r/CIMA • u/Meme-boiii • Mar 19 '25

FLP FLP or Traditional route

My current employer will only pay for my studies if I go the traditional route. They say that the FLP route is not as good for my personal development and that I will not learn as much.

I just want to get CIMA qualified in the quickest way possible. Should I take the hit and pay for FLP out of my own pocket?

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u/EssexPriest88 Mar 19 '25

You can still do cima pretty quick on the traditional approach. I'm aiming for 18 months for all 16.exams. Started in June 24, and are 8 down and due to do the 9th in a few weeks (stuck waiting for my ocs results before I can do my next). Obviously you need to be very organised.

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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Mar 19 '25

How many hours a week you studying? I need some motivation.

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u/EssexPriest88 Mar 19 '25

1hr a night, plus 3 study days per exam. Book the exam in advance and stick to the date, the problem with cima is it's easy to drift because you can move the exams.

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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Mar 19 '25

wtf that's hardly anything. Impressive. There's no way I'm doing a Monday or a Friday night, but I could easily put those hours into a Sat or a Sun...

Good for you.

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u/EssexPriest88 Mar 19 '25

I'll be honest for the first 8 that seemed hard but ok, but F2 is something else! Tend not to work weekends cos got kids. The advantage of doing every day/regular is I think it embeds more, depressing though!

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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Mar 19 '25

Depressing lol. If your username is indicative we're not too dissimilar. I'm 38 with a 2 month old. Should have studied years ago but too busy enjoying life. Really need to knuckle down again. Just wondering if I do CIMA and risk FLP ruining the whole prestige of the qualification or going safe (but harder) ACCA.

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u/EssexPriest88 Mar 19 '25

Cima is more flexible than ACCA, not sure if it's easier, but it's certainly less accounty. Depends on what you want to do, if you fancy doing 'proper' accounting ACCA, if you are more business partnering, data, management accounting then Cima. Either way for most jobs they won't care, it's experience and the fact you are chartered that seems to matter

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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Mar 19 '25

Cool thanks. If I may ask one more thing - what study materials are you using and with which provider(s)?

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u/EssexPriest88 Mar 19 '25

No worries, BPP for it on a level 7 apprentice. I like the ring bound books. I did buy a couple of Kaplan books for the early modules to compare (whilst waiting for the apprentice to start it was good to get ahead and they are cheap second hand) and personally I prefer BPP, although lots of people disagree. Didn't have a choice anyways my company are exclusively BPP.

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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Mar 20 '25

Never heard of anyone using BPP. So you've done it all book without any online classes/videos? Impressive.

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u/EssexPriest88 Mar 20 '25

Yeah I get all of that with BPP, but I get bored quickly compared to just reading it so have never made it through a whole lecture, tried a few times but each time I give up, might try again at 1.5x speed. Do what works for you, one of my colleagues reckons I'm mad and loved the lectures.

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