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Professional Accounting Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship

Course code: P13610

Subject area: Accounting and Finance

Study level: Apprenticeship

Course level: 4

Course details

Course time:

Various

Course date:

Various

Course location:

Off Site

Contact details

Phone:

01235 216 216

This apprenticeship will prepare you to work as an accountant for an accounting practice or other organisation.
Professional accounting technicians use their technical skills to support accounting teams and ensure compliance with regulations, standards, and controls. They work with colleagues, managers, clients, suppliers, government bodies, and auditors, providing reports, overseeing reconciliations, and resolving accounting issues. Their role may include supervising assistants, assessing risks in financial data, and interacting with HMRC. They work independently or as part of a team, and must be confident using digital tools and adapting to changes in the profession.

Duration: • 13 months practical training period, plus 3 months for End Point Assessment

Delivery model:• Work-based training with your employer• Day release during term time (approx. 36 days per year)• Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English (7 days at college for each, if required)• Off the job training will count for at least 6 hours a week of an apprentice’s time at work

End Point Assessment:• Multiple Choice Test• Professional Discussion/Written Statement

Course units
What will apprentices learn?

• Technical knowledgeAccounting: understanding and/or validating the accounting standards for basic accounts preparation and/or the drafting of financial statements and specialist knowledge in other aspects of accounting, for example management accounting and tax accounting• Understanding of 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• Understanding and applying the relevant ethical standards to their own behaviour and appropriately challenge the actions of others where they do not meet these standards• Understanding and applying 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• Understanding and evaluating an organisation’s systems and processes and make recommendations for improvement, and they may also have a basic understanding of external and internal audit’s function in giving assurance over these systems and processes

What next?
Examples of roles as a professional accounting technician include, Assistant Auditor, Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Financial Accountant, Accounts Payable And Expenses Supervisor, Commercial Analyst, Payroll Manager, Senior Bookkeeper and Senior Financial Officer
Entry criteria
Level 3 AAT Diploma in Accounting or equivalent. A good standard of English and maths is required and will need to demonstrate the ability to achieve all elements of the apprenticeship during their programme, including working in a suitable job role.
Fee information
Free to apprentices. This apprenticeship has a ÂŁ12,000 funding band. Small companies will need to make a contribution of ÂŁ600; large companies could pay through the apprenticeship levy if they have funds available.
Qualifications received
Qualifications included:
• Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Maths
• Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting
• Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician