1. Welcome to the ICAEW BASE Competition
Presenters name
More than you’d imagine
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2. What is an accountant?
An ICAEW Chartered Accountant is someone who has been accredited by ICAEW through completing the ACA qualification
Being ‘Chartered’ is a badge of credibility and quality
Can’t be confined to number crunching and spreadsheets
Innovators, explorers and thinkers
Assess, advise, audit and analyse businesses to make them as profitable as possible
NB: Encourage students to think about what an accountant actually does. Use this question to dispel the myths that accountants purely deal with number crunching and spreadsheets. An accountant tackles the most important challenges in business. They use their skills to help companies across every sector to innovate, grow and create ambitious strategies for the future. They assess finances for everything from premier league football clubs to huge multi-national companies.
They look how money flows in and out, measure the value of assets and analyse how an organisation is performing.
Accountants are often involved in the biggest strategic decisions. Companies turn to them when they want to launch a new product, buy another company, or improve the way they operate.
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3. What is BASE?
BASE is ICAEW’s national business and accounting competition for year olds
A team business challenge that sharpens your employability skills for your next step
A unique opportunity for you to compete with schools across the country
You will be split into teams of four or less. As a team, your will participate in an online situational strengths game that guides you through the day to day life of four chartered accountants. The game requires you to watch a video, which will pause throughout and ask questions. Following this, you will be asked to prepare a 5 minute presentation and deliver this via video link. NB: All information regarding how to do this will be given to students once they log on to the online portal.
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4. Why are we taking part?
Strengthen your CV and stand out from other applicants for the university places, apprenticeships and jobs you want the most
Develop transferable employability skills such as communication, team work, decision making, presentation skills and problem solving
The chance to network with the biggest graduate employers and hear their advice for a successful career
Learn about a career in business and accountancy
Last but not least, to reach the National Final and win some amazing prizes!
NB: Use this to really engage students and get their buy in
Examples of employers include: PwC; EY; KPMG; BDO; The National Audit Office; Smith & Williamson; Saffery Champness; RSM; Mazars.
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5. You will gain a greater understanding of…
The business environment and managing change
Critical analysis
Commercial awareness
Financial management, strategies and accounts
Team work
How to add value
Problem solving  
Time management  
Successful communication
Decision making
Presentation skills
What accountants do
Digital skills
NB: Please edit slide as appropriate. Taking part in BASE supports the development of a range of skills. These skills aren’t only useful for careers in accountancy. You’ll be able to put these to good use in any career you decide to pursue. Taking part in BASE will also help you in your day to day studies, enabling you to put what you’ve learned so far in the classroom into practice in true to life business scenarios.
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6. The National Final
48 successful teams welcomed to the Hilton Metropole hotel in Birmingham to take part in one final challenge
A free overnight stay at the venue
Entertainment
A top guest speaker from the industry
The National final is a fantastic 2 day event taking place in Birmingham. If you reach the National Final, you’ll join 47 other teams to compete in one final challenge to be crowned BASE National Champions and win some incredible prizes. Aside from this, you’ll also receive a free overnight stay at the venue, along with some evening entertainment and food. You’ll be able to network with the biggest school leaver and graduate employers at the employer exhibition, to get their top tips for a successful career.
Awards ceremony
Amazing PRIZES!
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7. Employability sessions
The prizes
Employability sessions
iPads
Champion’s Day
Champions’ Day – The winning team will be invited to Chartered Accountants’ Hall in London. Here, you’ll have the rare opportunity to interview ICAEW’s CEO, Michael Izza. You can ask him anything you like, whether that’s about the industry, or his tips for a successful career. After the interview, we’ll also take you out for a three course lunch to celebrate. Employability sessions – These are sessions hosted in school by an industry expert. The sessions will enable you to make yourself as employable as possible – an invaluable prize for any future professional. The winners will receive a full day, and the runners up will get half a day. The winners will also receive a MacBook each, and a suite of iPads for their school. The runners up will walk away with an iPad each. There are also a range of other prizes up for grabs to celebrate students performing well in the softer skills required on the journey to, and throughout employment. These prizes are sponsored by employers and include work experience, lunch with senior members of the team, and more.
And more…
MacBooks
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