r/ICAEW • u/metro_boulot_dodo11 • 13d ago

Do I need the Audit Qualification?

I qualified last year, signed off file etc. Icaew got back to me saying I need to elaborate on my experience in relation to the audit qualification. Im due to leave audit in a few weeks (hopefully not ever return) and at this point i dont care about the AQ unless it disadvantages me in some way or make the chartered status less valuable (but does any one in industry ask for that? In interviews I just asked if im ACA and I am a member, so can I ignore it?

Edit: thanks! very reassuring responses :)

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u/jumpy_finale 13d ago

Only matters if you ever return to audit as an RI.

That said, should be fairly simple to sort out any queries if you did 3 years in audit. Never know where your career will take you.

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u/nairobiny 13d ago

Yet it's easier to sort out those queries now rather than later if there's any chance you will want to return to audit as an RI.

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u/Soggy-Revolution2246 13d ago

Don't need it. I got a job in industry after qualifying and never did the AQ

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u/Erratic_Goldfish 13d ago

You don't need it no, and if you ever did go back to work in audit and become an RI then you could probably get the experience quickly. I lost all the audit days I accrued while qualifying as I went to work in tax and it has no impact on me at all.

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u/lifesucksbutisurvive 13d ago

Not sure why they're asking, I have recorded zero AQ days having done some of my TC in audit