On the road to financial independence

[minimalist99]

Hello I am looking for a bit of advice really or someone who can share their experience.

I am a business management graduate a year after graduating I got pregnant with my DS and then my DD a year later, so I never had a chance to find a full time graduate level job. After I left university I worked at a small business customer relations company other than that i have not worked.
Now my DD is 18 months I have seriously been looking into ATA course which would eventually assist me in getting a job as a junior accounting assistant.
I am relatively young and I have no intention on having more kids and would like to focus solely on my career now.

My question is would studying for a ACCA be better than ATA to help me secure a good job.

Are there any other jobs in the business/finance/IT field that have a place for somebody like me? Are there any courses you could suggest other than accounting. I would preferably want a job that is family friendly (in the sense I can work from home 1 a week)

Sorry if this is a long and boring post but I just wanted a little help to get me back onto the road of independence.

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I had to google what ATA was, but I presume you actually mean AAT?

Speaking as a CIMA accountant working in industry, it's mine/other's understanding that the AAT is for school leavers who decide not to go down the University path. Once they've passed the AAT, they would then go on to study either ACCA/CIMA/ACA.

As you're a graduate, I would strongly suggest you study for the ACCA. There will be plenty of accounting jobs out there looking for part qualified accountants...
In my company alone, there are quite a few accountants that work part-time - so I'd imagine there are definitely opportunities out there for you if you were to pursue this path.

Studying is a big time investment, and many graduate finance jobs out there can be tough and might not be flexible at first with the 1 day WFH a week (unless they advertise flexible working as one of their perks).
If I were you, I would also consider CIMA - this is a management accountancy qualification, and is more industry focused (rather than the production of statutory accounts/tax focused). Working in an accounting practice can be hard hours.

Best of luck!