Bookkeeping
Multiple date options
Timing: 09.00–16.30 (UK time)
AAT Essentials
This two-day trainer-led course introduces you to the accounting system from the source documents used at the start of the process right through to preparing financial statements at the end.
Course Type
Live online course
Length
2 days
What you’ll achieve
When you've completed the course, you'll understand how to:
- Apply the principles of double-entry bookkeeping
- Reconcile control accounts
- Write common journals
- Prepare initial financial statements
- Correct both disclosed and undisclosed errors and clear a suspense
- Process transactions through both the general and subsidiary ledgers.
Bookkeeping helps you understand your revenue, expenses, and cash flow, so you can spot potential problems before they become major issues. Our experienced trainers and learning materials will equip you with an understanding of bookkeeping principles so you can keep accurate records of your financial transactions, including sales, expenses, and payments.
Upcoming dates
- Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May
- Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 July
- Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 October
- Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 January
Book soon to avoid disappointment as spaces are filling up fast.
This course is perfect if you're:
- a small business owner looking to learn essential bookkeeping skills
- working in finance but want to brush up on your bookkeeping skills
- looking to upskill by bolstering your bookkeeping skills
Overview
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Bookkeeping |
Syllabus
This course covers:
- financial transactions within a bookkeeping system
- processing transactions through the ledger to the trial balance
- understanding controls in a bookkeeping system
- identifying frequently occurring errors
- using the journal to correct errors
- the purpose of the suspense account and how to clear it
- the importance of finance skills to enable your business to operate more efficiently
- making better business decisions based on finances
- developing confidence and effectiveness when discussing finances to increase efficiency and profit
- having more informed conversations with finance colleagues to reduce the risk of miscommunication or misunderstanding
- providing more insightful reports based on financials.
How to access
The course will be hosted on Zoom. Joining instructions and course materials will be provided ahead of your course date.
