Unilever gets ACCA platinum accreditation

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Global has awarded Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL) with Approved Employer Trainee Development in the platinum category for meeting the quality criteria.

UBL's employees, who are registered as students with ACCA, will receive support that will help them complete ACCA exams and gain practical experience that enables them to acquire the range of competencies required of finance and accounting professionals in business today.

The Approved Employer Trainee Development will also allow UBL to join the Global Virtual Career Fairs, place free job advertising and logo in ACCA careers, avail special pricing in ACCA Learning certificates as well as access global webinars and CPDs along with ACCA's professional insights (research) resources and newsletter.

Zinnia Huq, finance director of UBL, received an award from Prawma Tapashi Khan, country head of ACCA Bangladesh, at the former's corporate office in Dhaka, said a press release.

"This is a great occasion and a milestone for ACCA Bangladesh that we are going to create such a win-win relationship with Unilever Bangladesh Limited through this scheme. I would thank the leadership team of Unilever Bangladesh Limited for their farsighted approach," said Khan.