BSc in Bookkeeping & Financial Management

Course Overview

The BSc in Bookkeeping & Financial Management at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a three-year UK honours degree for candidates targeting a finance career in a UK practice, an in-house finance team or a City Big-Four graduate scheme. Sitting in the Accounting, Finance & Economics faculty, this degree combines end-to-end bookkeeping and statutory-accounts craft with financial management, FP&A, corporate finance basics and audit-ready file discipline, sequenced so that graduates walk into ACCA, CIMA or ICAEW routes with credit-transfer conversations.

Students undertake a placement year with a UK small practice or in-house finance team, produce a year-two applied project on a real UK limited company (redacted for confidentiality), and write a final-year dissertation on a finance-function or financial-reporting question. The BSc is available on-campus in central London, fully online with cohort calls scheduled across UK and APAC time zones, and by distance learning.

Key Features

• Curriculum reviewed against ACCA Applied Skills, CIMA Operational and ICAEW CFAB competencies.
• Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK/APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
• Placement year at a UK small practice or in-house finance team.
• Applied year-two project on a redacted real UK limited company.
• Working practice with Xero Advisor, QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor, Sage 50, IRIS Accounts Production and CCH.
• Final-year dissertation defended in front of an ICAEW-trained accountant.

What You Will Learn

The degree organises the finance craft around the working questions a UK practice or industry team actually faces: producing a set of accounts that ties, filing on time, telling the P&L story to a non-finance board, and modelling the numbers for the next 13 weeks and next three years.

• Double-entry bookkeeping and month-end close for UK trading entities.
• Statutory accounts under FRS 102 Section 1A, FRS 105 and IFRS overview.
• Corporation tax computations and CT600 filing to HMRC.
• Advanced VAT and Making Tax Digital compliance for UK businesses.
• Management accounts, KPI packs and variance commentary.
• FP&A — three-statement modelling, budget preparation, reforecast rhythm.
• Corporate finance basics — DCF, WACC, capex approval processes.
• Cash-flow forecasting — 13-week rolling, covenant headroom, sensitivity.
• Audit-readiness — working papers, lead schedules, walkthroughs.
• Governance — UK Corporate Governance Code and Companies Act 2006 duties.

Who This Course Is For

• A-level leavers targeting UK Big-Four or mid-tier practice graduate schemes.
• International students seeking a UK honours degree recognised by ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW.
• Working bookkeepers and AAT-completers upgrading to a full degree.
• Career switchers with a numerate background moving into UK finance.
• Family-business successors preparing to take on the finance function.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically progress into finance roles across UK practices, in-house finance teams, banks and consulting graduate schemes. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee job offers or visa outcomes.

• Trainee Accountant (practice or industry)
• Financial Accountant (junior)
• Management Accountant (junior)
• FP&A Analyst
• Audit Trainee (Big Four or mid-tier)
• Finance Business Partner (junior)

The BSc is the natural feeder into the MSc in Financial Accounting, ACCA Applied Skills exams, ICAEW ACA training contracts and CIMA management level.

Entry Requirements

• Three A-levels at BBC or above, or equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Access to HE, Foundation Year pass, or a relevant Higher Diploma with confirmed credit transfer); Mathematics at A-level or equivalent numeracy strongly preferred.
• GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
• IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
• A personal statement showing genuine curiosity about accounting and finance (extended reading, part-time bookkeeping, professional-body engagement) — mature applicants (21+) may enter with a portfolio and short interview.

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Undergraduate cohorts sit in small groups so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule students can rely on, and every degree route is reviewed against UK professional-body competencies — ACCA, CIMA, CIM, CIPD, CMI, CIPS, CFA UK and IOE&IT — so graduates carry a credential that City recruiters engage with.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England and the West End within a short tube ride of every classroom. Undergraduate students access a fortnightly practitioner clinic, at least one industry-careers day per academic year, a structured placement route and one-to-one application coaching in the final year.

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