Administrative Assistant with Bookkeeping & Quickbooks

Overview

As the pace of business increases every day, more and more business professionals and executive require and rely on the administrative, accounting and record-keeping expertise of assistants. Demand for professionals with administrative and bookkeeping skills is estimated to grow 14% through 2020. Combined with QuickBooks® software training, individuals who have all of these skills will be in high demand for years to come.

This program takes students through the ins and outs of day-to-day office functions as well as the essential knowledge of bookkeeping and overall record keeping relative to successful small business operations. Additionally, this course takes students through all accounting principles and bookkeeping necessities so that they can not only keep accurate books, but understand why and how these records are kept, as well as how these processes and procedures might be improved. A full study of QuickBooks® will ensure that students can operate successfully within the most-widely used accounting software application.

Program Objectives

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

• Define terms related to business accounting
• Apply accounting concepts and principles
• Prepare financial statements
• Analyze financial statements for decision making
• Evaluate internal controls
• Account for partnership transactions
• Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles
• Define terms related to business accounting
• Apply a working knowledge of accounting concepts and principles
• Demonstrate the ability to prepare and understand corporate financial statements
• Analyze financial statements using various ratios and tools
• Describe long-term liabilities
• Examine concepts related to managerial accounting
• Examine how managers use financial information to guide important decisions
• Apply concepts related to managerial accounting
• Prepare and analyze various types of budgets
• Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles
• Use QuickBooks®
• Use Microsoft Office®