AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting

The AAT Level 3 Diploma offers technical training in accounting and is ideal for anyone wishing to pursue a career in accountancy and finance. It providers learners with the specialist knowledge and skills required for progressing to employment in an accounting or finance role. We also deliver the AAT Level 3 with our accounting apprenticeship.

This qualification offers a flexible way to study, students can attend classroom sessions at our Melton facility or study distance/online using our online learning software. The diploma is a stepping stone for students to take into employment, further education or training; AAT qualifications benefit from being globally recognised and they are valued by leading employers.

The AAT Diploma covers a range of complex accounting tasks including maintaining cost accounting records, and the preparation of reports and returns. It will be delivered in the following units:

Advanced Bookkeeping
Final Accounts Preparation
Management Accounting: Costing
Indirect Tax
Ethics for Accountants
Spreadsheets for Accounting

This qualification will typically take 12 months to complete, but can take as little as 6 months using our distance learning route.

In addition to the possibility of further study of the Professional Diploma in Accounting, skills developed through this qualification could lead to employment as:

Assistant accountant
Credit controller
Payroll supervisor
Professional bookkeeper
Senior bookkeeper
Tax assistant

Depending on eligibility, it may be possible to use our Advanced Learner Loan distance learning/online courses route for this qualification to help cover tuition costs. For more information on Advanced Learner Loans, please get in touch.