Professional Skills Modules

Although following the sequence of essentials and then options is preferred by ACCA but it is not really important. The choice of professional exams will be easier if you focus on the most recent skills module exams. For example, if you have attempted Financial Management recently, and want to attempt Advanced Financial Management as an optional paper, then you’d be recommended to take it as your first professional exam. Same goes for Advanced Taxation as well.

So the focus is on what knowledge you have gained most recently, to identify which professional exam to attempt.

Hope this helps.

I’ve also finished all my applied skills exams, and currently working on the Ethics and Professional Skills module online.

I heard that this module is useful to complete before starting the Professional papers, as there are concepts/topics in here which are useful to know in the exams.

I also read that leaving SBL until last (the 4 hour exam) is ideal because it draws on knowledge across the other papers.

Otherwise I think they can be done in any order. I will start with APM, SBR then AAA for my personal choice.