I decided a few years ago to retrain in a new area and decided on finance. I currently work in finance in the treasury department at my workplace after previously working on the AR team. I'm looking to complete my Level 4 AAT qualification this year and my thoughts up to now have been to get into the accounting department and become a chartered accountant through ACCA. I don't have a relevant degree but I believe ACCA is still possible without this and my workplace have offered to pay for it if I was to get on the accounting team in the future.

However, I've recently thought I'd maybe be more suited to the financial analyst route as I find myself more interested in economics and investing. My question is whether its possible go down this route without a relevant degree. Will qualifying through ACCA allow me to go down this route? I looked at CFA but it seems you need a relevant degree to do this. There's a team of financial analysts in my workplace who I'd like to get in with if this is possible. I would just like to look into my options before I commit to something.