The Effective Accounts Assistant Training
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The Effective Accounts Assistant Training Course
Introduction:
As an effective accounts assistant, you would be providing accounting and administrative support to accounting and finance staff to ensure customer and supplier accounts are accurate; receiving, processing, and filing paperwork; and managing petty cash transactions.
Effective Accounts assistants help keep track of the money that comes in and goes out of a business.
This course is designed to equip you with the skills that you need to be an effective Accounts Assistant. Upon completion of the Effective Accounts Assistant Training course, you will have a good understanding of the financial process from purchase and sales Ledger to extended trial balance.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the Effective Accounts Assistant Training Course, participants will be able to:
- Full understanding of financial information and reporting supported by a foundation of the important aspects of theory together with practical methods and techniques.
- Comprehend the basic areas of accounting and finance, the terminology, and the structure.
- Learn a range of practical analytical skills for interpreting and handling financial information.
- Comprehend the vital components of accounting in the context of a practical working environment.
- Have confidence in dealing with financial information, particularly when reviewing other companies’ financial data.
- The ability to read and interpret information presented in financial reports.
Who Should Attend?
The Effective Accounts Assistant Training Course is ideal for:
- Anyone familiar with accounting principles already wants to get started working with accountants in the accounting and payroll field, looking for more training, or is just interested in this field of study.
Course Outlines:
Comprehending different kinds of Financial Information
• Who uses financial information and why?
• The flow of information in a company.
• Recognizing different kinds of information and what it is derived from.
• Fundamental accounting terminology explained.
• Reporting formats.
The Cash Cycle
• Cash versus profit.
• The flow of money in and out of a company.
• How this is managed and controlled.
• Customers & Suppliers: The collection and payment processes.
• Where finance comes from.
• Basic cash flow statements.
Inventory and Fixed Assets
• Establishing the value of a company’s inventory.
• Different techniques of valuation.
• How fixed assets are recorded.
• Asset lives and depreciation.
• The physical verification of assets.
Financial Statements
• Comprehending the composition of the Profit and Loss Account.
• Computing profitability ratios.
• The Balance Sheet explained.
• Utilizing financial ratios.
• Interpreting results and making comparisons between companies.
Costing and Budgeting
• How we classify costs and set standards.
• Different costing methods used in business.
• Basic forecasting techniques.
• Preparing a departmental budget.
• Comparing actual performance with the budget.
