Course Details: AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting

If you’re looking to kick start or develop a career in accounting then the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting is an ideal stepping stone.

Accountants play a strategic role within business by providing professional advice, aiming to maximise profitability on behalf of their client or employer. This involves activities such as financial reporting, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting, corporate finance, business recovery and insolvency.

The AAT Level 2 syllabus introduces the essential accounting skills and principles – such as double entry bookkeeping - and is suitable for those with little or no related experience.

By the end of the course you will have a solid understanding of manual and computerised accounts – using Sage Instant Accounts - and how to use them in a 'real world' setting.

Topics covered within the courses include the double entry system, trial balances, reconciliations, credit control, and business law.

Skills you’ll learn

• Introduction to Business Accounting
• The Banking System
• Credit Control
• Business Law
• The Cash Book

Career Options

By equipping you with practical, hands-on accounting skills the AAT Level 2 Certificate will prepare you for your first specialist accounting role. This could be as a bookkeeper, accounts clerk, company cashier, sales or purchase ledger clerk or trainee financial accounts assistant.

Want to find out more? Simply fill in the enquiry form at the top of the page to receive further information from a reed.co.uk learning consultant.

In Partnership with Home Learning College

reed.co.uk has partnered with Home Learning College, the UK’s #1 distance learning provider, to bring you a choice of leading professional qualifications in Bookkeeping & Accountancy.