Course overview
This is what it has all been leading to, and where you specialise in your chosen field.
- Learn advanced skills like drafting financial statements
- Managing budgets
- Evaluating financial performance
- As well as optional specialist units including business tax, personal tax, cash and treasury management, external auditing and credit management
The AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting covers high-level accounting and finance topics and tasks. Students will look at and become comfortable with a wide range of financial management skills and applications, and gain competencies in: drafting financial statements for limited companies; recommending accounting systems strategy, and constructing and presenting complex management accounting reports. Students will also learn about specialist areas such as tax, auditing, credit management, and cash and treasury management.
The AAT Professional Diploma in Accountancy can give qualified students exemptions towards all or parts of the UK’s chartered and certified accountancy qualifications.
Job outcomes
- Chartered Accountant
- Management Accountant
- Financial Accountant
- Tax Supervisor
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
With 6 hours a week of study, then you can easily complete this qualification between nine and twelve months.
Entry requirements
Ideally, to have previously completed the AAT Level 3 Diploma.
Course features
- There’s no time limit, your online course won’t expire
- Tuition recordings which cover the whole syllabus, making it easier to pass your exams the first time
- Full, step by step, work through of the official AAT practice exams, so you know exactly how the exams are structured, and what to expect
- Unrivalled coverage of the new synoptic exams – these are exams that bring together a number of separate units
- Tutor support until midnight, 7 days a week – no one else offers such comprehensive support
- You will receive in the post Kaplan’s integrated workbooks/notes and exam kit books for each subject (also online for you to download)
Assessment
There are 6 assessments in total, these are taken at a registered assessment centre, we will give you full support on choosing your exam centre.
Five are individual unit assessments which test a specific unit
- Financial Statements of Limited Companies
- Management Accounting: Budgeting
- Management Accounting: Decision and Control
- Plus 2 optional papers
One is a synoptic assessment which is set after the unit assessments, and covers a mixture of the mandatory units plus Accounting Systems and Controls.
Unit assessments are available on-demand, whereas Synoptic assessments are only available at particular months of the year.
You can achieve the following grades
- Distinction: 90-100%
- Merit: 80-89%
- Pass: 70-79%
Testimonials
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Neil HarmerAAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting"Having no experience of working in accountancy I wanted a training provider who would be straightforward and knowledgeable. I found McArthur Online genuinely cared and were flexible to my individual circumstances and needs. I found I was able to revise for my exams solely from the recordings, alongside practising past papers. I achieved Level 3 working to a timetable and then pushed on to Level 4 achieving an overall Distinction, even getting 100% in my MDCL module."
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Charlie BennettAAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting"I was able to complete the full AAT qualification and achieve MAAT status within 21 months. Their lectures are clear and use a step-by-step approach. This gives you a great chance to pass the exams the first time. "
About McArthur Online
We have over 30 years of experience in delivering the AAT and have been running online courses since 2015.
We specialise exclusively on the AAT qualification, we don't offer any other Accountancy qualifications which means that we can concentrate on getting you qualified.
Most importantly, we don't put a time limit on the amount of access and support you receive.
You will be taught the whole syllabus, so won't have to self-study any topics.
Our tutors are available until midnight 7 days per week.
Dedicated customer support, quick to respond to emails and keep you motivated.
