Accounting is a diverse profession that includes anything from accounts clerks to auditing. Let’s look at some of the accounting jobs in available in Canberra, as well as the courses and qualifications required to secure your position.
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Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping FNS40222
This nationally recognised qualification will provide you with financial skills, knowledge and confidence in accounts and bookkeeping management for the modern world. The course includes setting up and managing accounting statements and cloud computing...
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Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Assistant Financial Broker +7
MYOB Advanced Certificate
Short Course
This is a short course focused on skill based training rather than a nationally accredited certificate or diploma.
Gain an advanced workforce-ready skillset in MYOB. It’s one of the most highly awarded MYOB courses that you could take. The Advanced Certificate in MYOB for accountancy, bookkeeping and administration roles is loaded with specially rated achievements....
Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +2
Accounting Technician Pathway for Bookkeepers
Short Course
This is a short course focused on skill based training rather than a nationally accredited certificate or diploma.
How to advance your Bookkeeping career in more ways than one. Want to advance your Bookkeeping career and earn more? Well, this is how you go about it: AAT Accounting Technician Pathway for Bookkeepers. Sharpen those bookkeeping skills needed to progre...
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Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Bookkeeper +3
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Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping FNS40222
Kick start your career in accounting, formalise your current skill set or start on a path towards university, by learning the principles of accounting and the practical skills to apply them to daily work, with MCI Institute’s FNS40222 Certificate...
Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accounts Assistant +5
Advanced Xero Package
Short Course
This is a short course focused on skill based training rather than a nationally accredited certificate or diploma.
Gain an advanced workforce-ready skillset in Xero. It’s one of the most highly awarded courses that you could take. The Advanced Xero Package for accountancy, bookkeeping and administration roles is loaded with specially-rated achievements. These inclu...
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Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +2
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Accounts Administration & Payroll Course Plus Xero & MYOB
Short Course
This is a short course focused on skill based training rather than a nationally accredited certificate or diploma.
Become a Certified Accounts Administrator and boost your career! Up your practical knowledge and stand out from the crowd with our intermediate online course. You’ll gain skills in accounting, GST, Xero, payroll, Microsoft Excel and much more....
Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +3
Accounting Advanced Certificate
Once you qualify, your job prospects will soar. If you’re eager to enhance your accounting skills and pursue a career in accounting, finance or business, then this course is a must. It’s an advanced qualification that builds on the practical accounting...
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Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +6
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Xero & MYOB Package
Short Course
This is a short course focused on skill based training rather than a nationally accredited certificate or diploma.
Upskill & gain workforce ready skill sets in Xero and MYOB software. The Basic Xero and MYOB Package for accountancy, bookkeeping and administration roles comprise the Certificate in Xero and the Certificate in MYOB AccountRight. If you want to lea...
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Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +3
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Advanced Excel & Advanced Xero Package
Get two industry-recognised qualifications and become a Xero & Excel expert! This package combines the Advanced Xero Package and the Advanced Excel Package. It will give you a comprehensive and workforce ready understanding of both Excel and Xero,...
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Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +1
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Start Your Own Business with Xero
Short Course
This is a short course focused on skill based training rather than a nationally accredited certificate or diploma.
Get a head start on running your own business. Complete this course and you’ll be perfectly set up to launch your business. Combined with our excellent Certificate in Xero, you’ll learn the proven, practical skills to help you generate new clients, inc...
Study Method Online
Location Anywhere
Job Outcomes Accountant +1
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With a huge range of short courses from Australia's leading online providers, you will be sure to find a course that's perfect for you.
Online Accounting courses also available
Accounts Clerk
Accounting clerks perform similar functions to bookkeepers, although their range of tasks and level of responsibility is greater. This means they reconcile invoices, make payments, prepare bank reconciliations, prepare records of costs, monitor cost variations, provide cost estimates and allocate expenditure to certain accounts. Accounts Clerk courses in Canberra include Certificate I through IV in Financial Services, Certificate III in Accounts Administration and Diploma of Accounting.
Systems Accounting
A Systems Accountant reviews a company’s financial and accounting systems, identifies problems and comes up with solutions that will refine the processes and improve the company’s bottom line. In addition to understanding all the intricacies of accounting, systems accountants must also be intimately familiar with accounting record keeping and data capturing systems and all available accounting and bookkeeping software so that they can tailor solutions to suit each company’s needs. They often work as consultants rather than for one particular firm. Systems accounting courses in Canberra should include study units on business analysis, automated accounting systems, financial management, and project management. Qualifications required include an accounting, business, finance or even IT degree and membership of relevant accounting associations.
Forensic Accounting
This is a very interesting field that is growing in popularity. Forensic accounting is what brought Al Capone to his knees. It plays a vital role in fighting modern crime, especially considering that almost all crime has some sort of money trail. These days, that trail is largely digital, so forensic accountants need to be intimately familiar with all sorts of accounting software packages and other software systems that can be used to decipher intricately constructed transactions and transfers. Given the field’s highly specialised nature, forensic accountants need to have highly specialised qualifications. Postgraduate diplomas are the bare minimum but master’s or doctor’s degrees are infinitely preferable.
Accounting course providers in Canberra include:
- Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), which offers an Advanced Diploma of Accounting with courses in interpreting and using financial statistics and preparing complex financial reports; and Certificate IV in Accounting (Bookkeeping), which includes courses on how to establish cash accounting and payroll systems and how to set up a computerised accounting system.
- The University of Canberra, which, together with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, offers a Scholarship for its Bachelor of Accounting course.
- Bookkeeping Institute of Australia, which offers online courses available in Canberra and which include Introduction to Bookkeeping & Accounting, Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business Program, and Certificate III in Accounts Administration.
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