Testimonials ICFE
Employer Endorsements for Cambridge ICFE
Freyssinier Morin, Mexico
Cambridge ICFE provides an exciting new opportunity for professionals in accounting and finance to increase their competency in financial English, while at the same time enhancing their portfolio of professional, internationally-recognised qualifications.
Mr William Fung Chief Financial Officer ISS Facility Services Ltd
With increasing need for lean organisational structures, we look for candidates who are not just competent in technical knowledge but also demonstrate sound communication skills for diversified management roles. Cambridge ICFE is a unique qualification that validates candidates' skills and suitability for a successful career in finance and accounting.
Rosanna Choi, Partner, CWCC CPA, Hong Kong
English is the most widely used business language and it is essential that our finance employees are able to use the language competently and confidently. Cambridge ICFE demonstrates that an individual has these skills and will help them stand out from the crowd when we are recruiting.
Ben Ho, Finance Director, TNS, Hong Kong
The global economic downturn has resulted in an extremely competitive job market. Candidates hoping for a career in finance need to demonstrate excellent communication skills in English as well as technical competence. We would certainly consider a candidate with Cambridge ICFEas it validates these skills.
Zahid Ali Mubarik, Training Manager, Khushhali Bank Ltd, Pakistan
The economic down turn has resulted in an extremely competitive job market. As a recruiter, we have become more selective - hiring finance professionals who have augmented their soft skills along with technical expertise. An internationally recognised language qualification like Cambridge ICFE will indeed boost an individual’s employability prospects and career progression in the organisation.
Asma Javed Human Resource Development Manager Packages Limited Pakistan
Business success is inseparable from successful communication. Our business constantly demands excellence in communication, internally and externally. The English language is the most widely used business language and is a tool we cannot do without. Therefore Cambridge ICFE may well be an ideal solution to prepare our employees to deliver to our requirements. We certainly see it as a valuable addition to an ambitious accountant's CV which may well improve his or her career.
Zainab Khan Recruitment, Compensation and Training Manager Corporate HR ICI Pakistan Limited
The economic down turn has resulted in an extremely competitive job market. As a recruiter, we have become more selective - hiring finance professionals who have augmented their soft skills along with technical expertise. An internationally recognised language qualification like Cambridge ICFE will indeed boost an individual's employability prospects and career progression in the organisation.
Muhammad Abdul Basir, Director General Operations, PIFRA, Department of Auditor General of Pakistan
With my long-term experience and interaction in the public sector auditing and accounting fields, in addition to my experience in teaching and training, I have analyzed the need for English language proficiency across the board. I feel that a good command over the English language can augment productivity of human capital and provides value addition. At PIFRA (Project for Improvement of Financial Reporting and Auditing), we see Cambridge ICFE as a tool to further develop impeccable financial English skills. This is a unique opportunity provided by ACCA and University of Cambridge ESOL towards ensuring excellence in financial English.
Student Endorsements for ICFE
Mokhira Mahmut Qizi, Uzbekistan
I chose Cambridge ICFE because I had difficulty with my ACCA studies and decided to improve my financial English skills in order to understand my ACCA text books. I got more than I expected because studying for Cambridge ICFE has boosted my confidence in the language too.
Yana Burmistrova, Russia
I chose Cambridge ICFE to improve my English, especially in the financial area. I need financial English for my ACCA classes and for my international financial career.
Irakli Chogovadze from Georgia
My English writing and listening skills have improved through the course I took, and Cambridge ICFE has also increased my understanding of ACCA exam study materials. Above all, the international certification is recognised worldwide and will enhance my CV.
Agnija Dzelme, Chief Finance Officer, BIKO-LAT Ltd, Lithuania
From a technical perspective, I gained quite good knowledge on the use of transitional words. Another benefit is that I passed the exam and now own one more certificate.
Vilma Balciunaite-Jokubauskiene, Senior Consultant, IBM, Lithuania
I would recommend Cambridge ICFE because it tests all four areas of language skills – reading, listening, writing and speaking – so you are able to test how capable you are in every area and improve the one that is the weakest. All topics are finance and accounting related, so it is possible to use the knowledge gained straight away in the working environment.
Tuition provider endorsements for ICFE
Richard Hunt, Director of Studies, LSBF International Language School, UK
No other qualification pulls together accounting and finance with the English language. At a fundamental and underlying level, this new certificate helps trainees to understand and interpret financial data, answer exam questions thoroughly, and gives them pointers on narrative organisation and structure. The joint partnership of ACCA and Cambridge ESOL definitely adds muscle to the certificate, and gives students confidence in the product.
Inga Benina, Director of the Examinations Centre, Baltic Council for International Education, Latvia
We are very pleased that at last English language, and the finance and accountancy sector have been brought closer with the Cambridge ICFE exam.
Many professionals have good general English skills, but to be the best in their business they need something very specific to demonstrate their financial English skills.
We are very proud of our first Cambridge ICFE exam takers who passed exam in May 2009 with outstanding results, and hope that this tradition will continue in Latvia.
