Mercury helps student to attain two globally recognized degrees at 22 years
View(s):ACCA is a professional accountancy qualification which benefits from global recognition and it’s membership opens doors to a successful career in accountancy practice or finance. Equipping students with an in depth knowledge of Accounting Techniques and Principles, Information Technology and Management Skills it enables the student to work in any area of finance and brings many senior management roles within reach .The qualification has earned the recognition as very highly rated in the fields of banking, management and consulting, and is a major advantage in competing for senior roles.
Endorsing the benefits of this qualification is Dinusha Weerawardena who chose ACCA over other professional qualifications because of the scope it offers. She said that ACCA, being a complete finance professional qualification, explored both Financial and Management Accounting aspects, while concurrently delving into other complex subject areas such as Taxation, Financial Reporting, Audit and Assurance and Financial Management Another reason she termed for for choosing ACCA was the BSc. (Hons) in Applied 
Accounting offered by the Oxford Brookes University, UK, in partnership with ACCA, which is perceived to be a great value-addition. She further affirmed that ACCA was also the reason why she decided to pursue a career in law simultaneously and specialize in Business Law, because the syllabus content in the Corporate Law subject at Knowledge level gave her a very good understanding of English law.
Dinusha pointed out that “Looking back, I know I made the right decision.
I am now 22 years old, holding a Bsc. (Hons) in Applied Accounting and an LLB (Hons) in Business Law, am an ACCA Affiliate and reading for an MSc. in International Business Management.”
Speaking of her experience in obtaining these qualifications she stated “I think the most challenging aspect of the ACCA Qualification are the exams itself. In order to get through an ACCA exam, you need to really know the subject matter; as you cannot bluff your way through them. In addition to following about 4 ½ months worth of classes, you need to put in countless hours of additional studying and doing practice questions, no matter how smart you may be. This is where my tuition provider Mercury Institute of Management played an immense role in getting me ready for these exams. The lecturers at Mercury knew what they are talking about, and were always accessible and willing to clarify doubts. Even today, I am able to speak to them whenever I need to clarify something technical. The environment is both professional yet informal, so everyone feels at home and it is the one place that basically taught me everything I know today and made me a” work ready professional. Mercury also provided us with original ACCA study material, and includes ACCA textbooks from ACCA recommended publishers, such as Kaplan. I believe they are at present the only institute to do this . This is the reason that they are currently ACCA’s only platinum status tuition provider .
In addition , I was and still am involved with the ACCA Students’ Committee, which has given me countless opportunities to interact with industry professionals and gain the exposure I needed. For instance, representing Mercury Team 1 at the inaugural Corporate Race last year which was organized by the Students’ Committee, gave my team members and I some valuable hands-on experience and being the winners of this high-profile corporate event further opened up career opportunities at leading organizations. “
Currently employed at Orange Electric, Dinusha states that the knowledge she gained from ACCA has tremendously helped her in carrying out her day to day work responsibilities which basically translates into applying everything she had learned from ACCA. She is also intensely grateful to her Institute , Mercury, which has been her mentor and has guided her at all instances , motivating her to attain her qualifications so early in life.
.With an ambition to head an organization one day, she said that she truly enjoy business and financial analysis and strategizing, and looks forward with confidence in achieving her career aspirations armed with a qualification which her knows will be her strength for many years to come.
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