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Skills Framework for accountancy

Use the Skills Framework to explore career paths, skills, and training programmes in the accountancy sector.

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Last updated 29 January 2026

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What the Skills Framework offers
Career tracks in accountancy
Who will benefit

What the Skills Framework offers

The Skills Framework for Accountancy is a career guide that helps you make informed career choices and plan your skills development.

You can use it to:

  • Learn about the accountancy sector, including key statistics, trends, and workforce profiles.

  • Explore career pathways and understand how to progress vertically or move across different roles.

  • Identify the skills you need for 43 job roles across 10 career tracks. This includes 104 technical skills and 18 generic skills.

  • Find training programmes to develop these skills.

Career tracks in accountancy

The 10 tracks are:

  • Assurance: Auditing and assurance services to provide confidence in financial information

  • Financial Accounting: Recording, reporting, and analysing financial transactions and statements

  • Management Accounting: Using financial data to support business decisions and planning

  • Internal Audit: Evaluating and improving risk management, controls, and governance processes

  • Business Valuation: Determining the economic value of businesses or assets

  • Tax: Tax planning, compliance, and advisory services

  • Restructuring and Insolvency: Managing business restructuring, turnarounds, and insolvency cases

  • Mergers and Acquisitions: Advising on business combinations, acquisitions, and divestitures

  • Financial Forensics: Investigating financial crimes, fraud, and disputes

  • Enterprise Risk Management: Identifying, assessing, and managing business risks

Who will benefit

The Skills Framework will benefit:

  • Individuals who wish to join or progress within the accountancy sector

  • Employers keen to invest in training their employees

  • Education and training providers who need insights on sector trends and skills in demand to design relevant programmes

  • Government, unions, and professional bodies who need to analyse skills gaps and design workforce development initiatives


Skills Framework

Download the Skills Framework

The Skills Framework was developed by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), Workforce Singapore (WSG), the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), and ACRA. Industry partners, including employers, industry associations, and education and training institutions, contributed to its development.