About this diploma
Diploma Outline
Enhancing your AAT qualifications to hold the Diploma in Accounting (Level 3*) will demonstrate to potential employers that you take your career path and progression aims seriously. Holding a qualification like this can lead to a rewarding career as an Accountant, Bookkeeper, Finance Administrator, or Treasurer; or it can help you confidently handle the finances of your own business.
This diploma will help you get where you want to be and open up the door to more senior-level positions.
From here, there are further training and career progression options which can lead to more seniorlevel accounting positions, such as Management Accountant and Business Tax Specialist.
This training programme offers a great opportunity to gain an AAT Diploma in Accounting qualification.
If you already have some accounting and bookkeeping knowledge, for example, you’ve already obtained the AAT Certificate in Accounting, this diploma will build on your existing knowledge and take it to the next level.
Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to MyAAT. This is a vast online resource where all students studying AAT qualifications can access study support, additional resources, and exclusive AAT member benefits. We recommend you maximise your access to the resource as it can help greatly as part of your preparation to undertake the AAT qualification examinations.
* Level 3 is the equivalent of Level 5 in Ireland and Level 6 in Scotland.
Aims and Objectives
Through five core subject areas, such as Business Awareness, Financial Accounting, and Tax Processes for Businesses, to name just a few, you’ll arm yourself with the essential know-how to be able to competently and professionally handle the accounts within an organisation or manage the financial records of your own business.
Aims and Objectives
Through five core subject areas, such as Business Awareness, Financial Accounting, and Tax Processes for Businesses, to name just a few, you’ll arm yourself with the essential know-how to be able to competently and professionally handle the accounts within an organisation or manage the financial records of your own business.
Courses Included
Excel Expert
In this course, you will learn advanced-level features of Microsoft Excel, such as macros, PivotTables, PivotCharts, and data analysis tools to help you make data-driven decisions.
Business Awareness
This course provides you with an understanding of the business, its environment, and the influence that this has on an organisation’s structure, the role of its accounting function, and its performance. You will examine the purposes and types of businesses that exist and the rights and responsibilities of key stakeholders.
NB This course is studied as part of an AAT Level 3 diploma.
Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements
This course provides you with the skills required to produce statements of profit or loss and statements of financial position for sole traders and partnerships using a trial balance. In employment, you may be required to prepare a portion of, or all, the final accounts, and this course will give you the theoretical knowledge needed to complete that task. It will also allow you to understand how final accounts have been produced, either manually or automatically through the use of accounting software.
NB This course is studied as part of an AAT Level 3 diploma.
Management Accounting Techniques
This course provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the role of management accounting in an organisation and how organisations use such information to aid decision making. You will learn the principles that underpin management accounting methodology and techniques, how costs are handled in organisations, and why organisations treat costs in different ways.
NB This course is studied as part of an AAT Level 3 diploma.
Tax Processes for Businesses
This course explores tax processes that influence the daily operations of businesses and is designed to develop your skills in understanding, preparing, and submitting Value Added Tax (VAT) returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The course provides you with the knowledge and skills that are needed to keep businesses, employers, and clients compliant with the laws and practices that apply to VAT and payroll.
NB This course is studied as part of an AAT Level 3 diploma.
Pre-Requisites
If you already hold the Certificate in Accounting, this is the next natural step in your training.
Finance Options
Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: -Â
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Self-Funded:Â
- Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
- You could opt to pay upfront.
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Company Funded:
Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.
What we can help with:
- Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
- Tailored personnel letters
- Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).
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Funding & Grants:
There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.
We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.
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* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.
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Career Path
Study of this diploma enables you to apply for more specialist roles such as Bookkeeper, Credit Controller and Finance Officer. There are many career progression options available and depending on your aspirations, you could work towards a career as a Chartered Accountant, Finance Manager, or Financial Controller.
