Become a Qualified Bookkeeping Professional

Bookkeeping is the process of recording daily transactions in a consistent way, and is a key component to building a financially successful business. Bookkeeping consists of recording financial transactions, producing invoices, and maintaining and balancing accounts.

Start your career as an Accounting Bookkeeper today.

Academy of Learning’s Accounting Bookkeeper certificate program will develop your knowledge of computerized accounting processes, business concepts and office procedures. With a strong foundation in accounting and bookkeeping, entry-level positions can be the first step towards a long-lasting and rewarding career in the financial sector of any business or company.

Our curriculum provides skill-building and practical training through relevant core courses, delivered through our innovative Integrated Learning System™ (ILS).

Program Outcomes

Our program will prepare you to:

  • Perform basic accounting tasks, produce statistical reports and prepare financial statements
  • Record and track expenses, income and banking transactions and reconcile financial accounts
  • Use accounting software, such as QuickBooks Premier and Sage 50 Premium Accounting, to manage budgets, consolidate financials, create forms and more
  • Use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook to maintain business communications and correspondence, create and modify worksheets and create word processing documents

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of this program, you may find yourself working as a/an:

  • Bookkeeper
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Accounting Technician
  • Billing Clerk
  • Office Administrator
  • And more!

Economic Outlook

Over the next decade, there will be a consistent need in B.C. for skilled bookkeepers and accountants, particularly as those already working in this sector begin to retire. The need created by retiring workers provides excellent opportunities to advance in the financial sector with time, hard work and commitment.

Program Outline

  • Keyboarding

    Minimum 25 words per minute (WPM)

  • Operating Systems

    Basic level of proficiency in a Windows operating system

  • Word Processing

    Intermediate level of proficiency in Microsoft Word

  • Spreadsheets

    Intermediate level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel

  • Office Skills

    Personal Computer Fundamentals for End Users, Internet Fundamentals, basic level of proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Office Procedures Level 1, and Bookkeeping Level 1 and Level 2

  • Accounting

    Sage 50 Premium Accounting and QuickBooks Premier 2012

  • Simulations and Drills

    Practical Applications – 2 Units

  • Business Skills

    Customer Service and Business Math

  • Job Readiness/Employability Skills

    Job Search and Resume Writing