How to improve accounting skills?

Dear WSO Members,

How would you improve your accounting skills?

I know the basics that a PE associate should know but I don’t have background in Finance so learned everything on the job or on my own and only the key concepts. I don’t have skills that would allow me to challenge CFOs or financial DD providers (well I pretend I can but never have comfort).

I can invest quite a bit of time and want to do it properly, was thinking about preparing for ACCA. Any thoughts/ideas?

Best,

Anna

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