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AAT Level 2 is the first level of qualification for people with limited or no accounts knowledge. This Foundation Certificate in accounting training equips you for an entry-level role in an Accounting or Finance department. Moreover, this AAT course also lays the groundwork for a promising future in the accounting profession. By the end of the course, you will have a greater understanding and skills of manual and computerised accounts and how to use them in a 'real business world' setting. Why AAT? Want a new direction for your career? Think Accountancy, according to statistics, the average salary for Accountants is £50,000; it is the sector where the employ-ability rate is greater than any other sector. What are the benefits after completing AAT courses? A newly qualified AAT member can expect to earn an average of £21,600. Some accounting technicians work as accounts assistant; others go on to become managing directors or finance directors of well-known companies. Some go to work as a self employed accountant as AAT allows the student to become chartered. Osborne Training is an AAT Approved Training Provider in London. In taking the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification with Osborne Training, you will make one of the greatest decisions of your career. Duration You can expect this qualification to take 1-1.5 year to complete for most students. Tutors Tutors are highly qualified with extensive knowledge of accountancy. Study Options Classroom Based - evening, Weekend and Daytime sessions for AAT course from London Campus. Osborne Training continuously opening new campuses throughout the UK. Online Live - Interactive online sessions through world-class Virtual Learning Campus with study materials are delivered to your home address. Distance Learning- Self-Study with Study Material and access to Online study Material through Virtual Learning Campus. Once you finish the AAT qualification and pass all exams successfully, you will receive a globally recognised AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting from AAT. AAT Level 2 Course syllabus Bookkeeping transactions Bookkeeping Controls Elements of Cost Work effectively in finance Using Accounting Software (i.e SAGE)
AAT Level 4 is the highest level or final stage of the AAT Accounting qualification. This qualification provides the skills necessary for a 'Finance Officer' role including the complex management accounting tasks, general management skills, drafting financial statements and specialist learning areas. This provides you with an opportunity to become a professional member of AAT and use it MAAT after your name. You are also entitled to exemptions in the UK's chartered and certified accounting qualifications. Besides, if you want to pursue your career further in University, you are entitled to exemptions for up to two years in various universities in the UK. What is AAT? AAT is an awarding body for vocational accountants. AAT is highly recognised globally with members over 130,000 worldwide. What are the benefits after completing AAT courses? A newly qualified AAT member can expect to earn an average of £21,600. Some accounting technicians work as accounts clerks; others go on to become managing directors or finance directors of well-known companies. Some go to work as a self employed accountant as AAT allows the student to become chartered. Osborne Training is an AAT Approved Training Provider in London. In taking the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification with Osborne Training, you will make one of the greatest decisions of your career. Duration You can expect this qualification to take 1-1.5 year to complete for most students. Tutors Tutors are highly qualified with extensive knowledge of accountancy. Study Options Distance Learning - Self Study with Study Material and access to Online study Material through Virtual Learning Campus. Osborne Books are delivered to students address with additional study materials and Tutorial support online. Online Live - Interactive tutorial sessions by expert tutors and access to world-class Virtual Learning campus for additional study materials. Classroom Based- Osborne Training offers Evening and Weekend sessions for AAT Level 4 from various centres in London, Watford, Birmingham etc. Once you finish AAT qualification and pass all exams successfully, you will be awarded globally recognised AAT Certificate in Accounting from AAT. AAT Level 4 Course Syllabus Management Accounting: Budgeting Management Accounting: Decision and Control Financial Statements of Limited Companies Accounting Systems and Controls Business Tax Personal Tax
Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Work with advanced lookup and reference functions Create macros to automate common tasks Use advanced techniques to analyse data Create PivotTables and PivotCharts Work with data validation tools Import and export data ' Customer Feedback Best Training Ever! Just finished a bespoke 1-1 training course in Excel Advanced, Macros & VBA. Pedro is an excellent trainer, imparting his skills and knowledge in the best way - appropriately to audience skills, knowledge and ability. Pedro is always approachable, encouraging and supportive, giving delegates the optimum learning environment. I would not hesitate to recommend Pedro as a trainer, whatever your level of ability. Amanda Morris - Treasury & Systems Accountant at Reall - Real Equity for All The course was very interesting and engaging and will definitely be put to use. The trainer was very helpful and charismatic. Marving Lopez - AM Best Europe Pedro was excellent. Very knowledgeable, clear and great rapport with class. Darren Barkey - Direct Wines Great content and learnt a lot. Really enjoyable :) Kristie-Lee Ryan - Stirling Ackroyd 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Please visit our site (ms-officetraining co uk) to get a feel of the excellent feedback our courses have had and look at other courses you might be interested in. Advanced Functions COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTIF, COUNTBLANK, SUMIF, SUBTOTAL IF, OR, AND, IFERROR VLOOKUP to lookup Exact Values and Approximate values MATCH, INDIRECT, ROW/COLUMN, INDEX, OFFSET Analysing Data PMT function to calculate a monthly payment of a loan What If Analysis using Goal Seek Use scenarios to consider many different variables Using Solver Add-in to optimize variables PivotTables Create a PivotTable to analyse worksheet data Add or remove fields in a PivotTable Change the data source for a PivotTable Working with external data sources Using different Statistical Functions Calculate a Running Total, % of Grant Total, Difference From… Using the Slicer and Timeline to filter the PivotTable Using Filters in a PivotTable Group by Date, Auto Group by ranges of values, Custom Group Create a PivotChart The GETPIVOTDATA function Formula auditing Precedents and dependents Error checking Watch a formula and its result by using the Watch Window Evaluate a nested formula one step at a time Data Validation Number Validation Data List Validation Message Prompts and Alerts Conditional Data Validation Data Validation Errors Consolidation Consolidate data by position Consolidate data by category Use a formula to consolidate data Outline (group) data in a worksheet Create an outline of rows Create an outline of columns Copy outlined data Hide or remove an outline Connect external data to your workbook Using the Power Query Editor to import data From Text and CSV, From Access, From Web, From another Workbook Using the Power Query Editor to; Transform your data by Selecting which fields to import, by Splitting Columns, Changing Data Type and more. Deleting Applied Steps Refreshing your data Working with Form Controls; Buttons, Option Buttons and Scroll Bars Introduction to Macros Change Macro Security settings How to Record a macro Some Macro Examples Delete a macro Edit the macro to view the VBA code Copy part of a macro to create another macro Assign a macro to a button Who is this course for? Who is this course for? This course is intended to end users who want to develop their skills so they can use advanced techniques to analyse extensive and complex datasets in Excel and to automate simple tasks with the use of Macros. Requirements Requirements Preferably, delegates should have attended the Excel Intermediate course. Career path Career path Excel know-how can instantly increase your job prospects as well as your salary. 80 percent of job openings require spreadsheet and word-processing software skills Certificates Certificates Certificate of completion Digital certificate - Included
Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Record and edit a Macro Assign macros to keyboard shortcuts, Quick Access Toolbar, Buttons and Shape objects. Use the Visual Basic Editor; change the properties of an object; add a module to a project; write the code for a procedure and then run it; and use the Object Browser to search procedures Manipulate data by declaring variables of different data types; combine data by using expressions; use functions to accept input and display output; and declare variables and procedures with the appropriate scope Use decision structures to create procedures that make decisions; and use loop structures to perform repetitive tasks Create an error handling routine in case things go wrong with VBA code ' 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk Customer Feedback Best Training Ever! Just finished a bespoke 1-1 training course in Excel Advanced, Macros & VBA. Pedro is an excellent trainer, imparting his skills and knowledge in the best way - appropriately to audience skills, knowledge and ability. Pedro is always approachable, encouraging and supportive, giving delegates the optimum learning environment. I would not hesitate to recommend Pedro as a trainer, whatever your level of ability. Amanda Morris - Treasury & Systems Accountant at Reall - Real Equity for All The trainer was very knowledgeable, kept everyone involved and was enthusiastic. A great experience.. Simon Harper - Lloyd's of London My learning experience was awesome. Perdinand Reagan - Subsea7 Very nice and relaxed approach to teaching. Was definitely a good learning experience. Jerome Pupe - S5 Agency World The Trainer – Very positive + patient + helpful + thorough Agnes Souza - Direct Wines ' With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. 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What do engineers and project managers need to know of finance? 'Nothing - leave it to the accountants!' No, no, no! Engineers must be conversant with the terminology and statements that accountants use. Technical expertise in projects, service delivery, production or other areas can only really be harnessed if the managers understand the accounting and reporting that drives businesses. This course gives the necessary understanding to project, production and technical managers. It develops their skills in understanding financial and management accounting. Accountants may not always like it but a major part of their work is to be the 'servants of business' and to gather, compile and present your figures. So you must understand the figures - they belong to you, your processes or projects. There are many reasons for maintaining accurate accounts. This course focuses on the strategic issues (those over-used words) - what figures reveal about the drivers of business and what they reveal about the day-to-day issues that accountants bother you with. The course will enhance your understanding of finance and of the accounting issues which affect your projects, production and technical areas of business. This course will help you: Understand the business world in figures - make sense of what the accountants are telling you Appreciate what drives business - and how this affects your role in your part of the business Relate your activities to the success of the business - through figures Gain the skills to advance in management - financial awareness is a 'must have' if you are to progress in your career 1 What do accountants do? The finance function, types of accountant, financial v management accounting and the treasury function Understanding the role of the finance function and how the information you provide may be used 2 The basic financial statements Balance sheets and income statements (P&L accounts) What they are, what they contain and above all what they can reveal - how to read them The accounting process - from transactions to financial statements What underpins the statements - accounting systems and internal controls 3 Why be in business - from a financial perspective The driving forces behind financial information Performance measures - profitability, asset utilisation, sales and throughput, managing capital expenditure 4 Accounting rules - accounting standards Accounting concepts and the accounting rules: accruals, 'going concern' - substance over form and other 'desirable qualities' Accruals - why the timing of a transaction is so important to the finance function Depreciation and amortisation - the concepts and practice Accounting standards - the role of International Financial Reporting Standards 5 Cash The importance of cash flow - working capital management Cash flow statements - monitoring overall cash flows Raising cash - levels of borrowing, gearing Spending cash - an outline of capital expenditure appraisal 6 Budgeting Why budget? - good and bad practice Determining why budgets play a key role and should not be simply an annual ritual Justifying your budgets - the link between the strategic plan and day-to-day budgeting - alignment of company culture Budgets as motivators - the importance of the right culture Techniques to improve budgeting - whether day-to-day or capital budgeting 7 Costing The type and detail of costing very much depends on your business - eg, manufacturing piston rings is quite different from the construction of a power plant Issues with overhead allocation Accounting for R&D 8 Reading financial statements Annual financial statements - why they are produced, what's in them and what you should look for Learning what a set of accounts reveals about a company's current situation, profitability and future prospects 9 Performance measurement - analytical reviews and ratio analysis ROI/ROCE Profitability, margins and cost control Sales - asset turnover Efficiency (asset / stock turnover, debtor / creditor days) 'City' measures Investment (interest / dividend cover, earnings per share, dividend yield)
Overview This course will enable you to obtain a deeper understanding of what is required to ensure Cash flow success; from the calculation and interpretation of financial ratios to the developing of essential KPIs and managing vendors' risks. You will uncover how to meticulously plan and forecast your working capital and tackle day-to-day problems in commercial cash management, enabling you to identify the financial health of your business. This financial Management course will feed you with all the skills required to manage cash flow, analyse profitable ratios, and evaluate the features that change in costs have on financial statements.
Overview It will provide the necessary skills to develop efficient strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting processes. The main aim of the training is to enable the participants to understand the framework that builds strategies for annual budgets targeting efficient management and organisational performance. Our course will explain financial terms and budgeting tools in such a way that a financial professional or even a non-financial profession will be able to understand and relate to them in their working environment. It will include a lot of examples, a budgeting format and case studies.
Overview This course in Public Sector Accounting and Budgeting training seminar is designed to provide a comprehensive briefing on the fundamental principles and key functions in the continuously developing sphere of public sector finance. Non-financial public sector employees and managers are regularly required to both provide input to the budget process and respond to information presented in departmental financial reports.
Overview With the major responsibility of managing finances, managers have also responsibilities to write and control budgets. They face a number of decisions that need planning and forecasting, especially preparing budgets. Using examples and exercises from the gas and oil industry, this course is designed to break down all sorts of financial restrictions in an informative yet engaging style. It will provide the necessary skills to develop efficient strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting processes. The main aim of the training is to enable the participants to understand the framework that builds strategies for annual budgets targeting efficient management and organisational performance. Our course will explain financial terms and budgeting tools in such a way that a financial professional or even a non-financial profession will be able to understand and relate to in their working environment. It will include a lot of examples, a budgeting format and case studies.