Finance professionals need to demonstrate that they understand and can apply ethical and professional behaviour in real-world work situations. EPSM helps you develop these practical real-world skills so you can make an impact from day one in organisations.
Professional skills are specific skills that you generally acquire through workplace experience – for example team-working, communication, negotiation ability.
Employers are looking for finance professionals to add value immediately, so it's important that you acquire these skills alongside having the technical knowledge to perform your role effectively.
The module helps students to develop the professional skills they need to demonstrate in their Strategic Professional exams. Focusing on real world scenarios, students are required to develop understanding and skills on how to approach the challenges presented. This is very similar to the approach that is required to be successful in Strategic Professional exams.
There are many different reasons why you might want to access EPSM.
As an existing member you may have completed the module before and be looking to refresh your knowledge. Or you may have become an ACCA member before EPSM was introduced and would now like to take advantage of the learning it provides. You may want to study the entire module, or it may be that there are very specific parts of EPSM that you want to review to support your career.
The module supports exam success at Strategic Professional. We therefore recommend students complete the module towards the end of completing their Applied Skills exams and before attempting any Strategic Professional exams.
No, however EPSM will support learning for Strategic Professional exams so we would still recommend that you complete EPSM if you have any of these exams yet to complete.
The module takes approximately 20 hours to complete and you are able to access any of the module content again once completed if you wish to refresh your knowledge.
There is no time limit to complete the module. There is however, a 2 hour time limit in place to complete the final assessment. Members do not have access to the final assessment.
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For students and affiliates there is a one off cost for the module, with no resit fees. You can attempt the assessment multiple time and have unlimited access to the rest of the module content. The module is available to existing members free of charge.
To find out the current cost of the module for students and affiliates please visit our pricing page.
We currently accept payment by credit/debit card only. American Express and Maestro are not accepted.
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You will receive an order confirmation email to confirm receipt of purchase. Invoices are available upon request after purchase. Please contact ACCA Connect to request an invoice.
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We are not able to extend discount codes, please ensure that you redeem your discount within the specified timeframe as advertised.
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For students and affiliates the module has 10 units, with 7 learning units and 3 assessment and support units. The members version has 8 units, as they do not have access to the support for Strategic Professional exams unit (9) nor the final assessment unit (10).
For more information on the syllabus and structure read our EPSM syllabus guide.
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Just like our exams, we regularly update the module so it contains all the latest ethical, professional and digital skills needed by finance professionals today. This means there may have been new units added to the module since you completed it and received your completion certificate.
Should this be the case your completion bar may fall below 100%, but this does not impact your completion status and it is not compulsory for you to complete any new content added to the module. However, you will be able access this new content should you wish to keep your skills up-to-date.
There are a series of quizes throughout the module and for students and affiliaites the final unit of the module is an assessment which you will need to pass. If you don’t pass first time, you can try again until you are successful - without having to pay any additional fees.
There is no final assessment in the members version of EPSM.
Make sure you have completed all elements of the learning to obtain your certificate. Once you have completed all elements, students and affiliates will be able to download their certificate via a download button on the module page. The certificate is not available in the members version of EPSM.
The name shown on your certificate will be based on the details within your myACCA account.
Please ensure that your name is correct in your myACCA account to prevent any errors with the name which will appear on your certificate. You can contact ACCA Connect and request amendments to your name by providing proof such as your birth certificate, passport or driving licence.
In units 8 and 10 of EPSM you will be assessed on the topics and skills you have learned in all previous units, including units 1-3. Therefore, before attempting these assessment units you should ensure that you are confident in your knowledge of the learning included in any units which were completed as part of an earlier qualification.
Completing EPSM is part of your journey towards becoming an ACCA professional accountant, or developing your skills as an ACCA member. You are therefore expected to act in a professional and ethical manner when completing the module.
As with our exams, by accessing EPSM you are subject to the Ethics module regulations and guidelines, which govern how you are permitted to use the module and its content. Please be aware that:
You are required to work through EPSM independently in order to maximise the learning opportunities which the module presents. However, we do recognise that future members may be unable to progress because of difficulties with a particular quiz.
In these circumstances we would first encourage you to review the learning content which relates to the quiz. If after doing this, you still cannot pass the quiz, or don’t understand particular questions, you should seek support either from a tutor, a colleague, or from ACCA. You should not request for others to provide you with quiz or final assessment answers.
The Ethics module regulations specifically prohibit the sharing of EPSM content, including quiz/final assessment answers online. If you can, you should remove the content. If you are not able to do so, please let us know where the content is and we will request their removal.
Some of the module content is accessible via mobile devices, but for a full learning experience we recommend you use a desktop or laptop computer using the latest version of Chrome.
The module content is responsive for different screen sizes (smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops) and should be functional across different operating systems. Whilst we have taken reasonable efforts to make the content mobile responsive, we cannot guarantee it will be fully functional on all devices and operating systems.
It is also designed to work on all up-to-date internet browsers. Module content can be viewed on any device using one of the following browsers:
JavaScript must be enabled in browser settings. You should also have a sufficiently fast internet connection and a version of MS Excel that supports the .xlsx format.
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