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HND: Accounting

This course will provide you with the full range of competencies to meet the requirements of employers recruiting accounting staff. It will also give you the scope to develop and progress in a variety of ways within organisations of all types and sizes.

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Level:

SCQF Level 8

Duration:

  • One year full-time
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Who is this course for?

Anyone who wishes to further develop their skills and knowledge in the application of accounting concepts and standards, equipping themselves with a full range of competencies to meet the requirements of employers recruiting accounting staff.

What skills will I learn?

  • You will begin to develop skills and knowledge in the application of accounting concepts and standards. 
  • You will further develop your analytical and problem solving skills whilst enhancing your communication and presentation skills, as you gain more understanding of how financial information shapes wider business decisions.

What will I study?

  • Financial reporting and analysis
  • Accounting for specialised transactions
  • Business taxation
  • Management accounting for decision making
  • Management accounting for planning and control

Some of the optional units offered are:
  • Income tax
  • Auditing

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • BA Accounting with Finance SCQF Level 9.
  • It is possible to progress on to a degree at university from this course - see our HE and Degree Pathways Guide for more information.

What career opportunities are there?

  • Accounts/audit assistant
  • Credit controller
  • Bookkeeper
  • Sales ledger/purchase ledger clerk
  • Accountant
  • Financial controller
  • Financial analyst

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