Maybe you are good with numbers and want to put that to work. This pathway teaches ledgers, VAT, payroll, Xero and Excel. It is short, online, and open at any hour.
Every business keeps books. Someone has to do it well.
Bookkeeping travels. Many run it as their own client business.
About 140 hours of work, at whatever pace you set.
Bookkeeping opens doors in practices, small firms and payroll teams. The day is invoices, bank reconciliation, VAT and clean records.
Run a full set of books yourself.
Keep the finance inbox and ledger moving.
Handle pay runs and leave records.
Look after client books in a practice.
Pay suppliers and match the bills.
Support a finance team day to day.
Make the bank and the books agree.
Answer client questions on their file.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Twelve topics, basics through to assessment.
Three reasons this one lands.
The official Xero Advisor Certification opens up on completion.
Diploma work waives three of the five AAT assessments.
Free AAT membership, plus the Knowledge Hub and events.
Plus Xero Advisor Certification access
Issued by the college once the work is done.
Access to the official Xero credential on completion.
Credits you can add to your own record.
Tell us what kind of bookkeeping work you want.
An advisor explains the AAT and Xero pieces.
Upfront, or small amounts across the plan.
Enrol and open topic one straight away.
No experience is needed. The first topics start at the very beginning.
Six months of access, and about 140 hours of study.
It sets none. AAT does, and five assessments sit on that side.
Three: Taxation, Management Accounting, and Audit and Internal Controls. Two remain.
Through Pitman Training, either remotely invigilated or at one of their centres.
It is Xero's own Advisor Certification. Access comes with the course on completion.
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. For bookkeeping work, being able to run a clean ledger is what gets tested.
Yes. A 14 day money back guarantee applies, less the administration fee.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy.
It is an AAT Approved Training Provider and a Xero Partner. It is also an IAB Accredited Training Provider and an ICOES accredited centre.
Picture your first client handing over a shoebox, and you knowing where it all goes.