Emmanuel Musa – BSc (Hons) Accounting with Management

Emmanuel is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA). He has taught accounting modules at levels 3-7 (across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes), including financial accounting, management accounting as well as decision making and risk management.

Emmanuel started his career as a member of the Association of Accounting Technician (AAT), working in the operations department of a financial services firm, before proceeding to earn a bachelor’s degree in applied accounting.

Currently, Emmanuel is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and an active member of the ACCA Regional Network.

Experience

• PhD Management
• MSc Business Analysis and Consulting
• Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• MBA Finance
• BSc Applied Accounting
• Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Challenge your academic capabilities with an intellectually stimulating foundation course in accounting.

• Learn the skills and techniques appropriate to practical accounting
• Gain an understanding of basic accounting theory

Developing the right range of core skills is essential for success on this programme.

• Learn how to apply your skills across various modules
• Explore a variety of resources that will help you succeed on the course

Developing a solid understanding of information management principles will enable you to understand their applications in a practical context and their value in modern organisations.

• Learn about technological tools and business process improvement techniques
• Construct simple data analytics dashboard systems
• Develop the necessary skills required in a sustainable learning organisation

This module covers the allocation of resources in perfect markets, and the effects of taxes, subsidies, price ceilings and price floors, and how these all impact the way organisations trade.

• Understand the effects of the main market imperfections
• Describe the macroeconomic environment including fiscal and monetary policy
• Explore important features of international trade in theory and practice

Explore the methodologies used by partnerships and limited companies in their financial reporting and learn how financial decisions are driven.

• Build on the concepts covered in Introductory Accounting
• Gain an understanding of the concepts underlying financial accounting

Explore the fundamental basic concepts, techniques and processes used in determining product and service costs in management accounting.

• Develop an understanding of usual management accountant practices within an organisation
• Learn to determine product and service costs

In order to succeed in the area of financial accounting, it’s crucial to build a sound understanding of financial accounting, current regulations and how these concepts inform regulation.

• Learn to prepare and analyse internal and external financial reports
• Gain practical experience by using financial accounting computer software

This module examines the management accountant role and how it contributes to making judgements and decisions.

• Focus on the theory and practice of cost accounting
• Explore accounting concepts, techniques and processes

There are many major personal financial decisions that you will typically have to make during your lifetime and understanding how to manage finances will drive better decision-making.

• Learn to make informed decisions on topics such as investments, pensions and mortgages in the future

There are various fundamental aspects involved in company law. Exploring these will help you understand how they ultimately impact the financial decisions of an organisation.

• Develop an understanding of the concepts, rules and methods in company law
• Learn how company law affects the legislative, judicial and professional positions

To develop skills and attributes sought after by employers, understanding the diverse career options available with accounting and finance is essential

• Engage in your professional development
• Understand and develop the right

In order to prevent financial risk in business, it’s important to understand the conceptual and theoretical components of assurance and risk management.

• Explore the processes surrounding risk management in both private and public sector organisations
• Identify and develop key skills such as critical thinking and forecasting

Knowledge of taxation is essential for , as it is a fundamental part of most financial and economic decision-making.

• Explore the main aspects of the UK tax system covering personal, business, corporation, inheritance, and capital gains tax
• Gain an understanding of the administration of the self-assessment system

If you wish to pursue a path in leadership and management, there are various management accounting techniques used in the contemporary business environment that improve the efficiency of business processes which you will need to be familiar with.

• Build upon prior study in management accounting
• Understand the theoretical basis and practical application of management accounting techniques

Accounting theory and the practical application of international reporting standards is a key element for you to understand in order to succeed in a corporate environment.

• Learn the international financial reporting standards and their importance in financial services
• Develop key skills such as data analysis and communication

In order to tackle the issues faced in financial reporting, it’s important to grasp key auditing principles.

• Explore the conceptual and theoretical fundamentals of auditing, combined with the practical application of key auditing principles
• Develop the skills that a professional auditor must have and learn to utilise them in a business environment

There are a number of components involved in securing the highest standards of effective corporate governance.

• Explore the governance challenges organisations face today
• Develop key skills such as data governance, risk management and auditing

Financial management decision-making processes regularly occur in large companies that interact with the capital markets and have an international presence.

• Explore the fundamental concepts underpinning managerial finance
• Understand agency theory, EMH, and theories on capital structure
• Learn about dividend policy