ACCA’s Double Play in Singapore: Future-Proof Skills, ESG-Savvy Talent
Two MoUs, one mission: ACCA Singapore teams up with NTUC’s e2i and Junior Achievement to supercharge the finance workforce and inspire a new, sustainability-minded generation.
ACCA Singapore has signed two Memoranda of Understanding – one with NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and another with Junior Achievement (JA) Singapore – setting out a bold agenda to upskill today’s professionals while embedding sustainability fluency in tomorrow’s leaders.
Unveiled at the recent ACCA Singapore’s Annual Conference – Navigating Permanence in Disruption: The Future of Trade, Talent and Transformation – the MoUs anchored a high-energy day that drew over 200 finance leaders, policymakers, and business professionals to tackle sustainability, digital transformation, and workforce evolution.
Constant Change
The collaboration with e2i targets the real economy of skills: reskilling and upskilling accountants and tax professionals to sharpen employability, boost productivity, and broaden recruitment pathways – both within the profession and across adjacent industries. It’s a practical play to make accountancy and tax not just resilient careers, but magnetic ones.
«We are pleased to be part of this collaboration to uplift the accountancy profession and create new opportunities. Together, we can help shape jobs and skills so that accountants are well-positioned to leverage their financial expertise with data analytics and innovation,» said Caryn Lim, CEO, e2i. «This enables them to continue contributing meaningfully across industries.»
Skills that Move the Needle
The MoU with Junior Achievement Singapore opens a second front: a co-developed programme for tertiary students that demystifies ESG and connects ethics, governance, and sustainability to national priorities such as the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and the Ministry of Education’s Eco Stewardship Programme. The goal is clear – graduate cohorts who can read a balance sheet and a carbon budget.
«Young people today are not just future employees, they are future decision-makers,» said Ng Hau Yee, Executive Director, Junior Achievement (JA) Singapore. «By linking ESG to real-world issues and the national agenda, we hope to inspire a generation that leads with purpose, ethics, and a deep sense of responsibility to their communities.»
Scale, Substance, and the Long Game
«ACCA has always been driven by our purpose, to be a force for public good,» said Daniel Leung, Country Manager, ACCA Singapore. «These partnerships embody that mission by creating opportunities for continuous learning across generations… strengthening the profession’s role in driving sustainable growth and preparing Singapore’s workforce for the challenges and possibilities ahead.»
Behind the signatures lies ACCA’s wider ambition: a globally connected community – 252,500 members and 526,000 future members in 180 countries – equipped with the technical judgment and ethical backbone to create, protect, and report sustainable value. In Singapore, that vision now has fresh momentum – and two powerful new allies.
