Administrative Assistant with Bookkeeping & QuickBooks®

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 2030. 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:

• Apply accounting concepts and principles
• Prepare financial statements and analyze financial statements for decision making
• Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles
• Entering the Workforce and Becoming a Professional
• Managing and Organizing Yourself
• Understanding the Workplace Team
• Coordinating Business Travel
• Understanding Financial Documents
• Explain managerial accounting and its purpose in an organization as well as how it differs from financial accounting
• Describe the function of cost accounting systems and related practices for job order cost accounting, process cost accounting, and activity-based cost accounting
• Explain the uses and components of cost-volume-profit analysis
• Discuss the basic elements and practices related to budgeting as well as the different types and uses of budgets in a business
• Explain how managers use differential analysis to make sound financial decisions for a business
• Define corporate social responsibility
• QuickBooks Setup
• QuickBooks Utilities and General Product Knowledge
• Items, Sales, Purchases, Payroll, Reports, and Customization and Shortcuts

Certification Opportunities

After completing this program, learners will have the option to take the leading national/industry-recognized certification exam(s) essential to entry-level employment in this fast-growing field.

National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers (NACPB) Bookkeeper Certification Exam

Optional Volunteer Externship Opportunity

Students who complete this program are eligible to participate in an optional volunteer externship opportunity with a local company/agency/organization whose work aligns with this area of study in order to gain valuable hands-on experience.  As students progress through their eLearning program, an Externship Coordinator will reach out to coordinate placement.

Note: Additional documentation including health records, immunizations, drug-screening, criminal background checks, etc. may be required by the externship facility.