Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance

Program Overview

The Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance program, accredited by multiple professional bodies, equips students with analytics, technology, and employability skills. Through core and elective units, graduates develop the acumen for leadership roles in performance management, financial management, and accounting. The program prepares individuals for diverse careers in accounting, finance, and management consulting.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Build a future-proofed skillset that will help you identify business opportunities and solve accounting and business problems in innovative ways to drive organisational performance. Develop the skills you need to become an ethical business leader in management, accounting practice and beyond. This course is designed for students who wish to pair key analytics, technology and employability skills with deep technical expertise in accounting in order to bring value to any organisation.

Outline:

• Duration: 2 years full-time (Available part-time)
• Location: Camperdown/Darlington University of Sydney
• Study mode: Face to face
• Credit points: 96
• Program content:
• The Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance is an accredited postgraduate coursework degree.
• The program provides you with professional recognition and business acumen for a successful career.
• Through the program's core units of study and capstone unit, you will develop key analytics, technology and communication skills to lead in enterprise performance management, as well as build your experience with cloud-based accounting technology platforms.
• You will also complete electives selected from a wide range of Business School units of study, including options for industry placements and projects.
• You will complete:
• 14 core units, including:
• 6 foundation units
• 7 advanced units
• 1 capstone unit
• 2 elective units
• View sample study plan:
Handbooks for future years, including for new courses commencing in a future year will progressively be available in November each year.

Careers:

Our Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance graduates are well equipped for a range of careers across a variety of organisations, including:

• chief financial officer
• chief information officer
• financial controller
• company secretary
• financial analyst or planner
• forensic accountant
• tax and estate adviser
• financial and management accountant
• auditor
• system designer
• investment advisor and manager
• management consultant

Other:

• This course is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
You will need to complete compulsory units of study to satisfy professional accreditation requirements.
• For more information, see the Professional Accounting Accreditation Guide (pdf, 201KB).
• The University of Sydney Business School is triple accredited, placing it in the top 1% of business schools in the world.
• The University of Sydney is ranked 2nd in the Australia and 18th in the world (QS World University Ranking 2025).
• Take advantage of our dedicated careers office and award-winning employability and industry placement programs to develop valuable skills, build global networks and gain real-world experience that will help you graduate job-ready.
• We are the only business school in Australia to be a member of the prestigious CEMS global network of business schools.