IAB Career Planner
Plan your finance career and your earning potential
See typical salary ranges for the level you are studying, then explore where each IAB LCCI qualification can take you, in employment or in practice.
Two career routes,
one portfolio
The Employed Route
Every finance team needs people who can keep records, prepare accounts and explain the numbers. LCCI qualifications map onto those roles level by level, from trainee bookkeeper through to management accountant.
The Practice Route
Bookkeeping and accounting are among the few professions where a learner can build a business of their own, with low overheads and recurring fees. Levels 1 and 2 build the capability. Level 3 opens the door to IAB Member level and practice
Learners who successfully complete three Level 2 or three Level 3 qualifications also achieve an LCCI Diploma, recognising both specialist knowledge and a broader understanding of business and finance. For your centre this is a natural way to build a full programme rather than a single certificate.
For centres, this creates an opportunity to deliver qualifications that employers recognise, learners value and businesses genuinely need.
LCCI provides the qualification framework. Your centre provides the teaching, support and employer connections that turn learning into careers. Together, we prepare learners to become career ready, whether that career is in employment, self-employment or running a successful
business.
LCCI Qualifications
01
IAB LCCI Level1 Certificate
in Bookkeeping
Ideal for school leavers, career changers, adult returners, aspiring bookkeepers
The entry point to the profession and the first qualification employers recognise on a CV. It gives you a working skill within months rather than years
02
IAB LCCI Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping &Accounting
For learners progressing from Level 1, or those with existing bookkeeping knowledge
Moving from a bookkeeper to a practitioner.
You’ll move from recording transactions to preparing accounts, increasing earning potential and job opportunities
03
IAB LCCI Level 2 Certificate in Business Calculations
Ideal for business, finance and administration learners
This qualification builds numerical confidence deliberately, covering pricing, margin cash flow and quoting - skills that turn a profitable practice into a busy one
04
IAB LCCI Level 2 Certificate in Business Statistics
Ideal for business and finance learners
With organisations holding more data than ever before this qualification develops your ability to turn that data into something a manager can act on.
05
IAB LCCI Level 2 Certificate in Cost Accounting
Designed for accounting and business learners
Costing is where finance stops reporting the past and starts shaping the future. You’ll learn how the numbers you prepare influence real business decisions
06
IAB LCCI Level 3 Certificate in Accounting
Ideal learners progressing into professional accounting
This qualification establishes professional credibility. Upon completion you are no longer supporting the accounts; you are responsible for them.
07
IAB LCCI Level 3 Certificate in Advanced Business Calculations
Created for advanced business and finance learners
Building the technical fluency that separates a competent finance professional from a valued one, particularly around investment, financing and pricing decisions.
08
IAB LCCI Level 3 Certificate in Business Statistics
For advanced business learners
Data literacy has moved from desirable to expected. This qualification gives you the vocabulary and the technique to work credibly with evidence.
09
IAB LCCI Level 3 Certificate in Cost and Management Accounting
For advanced accounting learners
Developing the thinking that finance leaders are hired for, combining costing expertise with the management accounting techniques used to improve performance.
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