Accounting and Finance

Accounting and finance is a combination that develops the technical skills for financial reporting and analysis alongside the broader financial knowledge required to understand investment, capital markets and corporate decision-making. Accounting equips you to prepare and interpret financial statements, apply management accounting techniques, understand audit and taxation, and navigate the regulatory and governance frameworks within which organisations operate. Finance examines how businesses and institutions raise and manage capital, how financial assets are valued, how risk is managed, and how financial markets function.

Together they form the core knowledge base for professional careers in accounting and finance.

At London South Bank University you will study accounting and finance with an integrated foundation year over four years of full-time study, providing an accessible and supported entry route for students who are passionate about business and finance but who may not have the prior qualifications to enter directly onto a standard degree programme. The foundation year builds the academic and analytical foundations needed for degree-level study before you progress to the substantive accounting and finance curriculum. The typical tariff of 88 reflects a programme that is explicitly designed to broaden access to professional accounting and finance education, and London South Bank's location in the capital provides strong connections to the financial services sector.

Graduates are well placed for careers in accounting and auditing, corporate finance, financial analysis, investment management, banking, consultancy and a wide range of finance roles in the public and private sectors. Many pursue professional qualifications through bodies such as the ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or CFA, using the degree as an academic foundation for chartered status. Others go on to postgraduate study in finance, accounting or management.

LSBU's London location provides proximity to the City and Canary Wharf financial hubs, supporting both placement connections during the degree and graduate employment opportunities on completion.