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Course code
V065
Attendance
Part time
Duration
36 weeks
Intake
Multiple intakes per year
View the Adult Course Guide for more details (opens in new tab)
This
course provides you with professional accountancy and finance skills required to
progress your career in accounting or finance, or to become a full member and/or
study for chartered accountant status.
The purpose of the level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting is to enhance the skills developed from the Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, enabling you to maximise opportunities in your current or new employment.
The topics covered include:
- Applied Management Accounting
- Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements
- Internal Accounting Systems and Controls
- Personal Tax
- Credit and Debt Management
This course helps students develop a strong set of transferable employability skills that employers value across many roles:
- Attention to detail – working accurately with data, spotting errors and maintaining high standards
- Time management and organisation – prioritising tasks, meeting deadlines and managing routine workloads
- Problem solving – identifying issues, investigating discrepancies and finding practical solutions
- Communication skills – explaining information clearly to colleagues or clients, both verbally and in writing
- Professionalism and reliability – handling sensitive information responsibly and working with integrity
- Confidence with technology – adapting to workplace software and learning new systems efficiently
- Teamwork - collaborating with others and supporting wider business operations
- Adaptability – responding positively to change, new processes and evolving workplace demands
Having
studied this qualification you will be able to progress to chartered
accountancy.
Students required to have passed AAT Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Accounting prior to starting the course.
Some courses are free for eligible learners, this is shown in the course details. You may be eligible for a free course if you are:
- Unemployed and in receipt of an income-based benefit (for example JSA, ESA or Universal Credit)
- Employed and earning less than the low-income threshold
- Studying for your first full Level 2 qualification on an eligible legal entitlement course
- Aged 19-23 and studying for your first full Level 3 qualification or on an eligible legal entitlement course
- Your eligibility for a free course will be assessed and confirmed at enrolment.
- If you would like to discuss any aspect of fees and funding please call the Funding Team on 0161 280 8500, 0161 280 8581 or 0161 280 8689
ADVANCED LEARNER LOAN
Many of our adult learners pay for their Level 3 and above courses with an Advanced Learner Loan. If a loan is available this is indicated in the course details. It’s easy to apply, your household income isn’t taken into account and there are no credit checks. You only need to start paying back your Advanced Learner Loan when you are earning more than £25,000 per year.
Course Fee: £2,573.00
Please Note: We attempt to ensure that all information contained within this website is correct and up-to-date. However, some details may change as we review and update our provision. Although every effort is made to provide the teaching, examination, assessment and other services detailed on this website and in our other publications, Bury College cannot guarantee the provision of such programmes, services, facilities and fees. Bury College reserves the right to amend, withdraw, alter or amalgamate any of the courses, locations and facilities detailed within at any time. Should circumstances require such amendments, Bury College undertakes to use all reasonable steps to minimise the resultant disruption to those services and most importantly to students.
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