Hi people, I have finished my CAT last year and currently doing ACCA paper F4 F5 F6. Recently my college told me that some of my friends and I have been selected to pursue the ICAEW program, to work part time with BDO, Deloitte or one more audit firm (Folkes, or something that sounded like that)

Since we have finished CAT, we will be exempted from some ICAEW papers, just to do the remaining 10 papers in 5 years, what do you guys have to say?

How hard is ICAEW compared to ACCA? Working as audit is already hell, now to study ICAEW and to become auditor. Any of you already working in the audit firms and would like to share how your colleagues who are doing ICAEW doing? How much more does an employer value an ICAEW graduate compared to ACCA?

Many thanks