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Professional Accounting or Taxation Technician - Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship (AAT)*

Summary

The Professional Accounting/Tax Technician Apprentice should expect responsibility for the creating, verifying and reviewing, accurate and timely financial information in areas such as: Drafting financial statements Drafting budgets Management Accounting: Decision and control (including Principles of financial performance) Analysis and evaluation of accounting systems  Principles of cash and treasury management Principles of personal tax.

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  • Course code TN00007
  • Duration 2 Years
  • Day/s of week By arrangement
  • Time -

Next course dates

Start date Location Duration
Anytime
University Centre
2 Years
Anytime
University Centre
2 Years

Where can this subject lead?

Career progression

Career opportunities are not limited in today’s business environment and roles are continuously being recruited for such as:

  • Assistant Financial Accountant
  • Payroll Manager
  • Senior Finance Officer
  • Payments and Billing Manager.

The AAT Higher Professional Accounting/Taxation Technician Apprenticeship qualification leads on to further professional qualification opportunities with exemptions.

 

How will I be assessed?

How will I be assessed?

A total of 56 credits is attributed to the qualification with a total of 420 guided learning hours provided:

 

  • Management Accounting: Budgeting (60 hours)
  • Management Accounting: Decision and Control (90 hours)
  • Financial Statements of Limited Companies (90 hours)
  • Synoptic (60 hours)
  • EPA (end point assessment) – an independently conducted assessment by the professional body, consisting of a portfolio presentation and a professional discussion of 1½ hours.  
  • Two from five optional modules:
  • Personal Tax (60 hours)
  • Cash & Treasury Management (60 hours)

Throughout the course, formative unit assessments are scheduled by the college during the academic year with summative assessments being on-line exams, set and marked externally by the professional body.