Students should choose the Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting as it maximises opportunities for employment within a wider accountancy context.
In developing this qualification, AAT has carried out extensive consultation with and received input from a wide variety of stakeholders, including industry experts, employers and training providers. AAT qualifications benefit from being globally recognised and they’re valued by leading employers, from small high street firms to large accountancy businesses. They offer students flexible study options, with over 500 AAT Approved training providers around the world.
This qualification will usually take around 12-18 months to complete, but this will depend on the study method and course timetable.
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Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
The session begins with a lecture delivered by a tutor and moves on to discussions and group activities, ensuring you understand the material.
If you are a student with Sepera Membership, log in to your account before you buy a course or webinar to get a 10% discount.
Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
The session begins with a lecture delivered by a tutor and moves on to discussions and group activities, ensuring you understand the material.
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.
This qualification comprises following units:
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 management accounting reports. Students will also learn about specialist areas such as tax, auditing, credit and debit management and cash and financial management. Key themes have also been introduced throughout the suite of accounting qualifications, including technology, ethics, sustainability and communication.
AAT does not set any entry requirements for this qualification. However, for the best chance of success, we recommend that students begin their studies with a good standard of English and maths. Accountants work at the very heart of a business and are expected to be able to communicate information clearly and appropriately to a given audience. Ideally, students should also have completed AAT Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications.
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:
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