Diploma in Accounting and Finance

Reasons for the Qualifications

The QUALIFI Diploma in Accounting and Finance is designed to meet the needs of senior/middle managers and accountants in the running of their businesses, and to facilitate their progression to higher levels within their organisation.

The Qualifications will develop the Learner’s ability to :

• apply analytical and evaluative techniques and to enhance those skills;
• investigate issues and opportunities;
• develop their awareness and appreciation of managerial, organisational and environmental issues;
• use management techniques and practices in imaginative ways;
• make use of relevant information from different sources;
• develop and encourage problem solving and creativity to tackle problems and challenges;
• exercise judgement, own and take responsibility for decisions and actions; and
• develop the ability to recognise and reflect on personal learning and improve their personal, social and other transferable skill

Aims of the Diploma

Level 7 qualifications are designed to develop the learners’ knowledge, understanding and skills required to deal with the complexities of leadership and strategic management in a business context, and to develop their ability to lead change in organisations.

The Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance aims to give learners the opportunity to:

• Apply theoretical understanding of accounting theories and concepts to complex and current business issues with a view to improving business practice
• Critically reflect upon analytical skills and thereby allow learners to prepare for senior roles within their organization
• Develop a lifelong learning attitude to education and training
• Gain a critical insight into contemporary research and leading-edge practice within the field of finance.
• Develop considerable autonomy in their learning and enhance their ability to plan and implement investment projects and portfolio management.
• Generate originality and enterprise in approaching global financial issues
• Demonstrate self-direction, initiative and autonomy in research and scholarship towards a new contribution to knowledge in a chosen field of finance.