AAT Accounting Technician Pathway for Bookkeepers

Key Benefits:

• Fast track your bookkeeping career, increase your earning potential and get ahead with an Approved Training Provider
• Become a bookkeeper and member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
• Gain this qualification for your CV and stand out from the crowd
• 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.

Certificate in Bookkeeping

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 Payroll
9. Accounting with Sage and Quickbooks
10. Budgeting, Forecasting and Cashflow Management
11. Bookkeeping 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

Potential Career Outcomes

The Career Academy’s bookkeeping graduates start their own bookkeeping business or work in small to medium-sized businesses. On completion of this course, you may be able to apply for jobs such as:

• Accounting Clerk
• Bookkeeper
• Payroll Officer
• Financial Advisor
• Assistant Accountant

Career Projections

Between 2020 and 2024, the availability of Bookkeeping-related roles in Ireland is expected to increase resulting in a 3.9% increase in average wages across the Bookkeeping profession. The salary range for Bookkeepers is between €20,000 – €39,000 per year.

Sources: AAT, Pay Scale Ireland, CPL Jobs Ireland

Certificate in Bookkeeping

Take the first step with our Certificate in Bookkeeping. Learn to balance the books with our accredited course. You’ll be able to prepare GST returns, and keep business accounts. Learn to analyse and interpret a profit and loss statement and balance sheet.

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 Bookkeeping. 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.

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