Level 4 Certificate in

Professional Accounting (AAT)

Course Overview

Learn how to work as an accountant or bookkeeper for an accounting practice, business, organisations or HMRC. This apprenticeship will develop your leadership, planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills. You will build competence using different approaches.

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Apprentice level

Level 4 higher

Typical duration

24 months

Training
method

Blended

Assessment
method

Portfolio

Funding
value

£8,000

EPA Organisation

AAT/NCFE

Individuals in the role of a Professional accounting or tax technician will have responsibility for creating, and/or verifying and reviewing, accurate and timely financial information within the organisation in which they are employed or on behalf of another organisation

Completion of the professional accounting or tax technician apprenticeship may result in credits being awarded towards relevant undergraduate degree programmes

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Exam Route: AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting

Assistant Auditor, Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Financial Accountant, Accounts Payable and Expenses Supervisor, Bookkeeper, Commercial Analyst

Receive 10 certificates typically including GDPR, Discipline in the Workplace, Career Development, Understanding Leadership and Communicating with Others at Work

What to expect from LMP Education

Dedicated account management and recruitment
Leading nationwide apprenticeship training provider
Specialists in the education, training and business sectors
Delivering vibrant, engaging learning for all learners
Blended and remote teaching and learning
Tailored learning plans for each individual
Experienced tutors and delivery support team
Designated safeguarding officers, policies and procedures

Programme
Information

A Professional accounting or tax technician will understand the industries and environments in which an organisation operates, including customer and supplier needs, in order to create and/or validate and/or report financial information.
A Professional accounting or tax technician will understand and apply the relevant ethical standards to their own behaviour and appropriately challenge the actions of others where they do not meet these standards.
A Professional accounting or tax technician will be able to understand and apply professional standards and legal regulations to an organisation’s financial information, and to comply with the fundamental principles of integrity, objectivity, professional competence and due care and confidentiality.
Financial information is created, verified and reported via a combination of systems and processes, such as accounting or tax systems, internal control systems and IT systems. An understanding of these systems and processes is fundamental to an accountant’s ability to perform their role.

Create and interpret information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to add value to the organisation.
Effectively communicate relevant information across the organisation and to appropriate stakeholders in both written and verbal formats.
Proactively manage their own development and is committed to the job and their profession.
Work to tight deadlines and respond to changing priorities. Effectively plan and prioritise time and co-ordinate the input of others in order to meet both deadlines and changing priorities.
Apply accounting, tax knowledge to consistently deliver high quality, accurate data and information in a timely fashion.

Willing to both listen and learn and to accept changing priorities and working requirements and has the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
Actively engage in the wider business, as appropriate, and look to provide information that positively contributes to influencing business decisions.
Continually strive to improve own working processes and those of the organisation.
Takes responsibility. Demonstrates the drive and energy to get things done, even under pressure.

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