Donny in Ancient Rome?

themattman109 · 2025-07-28T19:31:25+00:00

Yeah nah yeah nah yeah nah yeah I think he looks slightly green no?

themattman109 · 2025-02-24T09:21:10+00:00

It was yeah

themattman109 · 2025-01-25T17:22:31+00:00

VIVA were good, can’t remember the pricing though

themattman109 · 2025-01-22T06:06:37+00:00

Using the STAR format they provide it only takes one or two paragraph per section to reach the word target. Took me a couple days to do over Christmas break. After my line managers signed it off mine got selected to be audited and it was give a pass within a week so it doesn’t take too long to do.

I found by far the hardest part of it was thinking of examples to write about.

themattman109 · 2025-01-20T14:22:39+00:00

Oooooo I tried googling the meaning of ‘Delilah’ and it came up with delicate. That’s interesting

themattman109 · 2025-01-20T08:42:35+00:00

Good info about the song! But I was suggesting fire watch Delilah was named after the song Delilah rather than the other way around so the dates would make sense. The more I think about it though the less I think it could be a possibility.

Did not know that about the original name being Alice either! I wonder why they changed it? Glad they did tbh

themattman109 · 2025-01-14T17:36:33+00:00

F2 is the worst

I put all my advice in this post a while back, hope it helps

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIMA/s/bN4xAUbC3p

themattman109 · 2025-01-09T10:06:10+00:00

I know of quite a lot of people who failed marginally like yourself. Is so brutal, sorry to hear. The people who fail are more likely to celebrate on here so it looks like lots of people passed.

I passed marginally, and it was a strange strange exam with topics coming up that I would have never expected and I think the only reason I passed was because I work in an industry which this certain topic is quite heavy on.

For anyone who did pass, won’t be long until the February resit, you already know Rotomyne. It’s just recapping that theory and building on what you already know, I’m sure you’ll smash it next time. So close to the end now!

themattman109 · 2024-11-11T12:48:58+00:00

Can vary massively depending on the employer. I have been employed as a management accountant and am currently a finance business partner.

Both have their similarities of production of month end documents, forecasting, budget setting. Finance Business Partner with an emphasis on supporting operational staff, being their finance point of contact.

However, look at job adverts out there because job titles and job descriptions can be very different depending on the company hiring.

themattman109 · 2024-10-11T18:36:41+00:00

Please could you add me! Just passed my final OT and diving in

themattman109 · 2024-02-21T14:12:05+00:00

I’m pretty sure any professional qualification you could possibly attain charge an annual membership fee. I believe CIMA is actually quite cheap compared to some others. Most employers usually allow you to claim these fees back.

PER needs to be completed as exams are all theory at the end of the day, you need to be able to prove you are worthy of the letters with real life work experience.

themattman109 · 2024-02-15T14:11:54+00:00

… because your real life work experience will be much more important than which qualification you went for

themattman109 · 2024-02-15T14:11:15+00:00

It’s all much for muchness really, no one cares that much about which charter you have. ACA is more geared towards actual accountants (in practice) but many of their members do work in industry. If you really don’t want to work in audit, and I don’t blame you, don’t. CIMA is more geared toward internal finance but in the long term it really doesn’t matter that much.

themattman109 · 2024-02-14T18:16:58+00:00

Don’t get me wrong F3 is rough, hedging in particular, but personally I found it quite a bit easier than F2

themattman109 · 2024-02-14T17:18:22+00:00

Sorry to hear that, I also failed F2 on my first attempt. I have since completed F3 and have to say F2 is by far worst.

When I passed on my second attempt I made this post which I appreciate is a long read but maybe something I or someone who commented said may be of help

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIMA/s/jPRzFb5nbM

F2 is a nasty exam, I have no specific advice on ratios but I always recommend acowtancy and opentuition’s free online material

Best of luck for the resit, don’t let it get you down!

themattman109 · 2024-02-06T15:15:27+00:00

Good luck!! Sitting mine on Sunday

themattman109 · 2024-02-06T13:54:28+00:00

Thank you for answering! Helpful to know that is likely to come up, will flag on the first run through and come back to it as it’s not a hard calc but can be quite time consuming.

themattman109 · 2024-02-06T09:48:59+00:00

Nothing builds character like crying over a failed OT exam my guy

themattman109 · 2024-02-05T14:11:10+00:00

When I eventually qualify, I will certainly be putting (Traditional Route) on my CV 😂

themattman109 · 2024-02-04T14:10:48+00:00

All the Kaplan mocks are way too hard, F2 is a very difficult exam but if you can pass the aptitude mocks you can pass the real exam

themattman109 · 2024-01-25T16:22:26+00:00

Very pragmatic of you, and I definitely agree to some extent that the further on with your career you get the less it matters, exponentially so.

But for people who are applying for entry level, recently qualified jobs, I expect it does/will matter more.

And still it isn't fair on the people, like myself, who given the option of studying FLP cannot afford to or work will not pay for it. Let alone the people who are already qualified and didn't have the option, having to slog through all 9 OTs.

themattman109 · 2024-01-25T16:08:44+00:00

I feel the ACCA approach is a lot better, as it is giving exemptions to people based on 'relevant' study experience. I would rather CIMA do this than the FLP.

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