Level 4 Diploma in Accounting

Level 4 Diploma in Accounting (1 day or 2 evenings per week)

The advanced level covers financial team leader skills, including financial statements for limited companies, complex management accounting tasks, management skills and specialist learning areas.

Once you’ve completed the advanced level, you’ll be awarded the AAT level 4 diploma in accounting, and be a fully qualified accounting technician.

There are four mandatory units at the advanced level. You’ll also choose two specialist units to study.

• Financial statements
• Budgeting
• Financial performance
• Internal control and accounting systems
• Specialist learning units (choose two):
  1. Business tax
  2. Personal tax
  3. External auditing
  4. Cash management
  5. Credit control

What sort of job could I expect after completing the advanced level?

•  Accounts payable and expenses supervisor
•  Assistant financial accountant
•  Commercial analyst
•  Cost accountant
•  Fixed asset accountant
•  Indirect tax manager
•  Payments and billing manager
•  Payroll manager
•  Senior bookkeeper
•  Senior finance officer
•  Senior fund accountant
•  Senior insolvency administrator
•  Tax supervisor
•  VAT accountant.

Entry

No formal qualifications are required, but applicants should have basic skills in literacy and numeracy.