AAT Accounting Pathway Program

Key Benefits:

• Fast track your accounting career, increase your earning potential and get ahead with an AAT Approved Training Provider
• Become a qualified accountant and member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
• Gain this qualification for your CV
• Receive unlimited tutor support via phone and email
• Gain AAT Professional Membership – once you successfully complete this qualification and meet the AAT membership criteria, you can apply for AAT full membership and achieve professional MAAT status.*

Potential Career Outcomes

The Career Academy’s Accounting graduates are often employed in small businesses or within the finance department of large-multinational companies. On completion of this course, you may apply for jobs such as:

• Accountant
• Bookkeeper
• Accounting Technician

Career Projections

Between 2020 and 2024, the availability of accounting-related roles in Ireland is expected to increase resulting in a 3.9% increase in average wages across the Accounting profession. The salary range for Accountants ranging between €30,000 – €48,000 per year.

Sources: Jobs Ireland, CPL Jobs Ireland

Certificate in Accounting

Take the first step with our Certificate in Accounting which will give you a sound knowledge of the theory and practice of bookkeeping and business accounting. Gain employment and improve your career prospects by increasing your competence and skills in practical accounting areas.

AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting

Step two is completing the AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting. This compressive qualification covers higher accounting tasks, including drafting financial statements, managing budgets and evaluation of financial performance. This comprehensive course builds on the practical accounting skills and knowledge obtained through the Certificate in Accounting. It will further enhance your accounting skills, enabling you to pursue a career in accounting, finance or business.

*To be eligible to pursue the AAT Professional Membership you are required to complete the AAT Student Membership within two weeks of starting this program, followed by six AAT Exam Assessments. By completing the assessments within this course, you qualify for an exemption from three of these exams and you must complete the other three exams on-site at one of the AAT Approved facilities to gain AAT Professional Membership. You must successfully complete the assessments in this course, plus the three AAT exams to be awarded the AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting.

What our students say about this course

Certificate in Accounting

Comprises 13 modules:

1. Accounting and Bookkeeping Fundamentals
2. General Journal
3. General Ledger & the Trial Balance
4. Depreciation
5. Accruals and Prepayments
6. Financial Statements
7. Fundamentals of VAT
8. Fundamentals of Income Tax
9. Accounting with Sage and Quickbooks
10. Budgeting, Forecasting and Cashflow Management
11. Financial Statement Analysis
12. Accounting using Microsoft Excel

AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting

Comprises the following modules:

ABKI341 – Accounting & Business Prior Knowledge Quiz

Accounting with Excel

CITG137 – Accounting using Microsoft Excel

Accounting Principles

ABKI203 – Accounting and Business

ABKI143 – Determining Profit

ABKI126 – Issues in Income Determination & Asset Valuation

Advanced Accounting Principles

ABKI124 – Tracking Cash & Controlling Assets

ABKI149 – Internal Decision Making

ABKI109 – Analysing Financial Reports

ABKI224 – Financial Reporting Framework

Management Accounting

ABKI137 – Cost Classification

ABKI138 – Costing Methods

ABKI303 – Product & Process Costing

ABKI305 – Standard Costs & Variance Analysis

Advanced Management Accounting

ABKI304 – Activity Based Costing

ABKI121 – Budgeting & CVP Analysis

ABKI167 – Performance Management & Measurement

ABKI306 – Inventory Management & Planning

ABKG176 – Management Accounting: Budgeting

ABKG180 – Management Accounting: Decision and Control

Taxation

ABKI151 – Fundamentals of Income Tax

ABKI133 – Fundamentals of VAT

ABKI218 – Depreciation

Accounting Practices

ABKI154 – SPFR Framework For For-Profit Entities Part 1

ABKI173 – SPFR Framework For For-Profit Entities Part 2

ABKI112 – SPFR Framework For For-Profit Entities Part 3

ABKI110 – Verification, Completeness & Justification

ABKG181 – Financial Statements of Limited Companies

ABKG184 – Accounting Systems & Controls

Auditing

ABKG187 – External Auditing