Course description
AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting (Level 4 )
Do you want a fulfilling career in accountancy? Have you passed AAT Level 3 or an equivalent accounting qualification? We can help you reach your goal by studying AAT Level 4.
This level builds on the knowledge you gained in the Level 3 Diploma. You will cover higher accounting tasks including drafting financial statements, managing budgets, and evaluating financial performance. There are also optional specialist units including business tax, personal tax, auditing, credit management, and cash and financial management. After qualifying, you can work in accounting roles or progress on studying chartered accountancy.
*This course is included in the AAT subscription package*
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
To progress comfortably on this course, you’ll need to have good accounting knowledge and be able to perform all the financial and management accounting tasks which are tested on the AAT Level 3 course. Plus you’ll need a good standard of English literacy and basic maths skills. We recommend you register with AAT before starting this course. This will give you your AAT student number, which enables you to enter for assessments.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to apply complex accounting principles, concepts and rules to prepare the financial statements of a limited company. You’ll also learn management accounting techniques to aid decision making and control, and prepare and monitor budgets, and measure performance.
Training Course Content
Compulsory units
Financial Statements of Limited Companies
- Reporting frameworks, rules and regulations
- Preparing a published set of accounts
- Consolidating financial statements
- Interpreting financial statements using ratio analysis
Management Accounting: Budgeting
- Preparing forecasts for income and expenditure
- Preparing and monitoring budgets (fixed and flexed)
- Reporting information to management
Management Accounting: Decision and Control
- Analysing and evaluating a range of costing techniques
- Standard costing to improve performance
- Statistical techniques to analyse business information
- Financial and non-financial performance techniques to aid decision making
Accounting Systems and Controls
- Evaluating internal control systems, accounting systems and making recommendations for improvements
Options units (choose two)
Business Tax
For sole traders, partnerships and limited companies:
- Understand principles, rules and regulations
- Complete tax returns
- Provide advice with respect to UK tax
Personal Tax
- Understand the principles, rules and regulations that underpin taxation systems
- Calculate a UK taxpayer’s total income (using a variety of income sources)
- Calculate income tax and national insurance contributions
- Account for capital gains tax and the basics of inheritance tax
External Auditing
- The principles of auditing
- Evaluate the planning process and procedures in an accounting system and obtain audit evidence
Cash and Treasury Management
- Using statistical techniques for preparing forecasts, cash receipts and payments
- Prepare cash budgets and monitor cash flows
- Regulation and government monitoring policies
- Raising finance and investing surplus funds
Credit Management
- Legislation and contract law
- Assessing credit risk and granting credit
- Debt collection techniques
- Evaluating credit control procedures and making recommendations
Course delivery details
Moodle, our online platform, is where you’ll do most of your learning. You can listen to and watch presentations, work through each unit in your course, and test your knowledge with mock exams. And as the platform is web-based, you have the freedom to study at home, on the go, or wherever you like.
Why choose Eagle Education
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Reviews
Average rating 5
Studied and completed AAT level 2, level 3 and level 4 in little over 2 years which speaks volumes on the material they provide along with the support they give! Even though you...
Great team!! Really supportive and very well informed about AAT rules! Really enjoyed doing Level 4 with Eagle
Expenses
- Monthly Course Subscription: £45
- Quarterly Course Subscription: £120
- Yearly Course Subscription: £430
You are required to become a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) to fulfill your qualification. Fees associated with admission and exam fees are in addition to the cost of the course. Admission and membership fees are payable direct to AAT. Exam fees are paid to the exam centre.
- AAT one-off Level 2 registration fee: £172
- AAT assessment fees: £70 to £80 per unit but the fee can vary depending on where you sit your assessment
Please be aware that these are subject to change.
Continuing Studies
After you’ve passed this level, you can work in a variety of jobs including forensic accountant, tax manager, accountancy consultant and finance analyst, earning salaries of up to £37,000 as you advance and gain experience.
AAT full members (MAAT) and fellow members (FMAAT) are eligible for exemptions that allow you to take the fast track route to chartered accountant status. You can stay with the same training provider. Eagle offers affordable courses approved by the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) which you can subscribe to.
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