Northern Ireland’s young accountants are among the best in the world, according to Joan Ballantine, chairman of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Ulster Members’ Network.
She was speaking in the wake of the successes enjoyed by local entrants in the global accountancy body’s 2013 exams.
The results saw seven Northern Ireland students placed in the global top 20, including Magdalena Ryan who achieved first place in Ireland and eleventh in the world in the F6 — Taxation (UK) paper out of 24,853 students who sat the paper globally.
While Mairead Hardy came second place in Ireland and fifth in the world in the P3 – Business Analysis paper out of 23,699 students globally.
Joan Ballantine said: “We are delighted that Northern Ireland continues to produce a high calibre of accountancy students year-on-year and these great results will only add to the highly skilled young people in the accounting sector that exists here.
Now is the time to focus on the vital role that our young accountants play in helping to drive recovery.”