AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting

This course provides more complex financial skills, including preparing final accounts for sole traders and partnerships, VAT returns, management accounts and professional ethics.

The course will include:

• Preparing financial statements
• Making year end provisions for doubtful and irrecoverable debts, accruals and prepayments
• Calculating depreciation
• Correcting errors within financial statements

4 unit assessments and 1 synoptic assessment which are externally marked.

• AAT Level 2 OR
• Other accountancy qualification eg ACCA Foundation FA1 and MA1
• Suitable work experience – able to prepare trial balance and correct errors within the trial balance from a suspense account
• Basic knowledge including: understanding of debits and credits and T accounts, understanding of how sales / purchase ledger and sales / purchase ledger control accounts work

Progress to Level 4 AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting.

There are many employment opportunities for those achieving the Advanced Diploma in Accounting including Accounts Assistant, Accounts Payable and Expenses Supervisor, Audit Trainee, Credit Controller, Payroll Administrator, Practice Bookkeeper and Tax Assistant.