AAT Accounting Level 4 Part-time

Course overview

The AAT Accounting qualification gives you the relevant and practical skills to do a wide range of accounting and finance jobs.

In this qualification you will cover higher accounting tasks including drafting financial statements, managing budgets and evaluating financial performance, as well as optional specialist units including business tax, personal tax, external auditing, credit management, and cash and treasury management.

Course content

• Financial Statements of Limited Companies: involves preparing limited company accounts using international standards, consolidating accounts for companies and interpreting information from financial statements
• Management Accounting, Decision and Control: looks at costing methods, preparing costs and analysing and interpreting information
• Management Accounting: Budgeting: involves producing budgets using various methods and interpreting and reporting the information
• Accounting Systems and Controls: synoptic assessment

You will also study two of the following:

• Business Tax
• Personal Tax
• External Auditing
• Credit Management
• Cash and Treasury Management

Following the successful completion of Professional Diploma in Accounting (Level 4) you will be invited to a formal graduation ceremony held in October/November. With relevant experience approved by AAT you could also use the designatory letters MAAT.