Chartered Accountants Ireland

Chartered Accountants are Ireland’s leading business professionals, providing essential strategic guidance, expertise and consulting across a vast array of business activities and sectors. Chartered Accountants are members of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, formed  by Royal Charter in 1888.

As a result of their training and experience, Chartered Accountants have a greater ability to analyse and interpret business problems in multiple dimensions and develop dynamic solutions. This gives them the edge over their counterparts: propelling them further and faster into more diverse and important roles.

Recognised and respected internationally, a qualification in Chartered Accountancy brings global mobility, with Chartered Accountants in demand both at home and abroad. Chartered Accountants play a pivotal role in the modern organisation and this is reflected in their career path – as a result their promotion is more rapid than for other professions. What’s more, they enjoy a high level of career mobility, applying their broad skills to business challenges in virtually every corporate sector.

This dynamism and flexibility means that Chartered Accountants frequently enter diverse roles such as financial management, corporate finance and leadership. The possibilities are endless: from sole practitioner to Chief Executive of a multinational. That’s why choosing to become a Chartered Accountant may be the smartest career move you ever make.

Chartered Accountants Ireland is the largest accountancy body based in Ireland and is organised on an all-island basis. Of the Institute’s 18,000 members, over 2,000 work overseas. While men represent the majority in the Institute, today women comprise over 50% of new students.

Chartered Accountancy is a global profession with sister-institutes all over the world. The Irish Chartered Accountancy qualification is one of the few fully recognised in the U.S. In addition, Chartered Accountants dominate their profession in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. So it’s no coincidence that Chartered Accountants are seen as the elite of the financial profession.