Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance & Employability Lead

Mr Safeer Ahmed is Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Employability Lead at School of Accounting, Finance and Law of the University of Bedfordshire.

Prior to joining University of Bedfordshire, Safeer worked at a small accountancy practice as accounts manager, AAT/ACCA lecturer and Assessor at various Further Education public and private colleges and as Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Hertfordshire.

Safeer is a Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and is passionate about teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. Safeer is specialised in core areas of Accounting; UK taxation, IASs/IFRSs, Computerised Accounting and External Auditing.

Safeer holds two unpaid/community roles: Trustee at The Cultural Trust Luton and ACCA Early Career Ambassador at ACCA UK.

Qualifications & Professional Memberships

• Full member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Fellow member of Association of Accounting Technicians (FMAAT)
• Fellow academic member of Association of International Accountants (FAIA Acad)
• Associate Member of Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (ACSI)
• Member of British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA)
• Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
• PGCE – University of Bedfordshire
• BSc in Applied Accounting – Oxford Brookes University
• Certificate in Data Analytics – ACCA

Teaching Expertise

• Introduction to Accounting and Finance (L4)
• Accounting for Business (L4)
• Financial Reporting (IASs/IFRSs) (L6)
• Financial Reporting (US GAAP and UK GAAP) (L7)
• Taxation (UK) (L5)
• Social and Environmental Reporting (L5)
• Advanced Bookkeeping (L3)
• Computerised Accounting (SAGE 50, QuickBooks) (L4)
• Personal Development and Employability (L5)
• Contemporary issues in Accounting (L6)
• External Auditing (L6)
• Using Financial Data (L7)
• Financial Statement and Analysis (L7)
• Financial Management and Analysis (L7)
• Accounting and Finance for International Business (L7)
• Accounting Aspects of Business (L4)

Research Interests

• Financial Reporting (IASs/IFRSs and US GAAP)
• Personal and Business Taxation (UK)

Projects

• Delivered workshops in Alpha and Growth Curve Projects in collaboration with Research and Innovation Centre (RIS)
• Delivered Finance and Financial Management session in Help to Grow (H2G) programme in collaboration with Research and Innovation Centre (RIS)
• Completed Arithmetic Accuracy of financial projections and other consultancy projects in partnership with Research and Innovation Centre (RIS)

Contact Details

E: Safeer.ahmed@beds.ac.uk