Accounting & Finance

Accounting and finance prepare you for roles at the heart of how organisations are run and how capital is managed. Accounting is concerned with the systematic recording, reporting, and analysis of financial information, while finance addresses questions of investment, valuation, risk, and the deployment of capital. Together they provide a comprehensive education in the quantitative and analytical skills that are foundational to careers in professional services, banking, corporate finance, and management.

At Liverpool Hope University this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, providing a structured first year that builds the academic and numerical foundations needed before engaging with degree-level accounting and finance. The programme develops a strong strategic outlook alongside technical competence, preparing you for roles that require both the ability to manage financial detail and the judgement to use it in support of management decisions at the highest level. You will study financial reporting, management accounting, taxation, corporate finance, investment analysis, and related areas, developing both technical expertise and the broader commercial awareness that professional roles demand.

A sandwich year is built into the programme, giving you the opportunity to spend a full year in a professional finance or accounting environment, and a year abroad is also available. Work placements are integrated throughout the degree, ensuring that your developing knowledge is regularly connected to professional practice.

Graduates are well placed to begin training for professional qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, or ACA, often with exemptions from some professional exams. Career paths include roles in audit, tax, management accounting, corporate finance, banking, financial analysis, and the public sector. Postgraduate study in finance, accounting, or business is an option for those wishing to specialise further.