Master 1 Accounting, Control, Auditing (CCA)

Graduated from the Master CCA in July 2016, I pass the remaining UEs of the DSCG session 2016. I join the audit and accounting firm Syrec in the same breath as I am now an Engagement Manager. At the same time, from 2017, I start the accounting internship. I am currently a memorialist. Previously, I came from a training course without any real accounting background. The CCA Master's degree was a real springboard without which I could not have had this career path or these opportunities. It represents a precious key to many professions with an easy way to find a job in the end. I would like to thank the course manager who enabled me to enter this world through a well-maintained network.

Following my Master 2 CCA obtained in 2013, I started my internship as a chartered accountant in a small firm in Marseille. The firm was 70% oriented towards legal auditing and 30% towards accounting and consulting. This experience was enriching because of the diversity of the files, but I wanted to learn my future profession more quickly with files raising important accounting, tax or even consolidation issues. I then chose to join a local firm in Marseille at the end of my first year of internship. I stayed with this firm until the end of my internship. An experience during which I was able to carry out audits of companies with a turnover of up to 250 M€, but also consolidation, consulting or even VSE expertise. Validating my 3 years of internship, I wanted to challenge myself professionally before becoming (I hope) a Chartered Accountant. In 2016, I am appointed general manager of a ski area. The economic and social situation of the site was complex. In 2018, my board of directors entrusted me with two other (smaller) resorts to manage (around 150 employees in winter). I remained at the head of these resorts until autumn 2020. During these 4 years, I think I enabled the company to regain financial balance, a sustainable strategy and even the confidence of the employees. This experience was complicated, but very enriching and exciting. Since the end of my studies, I have always wanted to have my own firm. So I resigned and I am currently working on the preparation of the DEC. I am currently writing my dissertation and preparing for the May 2021 exams (and yes, there is no age for revision!). To conclude, I will just say to students who wish to continue towards public accounting that the choice of the firm during the 3 years of internship is paramount. However, since this is usually your first professional experience, you can sometimes make a mistake in the choice of your firm, but it is not a prohibitive one (I am proof of this).

I followed a classical curriculum at the FEG of Aix-Marseille, from L3 MCF to the Master CCA. Obtaining the diploma presents multiple interests: First of all, it justifies a BAC+5 level, and the outcome that this implies; It allows a real professional integration; Finally, it allows the partial validation of the DSCG (5 out of 7 UEs). The Master's calendar is also in line with that of the DSCG: obtaining the M2 in June 2014 gave me the motivation to go and get the DSCG in October. I then started my internship as a chartered accountant in a firm of AJACCIO, in January 2015. These three years of internship, which were both enriching and rewarding, enabled me to submit my thesis in February 2018 and to obtain the DEC in the May 2018 session. I became a partner in the wake of obtaining the DEC. I have excellent memories of those academic years and of Ms. Nadine RICCI. She will make available to you her personal and professional network, extended over the PACA-Corsica region; and of course, her passion for her students. I always remember the first day of M2 CCA. At the end of the summer, our search for a professional internship had not even started yet, Mrs RICCI kindly called us back to order and presented us with an Excel table, which already included about fifty contacts from firms in the surrounding area . In short, you will be in good hands!

After obtaining a Master's degree in 2009, I immediately started working on permanent contracts with firms in Paris in both accounting and auditing. In 2013 I moved to my home country, Morocco, where I joined the firm FIREC ET ASSOCIES which is a member of GENEVA GROUP INTERNATIONAL. Today, as Audit & Consulting Manager, I manage the public administration department of the firm. I have many fond memories of my years at university: all my university studies, a renowned CCA master's degree and a quality teaching team, not to mention our class which remains unforgettable.

I joined the FEG in Aix-en-Provence in 2016 after an M1 "Accounting, Finance, Taxation and Wealth Management". The knowledge I acquired throughout this year allowed me to gain my first professional experience within the ORIGA Group where I was able to discover the professions of Audit and Chartered Accountancy. I then joined KPMG as a consultant on projects to transform the Finance function. Beyond the quality and richness of the content, the involvement of the program manager makes it perfectly adapted to the job market. To cite just one example, the organization of a "job-dating" day with the support of the dean of the university during which several prestigious firms in the region are invited to exchange with the students, which most often leads to internship and/or hiring proposals.

After obtaining my bachelor's degree in science, and doing my first summer job in a bank, I decided to enroll in the first year of Sciences éco Aix-Marseille. This course gave an overview of all the subjects related to economics, management and management and helped me to identify the areas I really liked. In L1 and L2, the subjects I preferred were accounting and management control, so at the end of the second year, reinforced by an optional internship from June to August in an accounting firm, I decided to do an L3 in the faculty of applied economics and then an M1 CFFP known to be the ideal way to enter a CCA master's degree. After examining my file, obtaining a DU CCA, I joined the M2-CCA, obtained in July 2011. During my Master 2, I did a mandatory internship during the closing period from January to May at KPMG and had the opportunity to meet other auditing firms and auditors, it was the beginning of the creation of a beneficial network since then. As the Master's degree has a good reputation, we maintain privileged relationships with many firms of various sizes and sectors. The course maintains its image of excellence by organizing events such as the Job Day where professionals of the sector and students, future actors of the same sector, meet. I was able to sign a permanent contract as an auditor with Aresxpert Audit, a reference in Avignon, where I was able to evolve and gain experience and autonomy during 6 years. To date and for more than 3 years now, I have been Administrative and Financial Manager at Pink Lady ® Europe.

Following a redundancy I looked for a training around the profession of "management control"; IUT, IAE d'Aix, Aix-Marseille University, training sites.... Finally, thanks to my business experience, I got an interview with Mrs RICCI, head of the CCA training at the University of Aix-Marseille. She assessed my level in this field and proposed me to start a first year of Master's degree called CFFP (Accounting, Finance, Taxation and Wealth Management) and at the same time the DCG courses. I started my training in September 2016. A year that was difficult to spend, a field completely different from my basic training (molecular biology in research); but after having passed my first year in CFFP, I was selected in CCA and I passed. In 2018, after the CCA training, I was immediately hired by the accounting firm where I did my final internship. My ambition was greater than I was, so I resigned to focus on the DSCG revision for the 2018 session. Right after my DSCG exam, I applied online, and the next day I had 2 job interviews. Three days later, I signed a permanent contract as "Auditor" in a firm of auditors, until January 2021. My DSCG was validated in the 2020 session and in the DEC internship since January 2020. For me, the CCA training is a training of excellence, which gives me access to multi-possibilities and opportunities. In a few years, to be a chartered accountant, an auditor, a corporate financial director or an excellent financial analyst to join my initial idea: helping companies in difficulty? I don't know yet what the future holds for me, but I don't doubt for a second that anything is possible!

I had the opportunity to join the CCA professional Master 2 in 2007 after obtaining a Master 1 and an L3 MCF (my curriculum is 100% university). At that time, I didn't really have any idea about my final professional career, but the programme and the aura of the teachers (whom I met throughout my training) encouraged me to follow this "numerus clausus" course. The internship in the office (6 months and during the fiscal period) was beneficial on several levels: Understanding the workings of this profession often described as austere and uninteresting. Develop my personal network To gain experience (particularly in the technical aspects of the firms). Indeed, on this last point, let us keep in mind that the purpose of this professional diploma is indeed to obtain a work contract at the end of the training. The new laureate is recognised by the sector, as firms are quite fond of this kind of profile. Indeed, I didn't have much trouble finding a job as soon as I finished my studies, and I was even lucky enough to be able to develop my knowledge in a BIG, to the point where, after a few years, I joined the management group of the South-East sector. Moreover, continuing my studies after obtaining the M2CCA is necessary, in my opinion, to enhance the value of all the knowledge imparted over the years of training and to underline its multidisciplinary quality. In addition to this windfall (training), the M2CCA has a significant advantage: exemptions for DSCGs. Although the EU 1 and 4 require a lot of work, this training remains, in my opinion, the royal road to obtaining the DEC, for those who wish to take this long road. More than 10 years after successfully leaving the faculty, I remain sensitive to the values and the quality of this diploma which has enabled me to reach my current stage. I warmly recommend to anyone interested in the quantitative professions to join this type of course.

The CCA master's degree was a great springboard for obtaining the DSCG and soon the DEC. In addition to the course/company "modulation" -that was in 2015/2016- all the teachers and other professors were, with a few exceptions, excellent and very pleasant. In this respect, I would like to mention Mrs. Nadine RICCI, and Messrs. Paul CURCIO and Christophe CASTERAS. The training provided was beneficial to me in many ways, even despite 12 years of professional experience. Finally, and I come back to this by way of conclusion, if French education could have teachers such as those mentioned above, the general level would not be so cataclysmic!... Another big THANK YOU to the members of the Master CCA promotion 2015/2016 for supporting me!