Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship

The skills and knowledge you will gain throughout this apprenticeship will qualify you for roles including Finance Officer, Assistant Accountant and Bookkeeper. You will also be eligible for AAT Bookkeeper (AATQB) status, giving you the option to work as a freelance bookkeeper.

Upon successful completion of the Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship, you can apply for AAT associate bookkeeping membership and become a professional AAT Bookkeeper (AATQB).  You can progress on to the Professional Accounting Technician Apprenticeship – AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting at Level 4.

The Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship is at Level 3 – equivalent to A-levels – and will equip apprentices with skills and knowledge that can be directly applied in their roles.

This apprenticeship delivers a solid foundation in a range of complex accounting tasks including accounting principles and concepts, preparing financial concepts, management accounting, tax processes and business awareness.

This qualification covers a range of complex accounting tasks. Apprentices will learn and master financial processes, including accounting principles and concepts, advanced bookkeeping, final accounts, VAT issues in business, management accounting costing techniques and ethical practices for accountants. They will also gain software skills through spreadsheet training for accounting.

This apprenticeship standard is at Level 3. The structure allows students to achieve the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) Level 3 Diploma in Accounting as their on-programme learning. This internationally recognised AAT qualification enables those working in accounting or those looking to pursue accountancy as a career to gain knowledge, practical experience and the all-important certification often sought by employers.

The Level 3 apprenticeship covers a range of key areas, including:

• Financial accounting: preparing financial statements
• Management accounting techniques
• Tax processes for businesses
• Business awareness

You will also develop business communications and lifelong learning skills, applying what you learn on the course to the wider industry context.

• Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship Standard Level 3
• AAT Diploma in Accounting (Level 3)
• Functional Skills English and maths at Level 2 if not exempt