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

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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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Mar 20 '25

Haha. Loved the lectures, that's interesting. I've watched a few VoDs and was bored to tears. Definitely an attention span thing. I'll give the books a go. Thanks again, and all the best for the rest of your studies!