Why choose AAT Level 3 - Diploma in Accounting?

Why choose AAT Level 3

Diploma in Accounting?

On completion, you can successfully undertake a role in finance. It can also be a stepping-stone into further education, with students progressing to Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting. It may be suited to individuals studying part-time alongside employment or to those already working in finance.

This qualification will also suit those looking to gain the skills required to move into a career in finance as it provides a clear pathway towards a successful career in accounting and finance.

This qualification will usually take around 6-12 months to complete, but this will depend on the study method and course timetable.

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Who should choose to study this AAT Level 3 qualification?

This qualification is a progression route for students who have achieved the Level 2 Certificate in Accounting.

It’s also suitable for those who have already started their journey studying a related subject and are looking to develop their skills in accounting, or for those who have already started working in finance and who have a need and desire to attain formal recognition for their skills.

The Level 3 Diploma in Accounting is suitable for adult students, career changers and 16–19 year old students in full-time education seeking to develop their knowledge and skills in this occupational area.

What does the qualification cover?

This qualification comprises four mandatory units:

Business Awareness
Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements
Management Accounting Techniques

Tax Processes for Businesses
Spreadsheets for Management Accounting

Students will develop an understanding of business and its structure and purpose, as well as appreciate the wider business environment. Students will develop skills supporting complex financial processes, such as final accounts, reports and returns, use of technology to provide management accounting information, and completion of VAT returns. The purpose of this qualification is to ensure that students are well prepared to progress into a career in business, finance or professional accountancy, or into further education. Students will learn and develop skills needed for financial processes, including accounting principles and concepts, advanced bookkeeping and preparing financial statements Students will be expected to take responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures, as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters, such as awareness of different perspectives or approaches within an area of study or work. Students will need to use a variety of data and information about a business to visualise and communicate key information needed for business decision-making.

Learning Outcomes

Business Awareness (BUAW)

Understand business types, structures and governance, and the legal framework in which they operate
Understand the impact of the external and internal environment on businesses, their performance and decisions
Understand how businesses and accountants comply with principles of professional ethics
Understand the impact of new technologies in accounting and the risks associated with data security
Communicate information to stakeholders

Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements (FAPS)

Understand the accounting principles underlying final accounts preparation
Understand the principles of advanced double-entry bookkeeping
Implement procedures for the acquisition and disposal of non-current assets
Prepare and record depreciation calculations
Record period end adjustments
Produce and extend the trial balance
Produce financial statements for sole traders and partnerships
Interpret financial statements using profitability ratios
Prepare accounting records from incomplete information

Management Accounting Techniques (MATS)

Understand the purpose and use of management accounting within organisations
Use techniques required for dealing with costs
Attribute costs according to organisational requirements
Investigate deviations from budgets
Use spreadsheet techniques to provide management accounting information
Use management accounting techniques to support short-term decision making
Understand principles of cash management

Tax Processes for Businesses (TPFB)

Understand legislation requirements relating to VAT
Calculate VAT
Review and verify VAT returns
Understand principles of payroll
Report information within the organisation

Spreadsheets for Management Accounting (SPSH)

Spreadsheet basics
Formatting the spreadsheet data
Advanced formatting
Spreadsheet functions
Sorting, checking and importing data
Statistical functions
Charts
Pivot tables and workbook management

Entry Requirements

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 have completed the Level 2 Certificate in Accounting and/or the Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping. Prior attainment of other business or finance studies would also be beneficial.

What will this qualification lead to?

The accountancy and business skills developed by studying this qualification will enable a student to seek employment with confidence and/or to progress to the next level of learning. This qualification is part of a suite of AAT qualifications available to students that offer both horizontal and vertical progression channels. Completion of this qualification can provide progression onto the Associate Bookkeeping membership, where students will gain professional recognition with the designatory letters AATQB. Students may also progress onto the Professional level and become a full members of AAT upon achieving the associated membership criteria. The Level 3 Diploma in Accounting also provides the skills required to support the establishment and operation of a healthy business.

Skills developed through this qualification could lead to employment as: