Cambridge ICFE (Cambridge International Certificate in Financial English) is an exam which tests candidates’ ability to understand written and spoken English in a number of realistic contexts that accountancy professionals are likely to encounter in their daily working lives. The exam consists of four papers – Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking which are designed to provide a comprehensive approach to developing financial English skills. It has been developed in partnership with ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), which is the largest and fastest-growing global accountancy body.
ICFE Candidature
Cambridge ICFE is suitable for students of finance and accounting and practising accountants and finance professionals.
This includes students who are:
- actively seeking employment in a finance context, e.g. accounting firms, company departments, and government agencies
- intending to study finance or accounting where the course includes significant English Language content, either in their own country or abroad
- seeking certification to demonstrate their English-language proficiency.
In addition, it also includes practising accountants and finance professionals who are:
- seeking new employment in an international context
- seeking promotion within their own organisations
- learning English as part of a training programme
- seeking certification to demonstrate their English-language proficiency in a finance or accounting context
The aims of ICFE
- to assess candidates’ ability to operate in English in an international finance environment
- to allow candidates to demonstrate to employers their ability to communicate in English with clients
- to allow candidates to demonstrate to educational and training institutions their ability to follow a course of study in finance and accounting where significant portion of the instruction is in English
- to have positive and beneficial impact on the content and delivery of English language training courses for finance and accounting professionals
- to provide an examination to do this which is fair to all candidates and which is delivered to international standards
- to allow test users to compare candidates’ results with other qualifications with are linked to the CEF.
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