Full Course—Digital Assistant Accountant | Advanced Stage

The Digital Assistant Accountant full course is 180 hours of advanced learning. It offers students and professionals an understanding of accounting through theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice. The course has structured modules in financial accounting, VAT, payroll, and costing to offer seamless expertise and skills.

The programme's theoretical knowledge and practical work empower learners' potential. It helps you enhance your skill set and confidence in applying your knowledge effectively in mid-level accounting roles.

This course includes country-specific compliance. It ensures you are fully equipped with the knowledge of regulations of relevant tax authorities in their country, such as HMRC, IRD, CRA, FBR, ATO, FTA, and Revenue Commissioners. This aspect further strengthens the curriculum. It helps you understand the digital accounting landscape and comply with the latest taxation requirements.

Entry requirements

The Digital Assistant Accountant course has no specific entry requirements, making it accessible to learners from all backgrounds.

Course overview

The Digital Assistant Accountant programme is 180 hours of theory and practical learning. You can finish the course in 6-8 months, depending on how you choose to study. You can learn Online, in the Classroom, or through a Blended option, allowing you to choose the best way. This programme include the following four advanced units:

  • Financial accounting
  • Advanced costing
  • Advanced payroll
  • Indirect taxes
  • Financial Accounting: By learning the basics of financial accounting, you will understand financial statements and accounting rules better and be able to prepare financial reports. You will practice recording transactions, making financial statements, and understanding financial information through theory and hands-on exercises.
  • Advanced Costing: This unit builds on basic costing ideas and examines more advanced costing methods and how to use them in real life. You will learn about cost analysis, budgeting, and financial planning. You will also do exercises that use costing techniques in different business situations, helping you gain the skills to make smart financial choices.
  • Advanced Payroll:This unit looks at advanced topics in payroll management. It includes complicated calculations, legal rules, and a detailed understanding of payroll. You will get knowledge and hands-on practice with complex payroll situations, so you are ready for real-world challenges.
  • Indirect Taxes: This unit teaches participants how to manage indirect taxes in a business setting. It covers practical topics like value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes in different countries. Through the theory and practical exercises, you will work on real-world tax scenarios.

Bookkeeping and VAT (Sage 50, QuickBooks, Xero, and Excel)

  • Setting up companies with various VAT schemes (Standard VAT, Cash Accounting, Flat Rate, Marginal VAT)
  • Choosing and customising the chart of accounts
  • Understanding double entry and customising the nominal ledger and codes
  • Maintaining sales and purchase ledgers
  • Setting up customer and supplier accounts
  • Processing customer invoices and credit notes
  • Processing supplier invoices and credit notes
  • Generating reports for customer/supplier invoices and statements
  • Generating aged debtors and aged creditors reports for credit control
  • Understanding CIS deductions and reverse charge invoices
  • Identifying errors and performing corrections
  • Allocating payments and receipts (cash, bank, supplier payments)
  • Performing bank and petty cash reconciliations
  • Calculating VAT for mixed zero-rated and standard-rated sales
  • Preparing, reconciling, and submitting VAT returns to the tax authority
  • VAT registration, deregistration, and understanding VAT periods and tax points
  • Managing VAT for imports, exports, and acquisitions
  • Calculating VAT fuel scale charge
  • Understanding VAT schemes and deadlines, including Cash VAT and Flat Rate VAT

Payroll and Reports (Sage Payroll 50 or Brightpay)

  • Payroll basics and program setup
  • Backing up and restoring payroll data
  • Registering as an employer and understanding taxes on pay
  • Understanding classes/rates, income tax bands, and rates
  • Adding employees into payroll software
  • Creating pay elements and processing payments
  • Generating payslips and pre-update reports
  • Calculating and processing statutory payments (SSP, SMP, SPP)
  • Recording absences and updating payroll records for leavers and joiners
  • Processing payments via BACS
  • Year-end procedures and generating RTI reports (FPS, EPS)
  • Submitting taxes on pay

Control Accounts & Journals (Sage 50, QuickBooks, Xero, and Excel)

  • Treatment of opening balances and foreign currency invoices
  • Handling different types of discounts on invoices
  • Reconciliation of debtors and creditors control accounts
  • Generating aged debtors and aged creditors reports for credit control
  • Reconciliation of VAT, taxes on pay, and wages control accounts
  • Posting month-end adjustments and journals
  • Understanding accruals and prepayments, and processing journal entries
  • Maintaining the fixed asset register
  • Writing off fixed assets and calculating depreciation
  • Understanding gains and losses on disposals of assets
  • Suspense account reconciliation
  • Managing director’s loan and loan amortisation accounts
  • Treatment of dividends
  • Preparing VAT returns under different VAT schemes
  • Preparing closing entries and the final trial balance
  • Monthly management accounts and year-end procedures in Sage 50 Accounts

KBM will equip you with essential skills and certifications in key accounting and payroll software. This course includes:

  • Sage 50 Accounts: Learn how to manage financial records, prepare reports, and carry out bookkeeping tasks effectively.
  • QuickBooks: Gain expertise in using QuickBooks to manage invoicing, track expenses, and generate financial reports.
  • Excel: Develop advanced spreadsheet skills to analyse data, model finances, and produce detailed reports for accounting professionals.
  • Sage 50 Payroll: Master payroll processing, maintain employee records, and generate reports for tax compliance.
  • Xero: Understand how to use Xero for cloud-based accounting, including managing invoices, expenses, and generating financial reports.

Upon completing the course, you will receive certifications for each software, enhancing your employability and boosting your skills in the accounting and payroll fields.

  • Finance Officer
  • Credit Controller
  • Finance Assistant
  • Costing Assistant
  • Junior Accountant
  • Accounts Assistant

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