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ICAEW Data Analytics Certificate

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ICAEW DA: Which one of the two certificates is more appropriate or recommended for professionals (i.e. accountants, financial professionals)?

Both certificates have been developed and designed for professionals i.e. whether you are operating in professional practice or in decision support. The Ana...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:21 PM
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ICAEW DA: For a CFO where in his company there are no data analyst skill set, should the CFO do both Pathways?

We suggest doing the management pathway first as it covers how to develop the business case for analytics, data strategy, setting up teams, skills etc.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:21 PM
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ICAEW DA: How much of the content of both Pathways are common ? if you have done the analyst pathway already, are there any aspects that completely duplicate that, and are these flagged so these can easily be skipped?

There's an alignment of approach but the content and learning outcomes are different.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:21 PM
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ICAEW DA: If you do the Analyst Case Study Only option, can you change your mind later and then opt in for the full learning and case option?

There is no automatic upgrade path, however please contact Kaplan student services and they will be happy to arrange this for you.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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ICAEW DA: Can/should you do this if you are currently not working (on maternity leave) or would it be more beneficial to do this whilst working to practice skills etc?

The case study does not need you to apply in the workplace, all of the data and content you need to complete is included within the course. Therefore this w...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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ICAEW DA: I currently work in corporate finance and while some of the context will be the same, I don't do audit work and don't do any sampling or any other audit related work. Is this still a relevant course for me?

Very much so in terms of the forecasting modelling and the anomaly detection. In fact the case study is set in the context of a private equity investment wh...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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ICAEW DA: How applicable are these pathways to non-finance staff - either those who perform data analytics in their day job and managers who receive the outputs of this analytics work?

Although the use cases, and case study assumes a finance / commercial role the skills covered are highly transferrable to those in a commercial, sales, risk...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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ICAEW DA: Would this be useful for local authority CFOs and accountants in central or local government?

Absolutely. The course has been developed for finance professionals working in all aspects of industry, practice, local government and not for profit organi...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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ICAEW DA: Can you elaborate more on the "12 months license". Is it the course content license or some kind of practicing license?

We mean you get access to the course for 12 months from the date you are enrolled. If you successfully complete the programme you will get a certificate of ...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:23 PM
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ICAEW DA: How much is the learning subjective principles vs objective and rules based?

Definitely highly applied. The course has been specifically tailored for the finance profession and includes interviews with finance professionals and finan...

Wed, 30 Jun, 2021 at 3:23 PM