ACCA Exam Preparation Courses

Become a certified expert in the world of finance and accounting


Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

ACCA is one of the largest and fastest growing international professional accounting body. ACCA qualification will help you to gain skills and knowledge that are in high demand by employers in banking, auditing, consulting and will enable you to pursue a career as a certified accountant, auditor, tax manager or even finance director.

PwC's Academy exam preparation courses, led by qualified experts, will thoroughly prepare you for the final ACCA exams and will foster your skills in finance and accounting and enable you to acquire valuable skills in organisational management and strategy.

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Platinum Approved Learning Partner

ACCA has awarded PwC Academy with the highest approval for the quality of its education – Platinum Approved Learning Partner.

 

Grow your potential

We will help you develop your knowledge in finance and accounting and to get an internationally recognised certification.

Take your career to the next level

Employers around the world are looking for ACCA-qualified professionals who have strategic thinking, technical skills and knowledge that moves organisations forward.
 

Get a globally recognised qualification

ACCA is a globally recognised qualification that provides a guarantee of quality and first-class knowledge in tax, finance and accounting, and audit skills.

Why study ACCA with PwC's Academy?

Experienced lecturers

The courses are led by carefully selected and experienced professionals who have extensive experience and practical knowledge.

Pass Rates

Our pass rates are, on average, 15% higher than average market/global pass rates.

Platinum Approved Learning Partner

ACCA has awarded PwC's Academy with the highest approval for the quality of its education – Platinum Approved Learning Partner.

Interactive courses

All of our ACCA courses are highly interactive and will thoroughly prepare you for the final ACCA exams.

Study options with PwC's Academy

ACCA Exam Preparation Courses by PwC 

  • A comprehensive solution – an effective combination of a 4-8–day intensive course and guided home study,
  • You will gain detailed knowledge of topics related to exams thanks to lectures and various exercises as well as utilise crucial exam techniques,
  • You will receive a complete set of study materials and access to an e-version of the materials,
  • You will get feedback from a mock exam with the tutor's comments.

Dates and details of courses can be found HERE

 

Home Study Premium  

  • Independent self-study with access to e-books and interactive
    e-learning platform,
  • You will study at your own pace and time.

Price list of the Home Study Premium

ACCA Exam Preparation Courses by PwC

Business and Technology (BT)

Following topics:
  • Business stakeholders and external environment,

  • Business structure,

  • Accounting and reporting systems, controls and compliance,

  • Leadership and teamwork,

  • Personal effectiveness and communication,

  • Ethics in accounting and business.

 

 

Management Accounting (MA)

ACCA Management Accounting is the foundation for ACCA Performance Management (PM), ACCA Financial Management (FM), and ACCA Advanced Performance Management (APM).

Following topics:
  • The nature and purpose of cost and management accounting,
  • Cost classification, behaviour, and purpose,
  • Cost accounting techniques,
  • Budgeting and standard costing,
  • Performance measurement.

 

 

Financial Accounting (FA)

ACCA Financial Accounting is essential to papers ACCA Financial Reporting (FR) and ACCA Strategic Business Reporting (SBR).

Following topics:
  • The context and purpose of financial reporting, 
  • The qualitative characteristics of financial information and the fundamental bases of accounting,
  • The use of double-entry accounting systems,
  • Recording transactions and events,
  • Preparing a trial balance,
  • Preparing basic financial statements of sole traders and companies (both individual as well as consolidated).

 

 

Corporate and Business Law (LW GLO)

Following topics:
  • Essential elements of legal systems,
  • The law of obligations,
  • Employment law,
  • The formation and constitution of business organisations,
  • Capital and the financing of companies,
  • Company management and administration,
  • Legal implications relating to companies in difficulty or in crisis,
  • Ethical issues relating to business, criminal activity connected with carrying out a business.

 

 

Performance Management (PM)

Following topics:
  • Specialist cost and management accounting techniques,
  • Decision-making techniques,
  • Budgeting,
  • Standard costing and variances analysis,
  • Performance measurement and control. 

 

 

Financial Reporting (FR)

Following topics:
  • Further development of knowledge gained for FA exam,
  • A conceptual framework for financial reporting,
  • A regulatory framework for financial reporting,
  • Preparation of financial statements,
  • Business combinations and consolidations,
  • Analysing and interpreting financial statements.

 

 

Audit and Assurance (AA)

Following topics:
  • Audit framework and regulation,
  • Internal audit,
  • Planning and risk assessment,
  • Internal control,
  • Audit evidence,
  • Review,
  • Reporting.

 

 

Financial Management (FM)

Following topics:
  • Financial management function,
  • Financial management environment,
  • Working capital management,
  • Investment appraisal,
  • Business finance,
  • Business valuations,
  • Risk management.

 

 

Advanced Financial Management (AFM)

Following topics:
  • Role and responsibility towards stakeholders,
  • Advanced investment appraisal,
  • Acquisitions and mergers,
  • Corporate reconstruction and re-organisation,
  • Treasury and advanced risk management techniques,
  • Economic environment for multinationals,
  • Emerging issues in finance and financial management.

Advanced Performance Management (APM)

Following topics:
  • Strategic planning and control,
  • Economic, fiscal and environmental factors,
  • Performance measurement systems and design,
  • Strategic performance measurement,
  • Performance evaluation and corporate failure,
  • Current developments and emerging issues in management accounting and performance management. 

 

 

Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA)

Following topics:
  • Regulatory environment,
  • Professional and Ethical Considerations,
  • Practice management,
  • Audit ssignments - from planning to audit report,
  • Assurancee engagements,
  • Current issues and developments.

 

 

Strategic Business Leader (SBL)

This course is designed around case studies, practically solving tasks from key SBL syllabus areas:
  • Leadership,
  • Corporate governance,
  • Strategy (analysis –⁠ generating and evaluating options –⁠ implementation),
  • Risk management,
  • Information technology and data analysis,
  • Organizational control,
  • Finance in planning and decision making,
  • Innovation, performance excellence and change management. 

 

 

Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)

Following topics:
  • Further development of knowledge gained for FR exam,
  • The professional and ethical duty of the accountant,
  • The financial reporting framework,
  • Reporting the financial performance and position of entities to different stakeholders,
  • Financial statements of groups of entities,
  • Specialised entities,
  • Implications of current issues and changes in accounting regulations on financial reporting,
  • The appraisal of financial performance and position of entities.
 

Please note that PwC's Academy Bulgaria offers only Exam Preparation Courses and does not offer student administration support for individuals. In case you are interested in Corporate ACCA Service Packages offered by us, please contact our team for more information. 

 

Tutors

Steve Willis, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA MA, PM & APM

Steve has over 15 years of ACCA training experience and has delivered thousands of days of training and train-the-trainer workshops around the world. He is a regular contributor to ACCA’s Student Accountant and Teach Accounting magazines, and his popular webinars often receive 1,000’s of viewers. In addition to being an ACCA member, Steve is also a Microsoft Certified Master Instructor.

Martina Křivánková, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA FA, FR & SBR

Martina provided lecturing services to several Czech training agencies and private economic schools prior to joining the PwC Academy. She did participate on the official Czech translation of IFRSs by the Czech Union of Accountants and also on a similar project for the European Commission in 2008. Martina lectures courses for several ACCA exams as well as a number of other programs in the area of management and financial reporting with a specific focus on IFRSs within the region of Central and Eastern Europe.

Jana Sequensová, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA LW & AAA

Jana qualified with ACCA in 2003. Currently she takes an active part as a trainer at PwC Academy. She has many years of teaching experience with PwC internal trainings, ACCA and CIA trainings. Prior to joining PwC Academy in 2008, she worked for many years in PwC's audit department.

Jana Střelická, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA TX CZ

Jana is a lecturer at the PwC Academy, where she has been teaching the ACCA TX CZ course for 14 years. She has been registered as a Czech tax advisor since 2006. Jana has many years of experience as a tax advisor working in the tax department of PwC and subsequently for other tax consulting companies. In her practice, she deals with all tax areas, especially corporate and personal income tax and VAT, including international taxation. Jana has a broad experience with internal and external training courses as well as with the publishing activities focusing on various tax issues.

Marcela Zbožínková, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA TX CZ

Marcela has been working in PwC's Tax and Legal Department for 17 years, now she works as a Senior Manager in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department where she specializes in international taxation. In the past, she advised on the preparation of tax returns of Czech and international companies, including banks and financial institutions, assisted companies in obtaining investment incentives, collaborated on internships for students at the University of Economics at PwC and led numerous internal trainings on corporate income tax. She has several years of experience in advising the financial sector in the United States. She is also an author of professional tax articles. In addition to being a member of ACCA, Marcela is also registered as a Czech tax advisor.

Radka Nedvědová, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA BT & SBL

Radka prepares students for ACCA exams with PwC Academy since 2008. She contributes to consultations and participates in pilot projects organized by ACCA for intended changes in the qualification. Students appreciate the practical nature of her courses built on many years of auditing and consulting experience that Radka gained in PwC. Besides trainings for PwC Academy, Radka leads and participates in sustainable development projects, with main focus on non-financial (ESG) reporting.

Michaela Plucarová, FCCA

Tutor of ACCA AA

Michaela became a PwC Academy lecturer in 2008. She previously worked in the audit department of PwC. She has many years of experience in the field of auditing. She has been responsible for leading audit teams for clients operating in production industry and has also audited retail companies. In the past she has also been involved in internal trainings.

Dates and fees of ACCA Exam Preparation Courses

Date and Time (EEST)*

Intensive course CPD Points Language Format Price EUR (excl. VAT)**
28 April - 2 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Financial Accounting (FA)  35 ENG Live-online 500
5 - 7 & 9 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Audit and Assurance (AA) 28 ENG Live-online 580
5 - 7 & 9 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA) 28 ENG Live-online 820
5 - 9 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Advanced Performance Management (APM) 35 ENG Live-online 1 020
12 - 16 & 19 - 21 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Strategic Business Leader (SBL) 56 ENG Live-online 1 450
12 - 16 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Performance Management (PM) 35 ENG Live-online 730
19 - 23 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Financial Management (FM) 35 ENG Live-online 730
19 - 23 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Financial Reporting (FR) 35 ENG Live-online 730
26 - 30 May 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Management Accounting (MA) 35 ENG Live-online 500
2 - 6 June 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Management Accounting (MA) 35 ENG Live-online 500
16 - 17 June 2025
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Corporate and Business Law (LW GLO) 14 ENG Live-online 360

* PwC's Academy reserves the right to change module dates and timing in the case of unforeseen circumstances.

** The pricing does not include ACCA fees.

Please contact us for more details. The calendar is updated regularly and it is showing all the currently open for registration training courses.

Home Study Premium (self-study)

Home Study Premium (self-study) Price per paper (EUR excl. VAT) 
Applied knowledge (BT, MA or FA) 230
Applied skills (LW GLO, PM, TX UK, FR, AA or FM) 270
Professional skills (APM, AAA, AFM, SBL or SBR)
310

Please note: The access to the learning platform is valid for 6 months.

ACCA Continuous Professional Development (CPD) 

PwC Academy has been accredited by ACCA as a CPD Provider (Continuing Professional Development). This allows us to offer all our training programmes and seminars to ACCA members, who are required to obtain 40 ACCA CPD units during one year to show their continuous development process.

ACCA members will therefore be awarded CPD points for attending courses (e.g. 1 hour of training = 1 CPD point). After completing a course, you will receive a certificate with the number of CPD points earned.

 

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Ginka Iskrova

Ginka Iskrova

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Tel: +359 89 841 5311

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Stefania Stoimenova

PwC's Academy Coordinator, PwC Bulgaria

Tel: +359 89 423 9115

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