The content is split into a core component that has been created for this T Level Technical Qualification in Accounting and a single occupational specialism. The core component gives a broad understanding of the accounting industry and covers the following topics:
- The business environment
- Careers
- Regulation
- Professionalism and ethics
- Security and risk
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Professional services
- Fundamentals of law
- Fundamentals of financial accounting
- Technology
- Data driven innovation/analytics and design thinking
- Research skills
- Project/change management and administration
Your occupational specialism will allow you to develop the relevant skills in preparation for your career in the accounting sector. The content covers the following topics:
- Producing and analysing a trial balance
- Preparing primary financial statements
- Analysing business performance and presenting results
- Providing support to tax and audit functions
- Preparing computations for payroll
As part of this Technical Qualification, you will also enhance your broader skills in literacy and numeracy, which will be valuable in supporting progression in other areas. In addition, you will develop transferable technical and practical skills in communication (working with colleagues, customers, and clients), research and project work, providing you with an opportunity to demonstrate your reflective practice by suggesting alternative approaches to a problem.
