情况,不利的情况哪些是可以避免的,哪些是可以减少的等等。通过细分的分析,可以对一个事件有一个清晰的轮廓。
ACCA协会提倡和鼓励学员从战略角度思考问题,并且充当一位完美主义者。由于ACCA协会重在培养财务管理人才,在真实的工作岗位中,并不仅仅是需要面对会计知识领域事件,因此培养个人战略眼光是非常重要的,这也是他们的核心价值的体现。在学习过程中,从基本的逻辑分析入手,培养自己在复杂环境下的决策、判断和心理承受能力,这些能力的养成可通过教材中的大量案例的反复研究。经过一段学习之后,所影响的不仅仅是自我的知识感官,更加是生活感悟。
培养开放性思维
在ACCA考试的第三阶段,判分很宽松,这就是跟国内考试最大的差别,国内考试只要跟标准答案有出入你的回答就是错误的,而对于ACCA考试而言,考生相应就有了自由表达的空间。考官提供的答案也仅仅是参考答案,只要考生的回答在逻辑关系上言之成理,内容上言之有物,且与所问的题目相关,评分的专家大笔一挥就给分了。因此,小编提醒大家,到了第三阶段,思维一定要开放,不仅可以运用本门课程所学的知识,其他课程学习的知识甚至平常积累的知识都可以搬上来,思路越开阔,写的东西越贴近论点,得分就越高。
注重积累实践经验
平时注重积累实践经验, 采用各种方式了解会计、审计、财务管理和管理信息系统的实际运转流程, 这对ACCA的备考很有帮助。同时利用这个宝贵的学习机会,可以了解到国际的会计、审计和管理知识,接受国际上的教育,使自己开阔眼界,提高素质,更好地开展审计工作。一举两得,何乐而不为呢?
看完以上的这些信息之后,相信大家对ACCA国际注册师也有了一定的了解,对此类考试感兴趣的小伙伴们可以持续关注51题库考试学习网哟~
下面小编为大家准备了 ACCA考试 的相关考题,供大家学习参考。
(c) Critically discuss the adoption of activity-based management (ABM) in companies such as TOC. (6 marks)
(c) Activity-based management (ABM) is a method of identifying and evaluating activities that a business performs using
activity-based costing to carry out a value chain analysis or a re-engineering initiative to improve strategic and operational
decisions in an organisation. Activity-based costing establishes relationships between overhead costs and activities so that
overhead costs can be more precisely allocated to products, services, or customer segments. Activity-based management
focuses on managing activities to reduce costs and improve customer value.
Kaplan and Cooper (1998) divide ABM into operational ABM and strategic ABM:
Operational ABM is about ‘doing things right’, using ABC information to improve efficiency. Those activities which add value
to the product can be identified and improved. Activities that don’t add value are the ones that need to be reduced to cut costs
without reducing product value.
Strategic ABM is about ‘doing the right things’, using ABC information to decide which products to develop and which
activities to use. This can also be used for customer profitability analysis, identifying which customers are the most profitable
and focusing on them more.
A risk with ABM is that some activities have an implicit value, not necessarily reflected in a financial value added to any
product. For instance a particularly pleasant workplace can help attract and retain the best staff, but may not be identified as
adding value in operational ABM. A customer that represents a loss based on committed activities, but that opens up leads
in a new market, may be identified as a low value customer by a strategic ABM process.
ABM can give middle managers an understanding of costs to other teams to help them make decisions that benefit the whole
organisation, not just their activities’ bottom line.
3 The directors of The Healthy Eating Group (HEG), a successful restaurant chain, which commenced trading in 1998,
have decided to enter the sandwich market in Homeland, its country of operation. It has set up a separate operation
under the name of Healthy Sandwiches Co (HSC). A management team for HSC has been recruited via a recruitment
consultancy which specialises in food sector appointments. Homeland has very high unemployment and the vast
majority of its workforce has no experience in a food manufacturing environment. HSC will commence trading on
1 January 2008.
The following information is available:
(1) HSC has agreed to make and supply sandwiches to agreed recipes for the Superior Food Group (SFG) which
owns a chain of supermarkets in all towns and cities within Homeland. SFG insists that it selects the suppliers
of the ingredients that are used in making the sandwiches it sells and therefore HSC would be unable to reduce
the costs of the ingredients used in the sandwiches. HSC will be the sole supplier for SFG.
(2) The number of sandwiches sold per year in Homeland is 625 million. SFG has a market share of 4%.
(3) The average selling price of all sandwiches sold by SFG is $2·40. SFG wishes to make a mark-up of 331/3% on
all sandwiches sold. 90% of all sandwiches sold by SFG are sold before 2 pm each day. The majority of the
remaining 10% are sold after 8 pm. It is the intention that all sandwiches are sold on the day that they are
delivered into SFG’s supermarkets.
(4) The finance director of HSC has estimated that the average cost of ingredients per sandwich is $0·70. All
sandwiches are made by hand.
(5) Packaging and labelling costs amount to $0·15 per sandwich.
(6) Fixed overheads have been estimated to amount to $5,401,000 per annum. Note that fixed overheads include
all wages and salaries costs as all employees are subject to fixed term employment contracts.
(7) Distribution costs are expected to amount to 8% of HSC’s revenue.
(8) The finance director of HSC has stated that he believes the target sales margin of 32% can be achieved, although
he is concerned about the effect that an increase in the cost of all ingredients would have on the forecast profits
(assuming that all other revenue/cost data remains unchanged).
(9) The existing management information system of HEG was purchased at the time that HEG commenced trading.
The directors are now considering investing in an enterprise resource planning system (ERPS).
Required:
(a) Using only the above information, show how the finance director of HSC reached his conclusion regarding
the expected sales margin and also state whether he was correct to be concerned about an increase in the
price of ingredients. (5 marks)
(ii) Comment briefly on how divisional managers might respond to the results achieved and ONE potential
problem that might be experienced by Our Timbers Ltd. (2 marks)
5 Jones and Cousin, a public quoted company, operate in twenty seven different countries and earn revenue and incur
costs in several currencies. The group develops, manufactures and markets products in the medical sector. The growth
of the group has been achieved by investment and acquisition. It is organised into three global business units which
manage their sales in international markets, and take full responsibility for strategy and business performance. Only
five per cent of the business is in the country of incorporation. Competition in the sector is quite fierce.
The group competes across a wide range of geographic and product markets and encourages its subsidiaries to
enhance local communities by reinvestment of profits in local educational projects. The group’s share of revenue in a
market sector is often determined by government policy. The markets contain a number of different competitors
including specialised and large international corporations. At present the group is awaiting regulatory approval for a
range of new products to grow its market share. The group lodges its patents for products and enters into legal
proceedings where necessary to protect patents. The products are sourced from a wide range of suppliers, who, once
approved both from a qualitative and ethical perspective, are generally given a long term contract for the supply of
goods. Obsolete products are disposed of with concern for the environment and the health of its customers, with
reusable materials normally being used. The industry is highly regulated in terms of medical and environmental laws
and regulations. The products normally carry a low health risk.
The Group has developed a set of corporate and social responsibility principles during the period which is the
responsibility of the Board of Directors. The Managing Director manages the risks arising from corporate and social
responsibility issues. The group wishes to retain and attract employees and follows policies which ensure equal
opportunity for all the employees. Employees are informed of management policies, and regularly receive in-house
training.
The Group enters into contracts for fixed rate currency swaps and uses floating to fixed rate interest rate swaps. The
cash flow effects of these swaps match the cash flows on the underlying financial instruments. All financial
instruments are accounted for as cash flow hedges. A significant amount of trading activity is denominated in the
Dinar and the Euro. The dollar is its functional currency.
Required:
(a) Describe the principles behind the Management Commentary discussing whether the commentary should be
mandatory or whether directors should be free to use their judgement as to what should be included in such
a commentary. (13 marks)
(a) The purpose of the Management Commentary (MC) is to present a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the development
position and performance of the entity in the year. Additionally, it deals with the main trends and factors behind the
development, position and performance of the entity during the financial year and those factors which are likely to affect the
entity in the future. The MC should enable users to assess the strategies adopted by the entity and the potential success of
those strategies. The key principles are as follows:
– The MC should be seen through the eyes of the directors and should focus on those matters relevant to the members of
the company.
– The review should look forward, identifying trends and factors relevant to the assessment of the current and future
performance of the entity.
– The MC should supplement and complement the financial statements so as to improve disclosure by providing additional
financial and non-financial information.
– The review should be comprehensive, understandable, reliable, relevant and represent faithfully the underlying strategies
and trends.
– Both good and bad aspects of the position of the entity should be discussed in a balanced and neutral way.
– The MC should be comparable over time, and the information should be supportable and consistent with the financial
statements to which it relates.
The increase in transparency and accountability improves the links between strategy, performance and risk, and the
evaluation of directors, and how they are paid.
A mandatory MC would make it easier for companies to judge the content of the reports and the necessary standard of
reporting, and would mean that the reports may be more robust and comparable. If the MC is not mandatory then this could
lead to uncertainty, risks of non compliance and possible mis-information being shown in the review. Directors may adopt a
policy of stating the minimum amount of disclosure which will frustrate the significant benefits to be gained from using
financial reporting as a strategic communication tool. ‘Necessity to report’ decisions will become subjective with possible legal
outcomes. The minimalist approach may also prove problematic if directors’ insurers reject claims because of ‘non-disclosure’
of information. Senior executives and the company board will play a more prominent role in deciding upon matters of MC
content than will be the case with mandatory reporting practice. Influential factors driving MC disclosure practice may become
the following rather than the broader issues:
(1) those expected to have short-term financial impact,
(2) whether shareholder decisions may be influenced,
(3) issues of risk management.
However, it can be argued that a mandatory MC could produce stereo-typed reports which would be based on a checklist
approach. Thus innovation in corporate reporting would be stifled. The power of market forces could be enough to ensure
that entities produce relevant and reliable information. Every company is different as are their challenges and risks and in anon-mandatory environment, companies could produce individual MCs to reflect those challenges and risks.
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