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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance & Employability Lead

Mr Safeer Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Employability Lead at School of Accounting, Finance and Law of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

Prior to joining ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, Safeer worked at a small accountancy practice as accounts manager, AAT/ACCA lecturer and Assessor at various Further Education public and private colleges and as Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Hertfordshire.

Safeer is a Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and is passionate about teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. Safeer is specialised in core areas of Accounting; UK taxation, IASs/IFRSs, Computerised Accounting and External Auditing.

Safeer holds two unpaid/community roles: Trustee at The Cultural Trust Luton and ACCA Early Career Ambassador at ACCA UK.

Qualifications & Professional Memberships

• Full member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Fellow member of Association of Accounting Technicians (FMAAT)
• Fellow academic member of Association of International Accountants (FAIA Acad)
• Associate Member of Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (ACSI)
• Member of British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA)
• Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
• PGCE – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
• BSc in Applied Accounting – Oxford Brookes ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
• Certificate in Data Analytics – ACCA

Teaching Expertise

• Introduction to Accounting and Finance (L4)
• Accounting for Business (L4)
• Financial Reporting (IASs/IFRSs) (L6)
• Financial Reporting (US GAAP and UK GAAP) (L7)
• Taxation (UK) (L5)
• Social and Environmental Reporting (L5)
• Advanced Bookkeeping (L3)
• Computerised Accounting (SAGE 50, QuickBooks) (L4)
• Personal Development and Employability (L5)
• Contemporary issues in Accounting (L6)
• External Auditing (L6)
• Using Financial Data (L7)
• Financial Statement and Analysis (L7)
• Financial Management and Analysis (L7)
• Accounting and Finance for International Business (L7)
• Accounting Aspects of Business (L4)

Research Interests

• Financial Reporting (IASs/IFRSs and US GAAP)
• Personal and Business Taxation (UK)

Projects

• Delivered workshops in Alpha and Growth Curve Projects in collaboration with Research and Innovation Centre (RIS)
• Delivered Finance and Financial Management session in Help to Grow (H2G) programme in collaboration with Research and Innovation Centre (RIS)
• Completed Arithmetic Accuracy of financial projections and other consultancy projects in partnership with Research and Innovation Centre (RIS)

Contact Details

E: Safeer.ahmed@beds.ac.uk