Duration6 to 12 months
Study Hours340 hours
ExperienceNone needed
Jobs It Can Lead ToAccounts Assistant, Bookkeeper, Payroll Administrator, Credit Controller, Purchase Ledger Clerk
Exams4

This online AAT accounting course provides a foundation in finance administration to prepare you for junior and entry level accounting roles.

You will gain an understanding of core accounting skills, including double-entry bookkeeping, basic costing and an understanding of purchase, sales and general ledgers.

You will also learn about finance-related business, personal skills and gain introductions into ethics, technology, communications and sustainability.

What’s included?

  • Support from course tutor
  • On-site exam or AAT approved centre
  • Course materials
  • Weekly remote study session with course tutor

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Funding Options

Ready to pay for your online AAT accounting course?

This course costs £946 and can be paid for in full by yourself or your employer.

If you would like to spread the cost of your course, you can pay a deposit upon booking, then set up a payment plan.

If you’re aged 19+ and in receipt of certain benefits, or working and earning less than £20,319 annual gross salary, you could be eligible for a fee waiver. Click the ‘I am eligible for funding’ payment option at the checkout and we will contact you for more information. 

Entry Criteria

You should have a GCSE grade C/4 or above in maths and English, and enjoy working with numbers.

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Modules Include...

Introduction to Bookkeeping

Covers manual and digital bookkeeping systems, including associated documents and processes, and the basic principles that underpin double-entry bookkeeping systems.

  • Understand how to set up bookkeeping systems
  • Process customer transactions
  • Process supplier transactions
  • Process receipts and payments
  • Process transactions into the ledger accounts

Principles of Bookkeeping controls

Covers preparing control and receivables and payables ledger accounts, journals and reconciliations.

  • Use control accounts
  • Reconcile a bank statement with the cash book
  • Use the journal
  • Produce trial balances

Principles of costing

Covers the principles of basic costing and more complex costing and management accounting tasks.

  • Understand the cost recording system within an organisation
  • Use cost recording techniques
  • Provide information on actual and budgeted cost and income
  • Use tools and techniques to support cost calculations

The Business Environment synoptic

Covers key business concepts and their practical application, the legal system and principles of contract law, and finance function in varying business structures.

  • Understand the principles of contract law
  • Understand the external business environment
  • Understand the key principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR), ethics and sustainability
  • Understand the impact of setting up different types of business entity
  • Understand the finance function within an organisation
  • Produce work in appropriate formats and communicate effectively
  • Understand the importance of information to business operations

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