AAT Access Award in Bookkeeping

Is the AAT Access Award in Bookkeeping online course suitable for me? 

The AAT Access Award in Bookkeeping is right for you if you are considering:

•    Becoming a Bookkeeper as a career option.
•    Switching careers to become a Bookkeeper.
•    Setting up a new business and learning the financial side in order to do your own books.

What jobs can I apply for after my AAT Bookkeeping traing?

This course will provide you with an insight into the role of a Bookkeeper and teach you some basic techniques.

Upon completion, you will also be able to add the AAT Award in Bookkeeping to your CV. The AAT Access Award in Bookkeeping is also the perfect springboard for becoming further qualified with the AAT Foundation Certificate & Advanced Certificate in Bookkeeping.

General Bookkeeping Responsibilities & Salary

As a Bookkeeper you’ll be responsible for a few different areas of the business, including but not limited to:

•    Recording transactions (income and outgoings)
•    Processing payments
•    Conducting daily banking activities
•    Producing various financial reports
•    Reconciling reports to third-party records such as bank statements.

Salaries range by industry, sector and role, however, industry averages of a Senior Bookkeeper are between £16,000 and £32,000 a year, with a UK average of £27,000 a year.

AAT Access Award in Bookkeeping Syllabus

• AAT Level 2 in Accounting – Bookkeeping Transactions assessment.
• AAT Level 3 in Accounting – Advanced Bookkeeping assessment.
• AAT Level 4 in Accounting – Not applicable.
• AAT Levels 2 & 3 in Accounting – Bookkeeping Transactions assessment.
• AAT Levels 3 & 4 in Accounting – Advanced Bookkeeping assessment.
• AAT Levels 2, 3, & 4 in Accounting – Bookkeeping Transactions assessment.

Learning outcomes

•    The duties and responsibilities of a Bookkeeper.
•    Understanding financial transactions.
•    Learning how to process customer and supplier transaction.
•    Understanding how to process receipts and payments.

Syllabus

•    The role of a Bookkeeper and the career options available.
•    The bookkeeping environment and different business organisations.
•    Key bookkeeping terminology.
•    The principles of coding and batch coding.
•    Single entry bookkeeping.
•    How to fill in financial documents.
•    The books of prime entry, and how to record transactions in them.
•    Define cash or credit transactions.
•    Business bank accounts and bank statements.
•    The petty cash book and keeping records in it.
•    The Imprest system for petty cash.
•    The structure of spreadsheets.
•    Practise different spreadsheet activities, including entering data, inserting a column or row, and changing column widths or height.
•    Basic spreadsheet formulae bookkeepers work with.
•    How to format and print selected spreadsheet data.
•    Creating a chart from spreadsheet data.
•    Backing up a spreadsheet.

AAT Exam Details

There are no exams for this course.