AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting (Online – Live)
£1,599.00 - £2,573.00 ?
This qualification covers complex accounting and finance topics and tasks leading to students becoming confident with a wide range of financial management skills and applications. You will gain competencies in drafting financial statements for limited companies, recommending accounting systems strategies and constructing and presenting complex management accounting reports.
Accredited Achievement: AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting (603/6339/3)
Workshop Attendance: 65 weeks of Term Time attendance (Wednesday 09:30 – 15:00)
Location: Online via Zoom
Expected Course Length: 15 months
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Term 1:
Begins: Wednesday, 2nd September 2026
Half Term: Monday 26th October 2026, to Friday 30th October 2026
Concludes: Wednesday, 16th December 2026
* Please note a further 4 terms of attendance are required.
Term 1:
Begins: Wednesday, 6th January 2027
Half Term: Monday 15th February 2027, to Friday 19th February 2027
Concludes: Wednesday, 17th March 2027
* Please note a further 4 terms of attendance are required.
Term 1:
Begins: Wednesday, 14th April 2027
Half Term: Monday 31st May 2027, to Friday 4th June 2027
Concludes: Wednesday, 14th July 2027
* Please note a further 4 terms of attendance are required.
Course Details
The AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting offers technical training in accounting and is ideal for anyone wishing to pursue or progress their career in accountancy and or finance.
The purpose of the AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting is to enhance the skills developed from the AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting, enabling students to maximise opportunities in their current or new employment. By studying for this qualification, students will acquire professional accountancy and finance skills that will be useful throughout their careers, including:
- drafting financial statements for limited companies
- knowledge and skills in complex management accounting techniques
- the ability to analyse accounting systems and their associated controls
- knowledge and skills in specialist accountancy and finance subjects.
Upon completion, you will automatically become an AAT affiliate member and with relevant work experience will qualify for AAT full membership.
The AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting runs over five – six academic terms and enhances the skills developed in the intermediate level.
You’ll look at financial team leader skills, including financial statements for limited companies, complex management skills and specialist learning areas.
The AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting consists of three mandatory units and two optional units delivered over three terms:
Mandatory Units:
- Applied Management Accounting
- Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements
- Internal Accounting Systems and Controls
One mandatory unit is delivered per term.
Optional Units:
The below optional units are delivered via CMS via the classroom learning route. Other optional units can be completed via distance learning. The below units would be delivered in alternative terms alongside a mandatory unit.
- Personal Tax
- Cash and Financial Management
Additional detail on mandatory units and learning outcomes
Additional detail on optional units and learning outcomes
The purpose of this qualification is to ensure that students are well prepared to progress into a career in business, finance or professional accountancy, or into further education.
All learners enrolling on the AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting receive:
- Weekly professional tutor support in a welcoming classroom environment
- 5 x Study text including knowledge checking activities throughout
- Access to CMS e-learning portfolio, containing additional knowledge checkers and learning and assessment activities
- Access to the AAT Learning Portal
- Access to MyKaplan online learning resources
- Online real-time classroom learning activities, allowing you to attend classroom learning from the comfort of your own home
Self-funded:
What is included:
- 52 weeks (09:30 – 15:00) of group online live tutor support (additional 1-1 tutor support is chargeable at £48 per hour)
- Unlimited support requests via our support ticket system and loom
- Access to our learner management system with a range of resources to aid your study including tutor pre-recorded content.
- Recordings of weekly classroom delivery
What is not included:
- AAT qualification fee (payable to AAT)
- Unit assessment fees (payable to the relevant AAT Assessment Centre)
What is the expectation: Learners are expected to keep pace with the programme and achieve within 16 months.
Advanced Learner Loans:
What is included:
- 52 weeks (09:30 – 15:00) of group online live tutor support throughout the programme (additional 1-1 tutor support is chargeable at £42 per hour)
- Mandatory fortnightly 1-1 online live tutor support meetings
- Unlimited support requests via our support ticket system
- Access to our learner management system with a range of resources to aid your study
- AAT qualification fee (repayable to CMS if the programme is not completed)
- First attempt unit assessment fees – Unit assessment fees
What is not included:
- Resit unit assessment fees (payable to the relevant AAT Assessment Centre)
Option 1: Pay the full £1,599 balance via our payment link.
Option 2: Pay a £150 deposit by calling CMS or booking online. The remaining balance can be paid interest-free via Direct Debit over 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.
Download the AAT 2023 Salary Report
Potential Salary:
Your typical salary range for Level 4 qualified will be £26,000*.
*AAT’s 2023 Salary Survey. Represents the mean of all respondents.
Potential jobs after completing this qualification:
The primary and most important outcome of the AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting is that it can lead to a wide variety of well-paid accountancy and finance jobs, some of which include:
- professional accounting technician
- assistant auditor
- assistant management accountant
- commercial analyst
- payroll manager
- senior bookkeeper
- senior financial officer
- accounts payable and expenses supervisor
- assistant financial accountant
- cost accountant
- fixed asset accountant
- indirect tax manager
- payments and billing manager
- senior fund accountant
- senior insolvency administrator
- tax supervisor
- VAT accountant
