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Course code: P13600
Subject area: Accounting and Finance
Study level: Apprenticeship
Course level: 2
Duration:
• 13 months practical training period, plus 3 months for End Point Assessment
Delivery model:
• Work-based training with your employer
• Day release during term time (approx. 26 days per year at Abingdon or Witney)
• Level 1 Functional Skills in Maths and English (7 days at college for each, if required)
• Off the job training will count for at least 6 hours a week of an apprentice’s time at work
Qualifications included:
• Level 1 Functional Skills in English and Maths
• AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting
• Level 2 Accountants or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship
End Point Assessment:
• In-tray test
• Portfolio
• Structured Interview
• Awareness of elements of commercial law such as contracts, data protection or Anti Money Laundering
• The importance of upholding relevant codes of conduct
• Awareness of the impact of technology on business and its accounting and finance functions.
• Understanding of own role within the context of your organisation
• Understanding of transactional processes of accounting and their use within a finance function
• Understanding of what makes a business or organisation successful, through either buying or selling products or supplying services to a market
• Understanding of how accounting systems and processes allows a business to keep track of all types of financial transactions
• Knowledge of a range of routine accounts reports, reports and their use within the finance function
• Understanding of the basics of internal control within own organisation
• Awareness of basic accountancy concepts and double entry bookkeeping
• Understanding of bookkeeping controls
• Understanding of the cost recording system within an organisation
• Understanding of the differences between Financial and Management Accounting
• Understanding corporate social responsibility (CSR), ethics and sustainability within organisations
• Understanding the importance of the need to keep up to date with relevant policies, procedures, regulatory or system changes
• Level 1 Functional Skills in English and Maths
• AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting
• Level 2 Accountants or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship