Students win top prizes at the ACCA awards ceremony

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) which is the global body for professional accountants that offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management, recently held their awards ceremony at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo ,to recognize and award students who have excelled in their exams in December 2010 and June 2011.Speaking at the function the Country Manager for ACCA Sri Lanka, Aruni Rajakarier said that, “as ACCA members they will get the chance to work in diverse fields and varied roles”.

She stated that she “expected them to uphold the highest ethical standards in all their professional activities, which is one of the key pillars that the ACCA qualification is founded upon”.

She also pointed out that “ Choice ,not chance determines one’s destiny” and encouraged them “to make use of the many cost effective options offered by ACCA for further studies that include Global MBAs MSCs in Finance and accounting membership of other professional bodies and other world renowned post graduate educational opportunities”.

President of ACCA Nisreen Rehmajee stated that “achieving the ACCA membership offered one a whole host of career opportunities “ .She went on to say that “with those opportunities comes responsibilities and that there is a high expectation on the members to uphold the values such as equality, opportunity, innovation, integrity and accountability that are the cornerstone of the ACCA qualification”. The Chief Guest at the function was, partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sujeewa Mudalige handed out the awards to the prize winners for the CAT December 2010 examinations.