Welcome
to AAT
James Price
29th November 2011
Lisa Elsworth
AAT student member
Kent County Council
Who are AAT?
The Association of Accounting Technicians
• A professional membership body
• Qualification awarding body
• Providing qualifications for staff working
at all levels of accounting and finance
• Members work in all sectors of the economy
• 120,000 members worldwide
• Vocational, skills based qualification delivered
by computer based assessment
Current trends
What we’ve noticed this year
• Overall increase in students aged
15-18
• Increase in students with A levels
or equivalent
• Decrease in students GCSE level
qualifications
• Increase in students with a degree
• Increase in enquiries from
possible career changers
Mark Nelson FMAAT, Accountant, Blake & Co
Employers and recruitment
Paul Donno FMAAT, Sole Proprietor
Paul Donno & Co Ltd
• Employers are actively looking at
apprenticeships
• Assessing the balance of their
graduate intake vs school leaver
intake
• Challenges to recruitment if only
taken on graduates in the past
• Employers are looking to medium
and long term future
• Short term – are new jobs going to
be created?
AAT Apprenticeships
Key benefits
• Success rate for Accountancy Apprenticeships
is 79.6%
• Innovative ways emerging around delivery
• 3AAA’s Partnership
• Training provider lead
• Work placements
• Recognised across all sectors
• Accountancy practice
• Public sector
• Commercial companies
Zeya Phillips MAAT, Owner, Phillips Accountancy & Books
The future – a few thoughts
• Longer ‘apprenticeship’ training
periods
• Development of specialised
technician roles, for example,
Audit Technicians
• What will the future profile of
graduates look like?
• Will current trends become long
term changes in recruitment
practices?
Ikram ul Haq FMAAT
Accountant, Mian & Co
AAT supporting you
• Regular careers mailing
• Who should we send it to?
• Attending more schools career events
• Working to link employers to schools
• Work with Financial Skills Partnership
• www.aat-jobs.org.uk
• What we need to know from you
• Do students like brochures?
• What resources do you use?
• Do you need to know more about careers in this field?
from a qualified AAT member
Myra Geater MAAT, Vodafone
Get in contact
James Price, Deputy Business Development Manager
e: james.price@aat.org.uk
t: 020 7397 3138
On-line
aat.org.uk/join
directions.org.uk/fsp/
apprenticeships.org.uk
Questions?