Certificate III in Accounts Administration

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The next step on the path towards the Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping - hone your fundaments with payroll systems, computer accounting and more.

Course Information

Awaken your internal administrator by developing the organisational skills relevant to the world of accounting and bookkeeping. In this transformative and remarkably translatable course, you’ll come to understand how admin is applied in the accounting space, graduating job-ready with an in-demand degree.

Understand accounting and bookkeeping fundamentals
Establish and maintain payroll systems
Demonstrate how to set up and operate computer accounting systems
Design and produce business documents

Who should enrol?

Aspiring accounts officers or clerks, accounts payable or receivable officers, accounts assistants, or anyone looking to progress to the Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping qualification.

Free Membership

When you sign up for the Certificate III in Accounts Administration you’ll automatically become a student member of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA). At no cost to you this membership opens up a world of benefits and resources that can give you that extra edge.

Details

Price: $999 or $44.19/week over 26 weeks

Course Duration

Part-time study of 10-15 hours a week will take 6-12 months to complete (with up to 390 study hours, depending on industry experience)

Access Time

24 months from enrolment

We’re ready when you are

Start any time with flexible learning hours and fully remote modules

Ab² students enjoy

Deep industry connections to future-proof your career
Course development and teaching by real-world industry leaders, not academics
Unrivalled student support by specialists who only serve the accounting industry
Free student membership with accounting and bookkeeping industry bodies
100% flexibility – Study online, anytime, anywhere, on any device

Course Modules

Our course has been custom-built by industry experts with decades of real-world, practical experience and knowledge. This will give you top-notch skills and understanding, making you job-ready the moment you graduate.

Module 1: Debits to the Left, Credits to the right

BSBFIA401 Prepare Financial Reports

Maintain asset registers
Record general journal entries for balance day adjustments
Prepare final general ledger accounts
Prepare end of period financial reports

FNSACC311 Process financial transactions and extract interim reports

Check and verify supporting documentation
Prepare and process banking and petty cash documents
Prepare and process payable and received invoices
Prepare journals
Update financial data and systems
Prepare deposit facility and lodge flows
Finalise trial balance and interim reports

FNSACC312 Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers

Review accounts receivable requirements
Identify bad and doubtful debts
Review client compliance with terms and conditions and plan recovery action
Prepare reports and file documentation
Distribute creditor invoices for authorisation
Remit payments to creditors
Reconcile outstanding balances

Module 2: Up in the Clouds

FNSACC304 Conduct business activities using a computerised accounting system

Obtain and enter data into computerised accounting system
Process transactions in computerised accounting system
Produce reports

BSBTEC404 Use digital technologies to collaborate in a work environment

Review existing digital technology use in the business
Identify opportunities to implement digital technologies for workplace collaboration
Implement and use digital technologies to collaborate in the workplace

Module 3: Cash in, Cash out

BSBITU306 Design and produce business documents

Select and prepare resources
Design document
Produce document
Finalise document

BSBWRT301 Write simple documents

Plan document
Draft document
Review document
Write final document

BSBCUS301 Deliver and monitor a service to customers

Identify customer needs
Deliver a service to customers
Monitor and report on service delivery

FNSINC301 Work effectively in the financial services industry

Work within industry guidelines, procedures and legislation
Communicate in the workplace
Work safely
Use workplace technology
Work in a team environment

Module 4: Spreadsheet Storytelling

FNSACC313 Perform financial calculations

Obtain data and resources for financial calculations
Select suitable calculation methods and carry out financial calculations
Check calculations and record outcomes

BSBTEC402 Design and produce complex spreadsheets

Prepare and plan to develop spreadsheet
Develop a linked spreadsheet solution
Automate and standardize spreadsheet operation
Use spreadsheet
Represent numerical data in graphic form and store spreadsheet.

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