Bachelor of Accounting (Advanced Leadership)

Study Accounting at Flinders

Meet your full potential with advanced leadership studies in accounting

Designed for high-achieving students to meet their full potential, this degree is designed for students demonstrating potential to attain leadership skills and work-relevant experience to make them of distinct value to employers. The advanced nature of this degree is encapsulated by a guaranteed industry placement, a research/project topic, participation in a student conference, and individual mentoring.

This degree provides a strong foundation in accounting principles and processes, management accounting, business law, economics, finance, computer information systems, auditing, and taxation law, international accounting developments and standards, and current issues in financial reporting. In addition, students will develop the ‘soft’ skills (eg interpersonal skills, communication, organisational skills, teamwork) that accountants need to deal with clients and grow businesses.

Why study Accounting at Flinders

• Learn how to analyse, interpret and communicate financial information by applying accounting principles

• Develop skills in accounting principles, financial accounting processes, financial management and corporations law

• Accredited by CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

• Succeed in your studies with mentoring and specialised tutor programs

• High demand for graduates with accounting skills and knowledge

• Learn practical business skills at Flinders’ New Venture Institute

Course aims

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop broad accounting knowledge and competencies to facilitate careers in commercial business-related fields. Students will be encouraged and supported to develop transferable interpersonal and professional capabilities, including the capability to be reflective, self-evaluating and critically engaged, as well as to lead and manage people and projects. There is a particular focus on application of accounting knowledge, competencies and capabilities to authentic and diverse workplace experiences and projects. Students will apply their accounting knowledge and competencies to a broad range of strategic and operational commercial business/organisational practices including systems and processes, planning, production, operations and the use of current and emerging data and analytical practices.

Learning outcomes

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• critically apply broad theoretical and technical accounting, finance, economic  and management knowledge and skills to inform strategic and operational  financial control, financial planning, budgeting and financial management

• analyse strategic accounting practices and decisions using theoretical and technical knowledge of regulatory, governance, compliance and legal requirements

• apply theoretical knowledge, technical competencies and critical judgement to provide solutions to strategic and operational  accounting and financial management problems

• explain the impact of socially responsible, ethical, economic, regulatory, sustainability, governance and global perspectives on strategic and operational  accounting and financial management planning and practices

• communicate technical advice and ideas to specialists and non-specialists, in written and spoken forms

• manage time, self and tasks effectively as an individual and to collaborate with a diverse team

• use computer-based information systems or applications to solve or document business problems

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