Accountancy and Finance (Hons) University of Huddersfield

Overview

The Accountancy and Finance (Hons) program offered by University of Huddersfield have been designed to give you the skills, competencies and knowledge valued by industry and the profession and they prepare you for a career in Accountancy.

We’ll give you the chance to get a good overview of all areas of accountancy and finance to help improve your employability in your chosen field.

Every business asks different things of its accountants and finance experts. You could end up being responsible for cash flow, or carrying out financial audits, for example. So we’ll start by giving you a thorough grounding in all areas of accounting and finance, before offering you the chance to specialise in particular areas. You’ll get a real feel for what’s behind any successful organisation – how it’s financed and managed.

The course offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad.

Our Placement Office works with national and international employers to ensure excellent work experience opportunities are available to you on placement courses as well as giving advice in areas such as interview skills and preparing CVs and covering letters.

Previous placement providers have included Sigma Chartered Accountants, Audit Partnership, Rolls Royce, NHS, PPG, Cummins Turbo Technologies, Duff and Phelps, Kirklees Council, Haines Watts, Redmayne Bentley Stockbrokers, Northern Rail, Health Informatics Service and sia Fibral (Bosch).

Careers

Previous graduates from this course have gone in to roles such as Operations Analyst, Finance Manager, Assistant Fund Accountant, Assistant Accountant as well as entering into professional accountancy training contracts with companies such as PwC, Lloyds Banking Group, GE Capital, KPMG, The Department for Work and Pensions, Jaguar Land Rover, Bonmarche, DePuy International, Stagecoach, Russell Smith Chartered Accountants and Bradford NHS Trust, to name but a few.