Accounts Administration and Payroll Pathway

Key Benefits:

• Fast track your accounts administration career, increase your earning potential and get ahead with an Approved Training Provider
• Become a accounts administrator and member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
• Gain this qualification for your CV and stand out to prospective employers
• Receive unlimited tutor support via phone and email
• Gain AAT Professional Membership – once you successfully complete this qualification and fulfil the work experience requirements, you can apply for AAT full membership and achieve professional MAAT status.
• FREE Student Membership to IPA upon enrolment and Graduate Associate Membership of IPA upon completion!

Certificate in Accounts Administration & Payroll

Up your practical knowledge and stand out from the crowd with our intermediate administrator online course. You’ll gain skills in accounting, VAT, payroll, Microsoft Excel and much more.

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 Accounts, Administration & Payroll. It will further enhance your accounting skills, enabling you to pursue a career in accounting, finance or business.

Potential Career Outcomes

The Career Academy’s Administration graduates often gain employment in small to medium-sized businesses within Ireland. Upon completion of this course, you may apply for jobs such as:

• Business Administrator
• Administrative Assistant
• Administration Officer
• Receptionist
• Personal Assistant
• Health Administrator

Career Projections

Between 2020 and 2024, the availability of Bookkeeping-related roles in Ireland is expected to increase. There are 94,700 people employed in the industry and this is expected to grow on par with the national average. The salary range for administration roles is between €21,000 – €35,000 per year.

Sources: Pay Scale Ireland, Careers Portal Ireland

*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 Accounts Administration & Payroll

Comprising the following modules:

• Accounting and Bookkeeping Fundamentals
• General Journal
• General Ledger & the Trial Balance
• Managing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable & Cash Management
• Using Microsoft Excel
• Introduction to Microsoft Word
• Office Ergonomics & Data Entry
• Effective Business Communication
• Producing Business Documents
• Organise Meetings
• Time Management, Ethics and Professionalism
• Fundamentals of Payroll

This course also includes

• Certificate in Sage Payroll
• Certificate in Xero Payroll

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