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Insight

Capability

Insight relates to how you think and operate at an individual level in your organisational context: accurately analysing information, generating new ideas, making clear decisions, organising work, focusing on key priorities and achieving timely results.

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Capabilities

Understands and responds to internal and external drivers, maintains a commercial mindset and develops opportunities for growth.

I identify and adopt best practices from the wider profession, other organisations and the external environment
I monitor, manage and look to improve performance in my area of responsibility
I balance short term organisational requirements with longer term strategies
I demonstrate broad business thinking and sound commercial judgement
I develop sound value propositions and take action to stimulate new service opportunities.

Developing this capability through the ACCA Qualification

Exams	Ethics and professional skills module (EPSM)	Practical experience requirements performance objectives
Strategic Business Leader (SBL) Strategic Business Reporting (SBR) Advanced Performance Management (APM) Advanced Financial Management (AFM) Advanced Taxation (ATX) Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA) Audit and Assurance (AA)	Unit 3, 8(a)-(b), 9(a)-(g), 10(a), Unit 2, 2(a)-(e), Unit 3, 1, 2(a), 3(a)-(g), 4(a), 7(a)-(g), Unit 4, 1(a), 2(a)-(e), Unit 9	1(d), 1(e), 2(e), 3(a)-(e), 4(a)-(b), 5(a)-(d), 11(e), 23

Exams

Ethics and professional
skills module (EPSM)

Practical experience requirements performance objectives

Strategic Business Leader (SBL)

Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)

Advanced Performance Management (APM)

Advanced Financial Management (AFM)

Advanced Taxation (ATX)

Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA)

Audit and Assurance (AA)

Unit 3, 8(a)-(b), 9(a)-(g), 10(a), Unit 2, 2(a)-(e), Unit 3, 1, 2(a), 3(a)-(g), 4(a), 7(a)-(g), Unit 4, 1(a), 2(a)-(e), Unit 9

1(d), 1(e), 2(e), 3(a)-(e), 4(a)-(b), 5(a)-(d), 11(e), 23

Insight

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Suggested CPD

Capabilities

Understands and responds to internal and external drivers, maintains a commercial mindset and develops opportunities for growth.

Deals with information and data and gets to the heart of the matter in order to make clear, evidence based decisions that move issues forward.

Ensures that the structure of rules, practices and processes used to direct and manage the organisation are at the highest levels.

Looks for new and better ways of doing things, generates new ideas for change and improvement and is open to alternative ways of working.

Undertakes projects, schedules activities, organises and prioritises tasks and monitors progress to achieve objectives in a timely manner.

Developing this capability through the ACCA Qualification

Insight

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Suggested CPD

Capabilities

Business acumen

Understands and responds to internal and external drivers, maintains a commercial mindset and develops opportunities for growth.

Critical thinking

Deals with information and data and gets to the heart of the matter in order to make clear, evidence based decisions that move issues forward.

Governance and control

Ensures that the structure of rules, practices and processes used to direct and manage the organisation are at the highest levels.

Innovation

Looks for new and better ways of doing things, generates new ideas for change and improvement and is open to alternative ways of working.

Planning and project management

Undertakes projects, schedules activities, organises and prioritises tasks and monitors progress to achieve objectives in a timely manner.

Developing this capability through the ACCA Qualification

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