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AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting
COURSE OVERVIEW
The Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting offers technical training in accounting and is ideal for anyone wishing to pursue or progress their career in accountancy or finance.
The purpose of the Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting is to enhance the skills developed from the Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, enabling students to maximise opportunities in their current or new employment. By studying for this qualification, students will acquire professional accountancy and finance skills that will be useful throughout their careers, including:
- drafting financial statements for limited companies
- having the knowledge and skills to use complex management accounting techniques
- the ability to analyse accounting systems and their associated controls
- having knowledge and skills in specialist accountancy and finance subjects
The Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting covers high-level accounting and finance topics and tasks. Students will look at and become comfortable with a wide range of financial management skills and applications, and will gain competencies in drafting financial statements for limited companies, recommending accounting systems, strategies and constructing and presenting complex financial management accounting reports. Students will also specialise in business and personal tax.
Attendance is required one day per week.
The units covered in this qualification are:
- Applied Management Accounting
- Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements
- Internal Accounting Systems and Controls
- Business Tax
- Personal Tax
Study Method – Online and On Campus
We have partnered with Mindful Education to deliver this apprenticeship through our Online and On Campus model.
- Online lessons can be accessed at any time, using a mobile, tablet or desktop -; meaning apprentices can fit their study around work commitments, minimising disruption in the workplace. Each lesson lasts around 45 minutes and is accompanied by animations and motion graphics to bring concepts to life. Exercises, interactive case studies and analytical tools help to enhance the learning experience further.
- On campus, apprentices benefit from regular classes with an experienced college tutor, either in-person or virtually. A combination of tutor-led work, group exercises and discussion encourages apprentices to apply theory to real-life workplace situations.
Course delivered weekly – Wednesday’s from 13:30 to 16:30
FURTHER INFORMATION
Entry requirements: To enrol in the Level 4 AAT course, students must:
- have completed the Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, or Level 3 Assistant Accountant apprenticeship.
- have an excellent level of spoken and written English.
- have access to a computer, MS Office Excel and reliable internet connection is essential (students studying Using Accounting Software Unit can use Sage at the College library).
Please be aware of the need to spend a significant amount of time away from the classroom undertaking independent study.
- ESOL or other study programme students must complete these qualifications before enrolling on AAT Level 4.
Once qualified, and having met AAT’;s criteria, students can apply for full AAT membership, which will allow them to use the designatory letters MAAT after their name.
However, the primary and most important outcome of the Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting is that it can lead to a wide variety of well-paid accountancy and finance jobs, some of which include:
- Professional Accounting Technician
- Assistant Auditor
- Assistant Management Accountant
- Commercial Analyst
- Payroll Manager
- Senior Bookkeeper
- Senior Financial Officer
- Accounts Payable and Expenses Supervisor
- Assistant Financial Accountant
- Cost Accountant
- Fixed Asset Accountant
- Indirect Tax Manager
- Payments and Billing Manager
- Senior Fund Accountant
- Senior Insolvency Administrator
- Tax Supervisor
- VAT Accountant
In addition to this, students could enrol with ACCA or CIMA and become a fully chartered accountant.
Students must successfully achieve exams in all units in order to pass this qualification.
All assessments are:
- Set and marked by AAT
- Computer based
- Time-limited
- All exams are human marked and will have a 6 week turnaround on results.
The two non-mandatory units offered are Business and Personal Tax.
Course fee: £2,573 (including your first sitting of each exam).
In addition to your course fee, you will be required to pay a one-off registration fee to the AAT of £257
You should bring:
- Pens
- Paper
- Calculator
Any change in the original exam booking, or any retake of exams will incur a fee. Resits can be paid for via the college E-store.
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