Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Accounting

The programme is designed as a value-add for young graduates at the beginning of their careers in finance, as well as for finance professionals already working in the industry or in government departments.

The purpose of this postgraduate diploma would be to provide graduates with skills valuable to the finance profession. Those skills include management accountancy, financial strategic and risk management skills, as well as business report writing skills.

The outcomes for this qualification were identified as critical to render professional management accounting services, by compiling meaningful reports in response to an accounting or business problem. Graduates will be able to solve complex problems by effective teamwork.

Ethical issues in given scenarios will be identified and students will understand and be able to debate the need for ongoing education.

This postgraduate diploma thus serves to strengthen and deepen the student’s knowledge in the finance profession and specifically the discipline of management accounting. It enables working professionals to undertake advanced reflection and development by means of a systematic survey of current thinking, practice and research methods in the area of management accounting.

This is achieved mainly by systematic study of applicable case studies. It demands a high level of theoretical engagement and intellectual independence, as well as the ability to relate knowledge to a range of contexts within the finance and accounting field, in order for graduates to undertake professional or highly skilled work.