If you want a career in finance, this pathway takes you there. You learn bookkeeping, VAT, income tax, Xero and management accounts. Study online from anywhere in Ireland, around your job.
No accounting background needed. The first topics begin at the basics.
Add costing, tax and audit work to what you already do daily.
Self paced and online. Open it whenever you have a spare hour.
Every firm needs someone who keeps the books straight. The work is steady and easy to picture: invoices, VAT returns, month end.
Keep the ledger clean and current.
Run the books for a small firm.
Get people paid on time.
Hold the paperwork behind the numbers.
Support an accountant across client work.
Help with VAT and income tax returns.
Chase what is owed, kindly.
Check bills and pay suppliers.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Certificate topics first, then Diploma level work.
Three things that shape this one.
One attempt each on the two remaining AAT exams is covered.
Finish the Diploma and three AAT assessments are waived.
Membership comes free, with the AAT Knowledge Hub and events.
Plus AAT membership on completion
Issued by the college once you finish.
Yours on completion, with the Knowledge Hub and events.
One attempt each, booked through Pitman Training.
Tell us what you want the course to do for you.
An advisor walks you through the AAT route.
Upfront, or small amounts week by week.
Enrol and open your first topic today.
None. You start with bookkeeping basics and build from there.
Eighteen months of access, and about 400 hours of study.
The college sets none. AAT does, and five assessments sit on the AAT side. Three are waived once you finish the Diploma.
You book them with Pitman Training, online or at a centre. Ask the Student Success Team for your exam code first.
Yes, for the AAT assessments. They need Windows 11 and an installed copy of Microsoft Office.
Finish all of the Diploma in Accounting, then ask AAT within 90 days.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, and the college is an AAT Approved Training Provider. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. What it does give you is the AAT route, with three exams waived and two paid.
Any day. There are no set start dates and no class times.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy.
It is an AAT Approved Training Provider, a Xero Partner and an IAB Accredited Training Provider. It has taught for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year.
Picture the month end closing on your desk, and you knowing exactly what to do.