Why choose AAT Level 4 - Diploma in Professional Accounting?

Why choose AAT Level 4

Diploma in Professional Accounting?

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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£ 1950 One Time Payment

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After completing the course, you will receive a Sepera College certificate and can apply for the AAT assessment.
Access: 18 months
Access Weekly Classes

Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
Interact with the Tutor

The session begins with a lecture delivered by a tutor and moves on to discussions and group activities, ensuring you understand the material.
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Who should choose to study this qualification?

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.

What does the qualification cover?

This qualification comprises following units:

Mandatory

Applied Management Accounting
Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements
Internal Accounting Systems and Controls

Optional

Business Tax
Personal Tax
Audit and Assurance
Cash and Financial Management
Credit and Debt Management

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.

Learning Outcomes

Mandatory

Applied Management Accounting (AMAC)

Understand and implement the organisational planning process
Use internal processes to enhance operational control
Use techniques to aid short-term and long-term decision making
Analyse and report on business performance

Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements (DAIF)

Understand the reporting frameworks that underpin financial reporting
Draft statutory financial statements for limited companies
Draft consolidated financial statements
Interpret financial statements using ratio analysis

Internal Accounting Systems and Controls (INAC)

Understand the role and responsibilities of the accounting function within an organisation
Evaluate internal control systems
Evaluate an organisation’s accounting system and underpinning procedures
Understand the impact of technology on accounting systems
Recommend improvements to an organisation’s accounting system

Optional

Business Tax (BNTA)

Prepare tax computations for sole traders and partnerships
Prepare tax computations for limited companies
Prepare tax computations for the sale of capital assets by limited companies
Understand administrative requirements of the UK’s tax regime
Understand the tax implications of business disposals
Understand tax reliefs, tax planning opportunities and agent’s responsibilities in reporting taxation
to HM Revenue & Customs

Personal Tax (PNTA)

Understand principles and rules that underpin taxation systems
Calculate UK taxpayers’ total income
Calculate income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) payable by UK taxpayers
Calculate capital gains tax payable by UK taxpayers
Understand the principles of inheritance tax

Audit and Assurance (AUDT)

Demonstrate an understanding of the audit and assurance framework
Demonstrate the importance of professional ethics
Evaluate the planning process for audit and assurance
Evaluate procedures for obtaining sufficient and appropriate evidence
Review and report findings

Cash and Financial Management (CSFT)

Prepare forecasts for cash receipts and payments
Prepare cash budgets and monitor cash flows
Understand the importance of managing finance and liquidity
Understand ways of raising finance and investing funds
. Understand regulations and organisational policies that influence decisions in managing
cash and finance

Credit and Debt Management (CRDM)

Understand relevant legislation and contract law that impacts the credit control environment
Understand how information is used to assess credit risk and grant credit in compliance with
organisational policies and procedures
Understand the organisation’s credit control processes for managing and collecting debts
Understand different techniques available to collect debts

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 also have completed AAT Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications.

What will this qualification lead to?

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: