Nowadays students who are pursuing CA want to do additional courses by which they can make their degree more strong and valuable. If you are...
Nowadays students who are pursuing CA want to do additional courses by which they can make their degree more strong and valuable. If you are one of them then this post will help you where we will tell you the best courses along with CA that a student can take. Some of these courses may be certified courses, diploma courses, and even which relate to commerce.
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Options With CA
Chartered accountancy is a finance-related course so if you want to add an additional qualification you should focus on the course which helps you to grow in finance and commerce. Details of the courses are as follows-
MBA Finance-
With CA you may go with MBA finance which you can do from a reputed institute or college. IIM’s are the best institutes in India for doing MBA in any field but if you are doing CA you might go with MBA finance which will help in complementing your CA degree into the next level.
MBA finance will help you to grow and portray yourself as a professional having top-level management skills and have full knowledge of finance, management strategy, financial business, and administration. This is one of the best courses you can do along with CA. CA Firms in Ahmedabad
CS(Company Secretary)-
This course is long-term which may take more than 3 years to complete. The combination of CA+CS is very good and very helpful to grab opportunities at the management level. Being a chartered accountant in Ahmedabad, if you have an additional degree of company secretary then you can manage all the secretarial work along with managing accounts of the company.
Thus, CS will be a beneficiary course you can do along with CA.
Courses Offered By ICAI-
There are many courses that are offered by ICAI which you can do after completing chartered accountancy. This course will help you to get more knowledge of accounts and you may work out of India and can manage the accounts of the companies. The list of these courses are-
CPA (Certified Public Accountants)
CPA stands for Certified Public Accountants. The CA+CPA is a very good combination if you have an interest in GAAP(Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). CPA course is administered by the American institute of certified public accountants(AICPA). It is an American accounting course that is equal to CA.
The scope of CPA is very good by this you can even work outside the country and can manage the accounts of the foreign companies but there are many companies of India that hire the people who have done this course. This may take more than 3 years to complete.
NCFM Course
If you have an interest in the security or stock market then you can do this course which is conducted by the national stock exchange (Mumbai NSE). It is a very reputed short-term course that provides you with the knowledge of stocks and securities and you may work in different segments of security markets like derivative, forex, merchant banking, etc. There are various branches and certifications conducted by NCFM and you can join as per your choice.
Certified Financial Planner(CFP)
CFP Certified Financial Planner is an international certification program that is being conducted in the country by (FPSB)Financial Planning Standard Board, India. In this course, you will be studying risk management, taxation, investment planning, and advanced financial planning.
The scope of CFP is very beneficial in India as many banks like ICICI, HDFC is making it compulsory to have a certificate for their relationship managers. Regulatory bodies like SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA, etc are educating individuals to consult CFP’s for their financial needs. This course will be a beneficiary course along with CA.
Certified Internal Auditor(CIA-USA)
This course is conducted by the Institue of Internal Auditors-US. By this, you will be an expert in internal audits. CIA students can give their exams in their own country as they have made a specific examination center in different parts of the world. It is an online exam and you can give it any time during the year. The following courses are the parts of CIA-
Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA-India)
The course of CFA is regulated by ICFAI(Institue of Chartered Financial Analyst Of India). It is a type of distance education program. This course is helpful for students who want to build their careers in the investment industry. CFA exams are conducted 4 times a year. There is a very good career opportunity if you do this along with CA.
Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA-USA)
CFA-USA is another course that you can do along with CA. CFA in India can be pursued from the CFA Institute of USA and from ICFAI university. By this, you will get the opportunity to work outside the country and can manage the accounts of the foreign country.
Conclusion
These tips will help you to choose the course which you can do along with CA. It is very important to improve your knowledge and by this, you will get to work outside India, which is a very big opportunity. Let us know which course you like the most and you want to pursue it. All the best!
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