Chartered and certified accountants. SOC code 2421.
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Where this code sits in SOC 2010
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- Major Group
- PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
- Sub-major Group
- BUSINESS, MEDIA AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROFESSIONALS
- Unit Group
- 2421 · Chartered and certified accountants
Other unit groups in Business, Research and Administrative Professionals
- Management consultants and business analysts2423
- Business and financial project management professionals2424
- Actuaries, economists and statisticians2425
- Business and related research professionals2426
- Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.2429
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Named on the Critical Skills List, with stated conditions
The published row sets out skills, qualifications, experience or employment-context conditions, so the broad unit group alone does not describe the position.
- Critical Skills List, published employment
- Chartered and certified accountants, and taxation experts specialising in tax, compliance, regulation, solvency or financial management or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience. Qualified accountants with at least three years’ auditing experience, who are full members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and whom have relevant work experience in the areas of US GAAP reporting and Global Audit and Advisory Services and the employment concerned is in MNC Global Audit Services. Tax consultant specialising in non-EEA tax consultancy and compliance with a professional tax qualification or legal qualification with tax specialism, and has a minimum of three years’ experience of tax consultancy requirements and regulations in the relevant non-EEA market.
Lists effective 13 May 2026 (SI 213 of 2026). Official sources: Ineligible List · Critical Skills List. Confirm against the official page before acting.
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Standard Occupational Classification 2010 · Version: SOC 2010 · Reference: soc-occupation.v2