Assistant Accountant ST0002

Mode of study

Part Time

Entry requirements

GCSE Maths 9-4 and GCSE English 9-4. You should be employed, or have an employer willing to sponsor you. Applications are assessed on a case by case basis.

Course Code

AP3ACA1P/1

Duration

Location

Work-Based

Awarding body

Generic award - no awarding body

Assessment

You will sit various assessments throughout the course, alongside an endpoint assessment at the end of the programme.

About the course

Working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely accounts services. This will include their line manager and team members, together with the workers and the clients of the organisation they are managing accounts for. They may liaise with software departments, or houses, where the accounts system is hosted externally. An assistant accountant will be responsible for managing their own caseload and time whilst reporting to a more senior accountant.

Career options

Full-time employment. Upon completion, you can also progress to a higher level apprenticeship or qualification.

Career progression is excellent for apprentices, and over the course of their careers, those with an Apprenticeship earn on average, £100,000 more than those without. (A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Apprenticeships and Other Vocational Qualifications, University of Sheffield, 2007)

Course Content - What will I learn?

An assistant accountant helps in the operation of day to day financial activities. These may include data entry to month end management accounts and year-end financial statements. In addition, the assistant accountant may find themselves involved in regulatory financial requirements. These may include the completion of VAT returns or assisting in the preparation of tax computations.

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