Accounting Resources for FICO Professionals
October 20, 2005
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The Big Five
The famous ‘Big Six’ became the big five with the merger of Coopers and Lybrand
and Price Waterhouse to form PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Andersen
target=_blank>http://www.arthurandersen.com/
Deloitte and Touche
target=_blank>http://www.deloitte.co.uk/
Ernst and Young
target=_blank>http://www.eyuk.com/
KPMG
target=_blank>http://www.kpmg.co.uk/
PricewaterhouseCoopers
target=_blank>http://www.pwcglobal.com/uk
American Accounting Association
Promotes ‘worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice’.
Site includes information on membership, annual meeting dates, call for papers.
href="http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/"
target=_blank>http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
Professional body for accounting technicians. Site includes information on
membership, education and training scheme etc.
target=_blank>http://www.aat.co.uk
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Leading professional accountancy body.
target=_blank>http://www.acca.co.uk/
British Association of Accounting (BAA)
Includes the latest on BAA conferences and meetings.
target=_blank>http://www.bham.ac.uk/baa/
Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
One of the oldest of the professional accounting bodies in the country.
Site includes information on membership, conferences and meetings
and studying with CIPFA. You can also subscribe to the free CIPFA newsletter.
href="http://www.cipfa.org.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.cipfa.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) – now The Institute of Financial Services
(IFS)
Its aim is “to be the leading educational body in the financial services sector,
providing both vocational and professional qualifications, training and continuing
professional development (CPD) both in the UK and worldwide.”
target=_blank>http://www.cib.org.uk/index.html
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Newspaper style layout providing practical information on exams, publications
and CIMA activities worldwide.
target=_blank>http://www.cima.org.uk/
Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)
Leading body in the UK concerned solely with tax.
Site is split into 2 parts: Tax for the Beginner and Tax for the Expert.
target=_blank>http://www.tax.org.uk/
European Accounting Association (EAA)
Information relating to the association, its publications and its conferences.
href="http://www.eaa-online.org/"
target=_blank>http://www.eaa-online.org
Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
href="http://www.icaew.co.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.icaew.co.uk/
The largest professional accountancy body in Europe. Its qualification,
which allows its members to call themselves Chartered Accountants and
to use the designatory letters ACA or FCA, is recognised around the world
as a prestigious business qualification. Site includes details about the institute,
membership and useful advance information about the technical content of
forthcoming exams.
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI)
href="http://www.icai.ie/" target=_blank>http://www.icai.ie/
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS)
href="http://www.icas.org.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.icas.org.uk/
Institute of Internal Auditors
” The primary body in the UK and Ireland representing, promoting and
developing the professional practice of internal auditing”.
target=_blank>http://www.iia.org.uk/
International Accounting Network
Provides a digital forum for the discussion of accounting, auditing and
related disciplines.
href="http://www.csu.edu.au/anet/"
target=_blank>http://www.csu.edu.au/anet/
International Accounting Standards Board
The objective of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)
is to achieve uniformity in the accounting principles that are used by businesses
and other organisations for financial reporting around the world.
href="http://www.iasc.org.uk/" target=_blank>http://www.iasc.org.uk/
Magazines and Journals
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ABACUS (Blackwell)
Pacioli Society Journal
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0001-3072"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0001-3072
Accountancy
Monthly magazine on all the industry news for finance and accountancy professionals.
target=_blank>http://www.accountancymag.co.uk/
Accountancy Age
Online information resources for business and finance professionals.
target=_blank>http://www.accountancyage.com/
Accounting Auditing and Accountability Journal
href="http://www.mcb.co.uk/cgi-bin/journal1/aaaj"
target=_blank>http://www.mcb.co.uk/cgi-bin/journal1/aaaj
Accounting & Finance (Blackwell)
Accounting Association of Australia & New Zealand
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0810-5391&src=soc"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0810-5391&src=soc
Accounting Forum (Blackwell)
All aspects of accounting theory and practice
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0155-9982&src=aim"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0155-9982&src=aim
Accounting Horizons (AAA)
Less rigourous than the Accounting Review with shorter articles and book reviews
href="http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/pubs/horizons.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/pubs/horizons.htm
Accounting Review (AAA)
The major AAA house journal
href="http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/pubs/review.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/pubs/review.htm
Behavioral Research in Accounting
href="http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/davisc/abo/bria/briahome.htm"
target=_blank>http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/davisc/abo/bria/briahome.htm
British Accounting Review (AP)
Journal of the British Accounting Association
target=_blank>http://www.academicpress.com/bar
The Company Accountant
A general accounting magazine including extensive texbook reviews
[no web page available]
Critical Perspectives on Accounting (AP)
Examines the critical, sociological and behavioural aspects of accounting
href="http://www.academicpress.com/cpa"
target=_blank>http://www.academicpress.com/cpa
European Financial Management (Blackwell)
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1354-7798"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1354-7798
European Finance Review (Kluwer)
European Finance Association Journal
[no web page available]
Finance Journals
Directory of finance journals with links to home pages.
href="http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/~fin/resources_research/rsjnl.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/~fin/resources_research/rsjnl.htm
Financial Accountability & Management (Blackwell)
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0267-4424"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0267-4424
International Finance (Blackwell)
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1367-0271"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1367-0271
International Journal of Accounting (JAI)
International Accounting
href="http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/6/2/0/1/7/9/index.htt"
target=_blank>http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/6/2/0/1/7/9/index.htt
International Journal of Auditing (Wiley)
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=6204"
target=_blank>http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=6204
International Review of Finance (Blackwell)
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1369-412X"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1369-412X
International Journal of Finance & Economics (Wiley)
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A"
target=_blank>www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT
=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A
International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting,
Finance & Management (Wiley)
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A"
target=_blank>www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT
=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A
Issues in Accounting Education (AAA)
href="http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/pubs/issues.htm"
target=_blank>http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/pubs/issues.htm
Journal of Accounting Abstracts
Electronic compendium of abstracts of working papers and
accepted papers being published by the Accounting Research Network (ARN).
href="http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/davisc/abo/reporter/summer96/abstract.htm"
target=_blank>http://hsb.baylor.edu/html/davisc/abo/reporter/summer96/abstract.htm
Journal of Accounting and Computers
Provides a forum for the exchange of ideas concerning the use of
computers in accounting education.
href="http://www.swcollege.com/acct/jac/jac.html"
target=_blank>http://www.swcollege.com/acct/jac/jac.html
Journal of Accounting Education (Elsevier)
href="http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/8/4/0/index.htt"
target=_blank>http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/8/4/0/index.htt
Journal of Accounting & Public Policy (Elsevier)
href="http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/7/2/1/index.htt">http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/7/2/1/index.htt
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting (Blackwell)
A major British journal
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0306-686X"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0306-686X
Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley)
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A"
target=_blank>www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT
=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A
Journal of Finance (Blackwell)
Journal of the American Finance Association
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0022-1082"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0022-1082
Journal of Futures Market (Wiley)
href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?SUBJECT=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A"
target=_blank>www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsepjsu?
SUBJECT=Business,%20Finance%20%26amp;%20Management#A
Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting (Blackwell)
International aspects of Financial Management & Accounting
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0954-1314"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0954-1314
Management Accounting Research (AP)
CIMA Journal (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
href="http://www.academicpress.com/mar"
target=_blank>http://www.academicpress.com/mar
Public Money & Management (Blackwell)
Public sector accounting & finance
href="http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0954-0962"
target=_blank>www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0954-0962
Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting (Kluwer)
[no web page available]
Accounting Professionals Resource Centre
The first directory for accounting professionals on the web, including links
to associations, firms, publishers and courses.
target=_blank>http://www.kentis.com/
Accounting WEB
The award winning internet community for accountancy professionals, includes
discussion, news and searchable directory of over 2,000 accountancy firms
in the UK.
href="HTTP://www.AccountingWEB.co.uk:80/cgi-win/runwin.exe?SIFT.906625658:HOME_TOP:218630551:"
target=_blank>HTTP://www.AccountingWEB.co.uk:80/cgiwin/runwin.exe?SIFT.906625658:HOME_TOP:218630551:
Site also allows you to search for a job.
href="http://www.arthurandersen.com/website.nsf/content/Careers?OpenDocument"
target=_blank>http://www.arthurandersen.com/website.nsf/content/Careers?OpenDocument
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