Professional Academy Diploma in Bookkeeping & Payroll Course

Bookkeeping & Payroll Course

This Fully Online Bookkeeping and Payroll Level 5 Course is designed to enable the learner to understand the principles and practice of maintaining financial records manually and using integrated accounting software.  Live expert-led Bookkeeping & Payroll training including the following:  Master payroll administrator duties, calculating pay, taxes, and social insurance, processing and paying salaries and wages, tracking and recording employee work hours, payroll modernisation and real-time reporting, issuing payslips to employees, addressing payroll problems and answering queries, legislative (revenue) requirements, managing customer and supplier accounts, entering invoices and credit notes, bank reconciliations, profit and loss reports, industry best practices and more.   The course is designed for those with a basic knowledge of computers and an interest in accounting. It will enable the learner to carry out a range of accounting procedures, to include forecasts, budgets, producing accounts, reports, and calculations.

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Understand bookkeeping principles
• Double entry
• Financial Statements/Cash flow
• Understand and use accounting software systems
• Understand the finance function of an organisation
• Strategic financial management
• Comprehend sources of finance
• Introduction to computerised payroll (Thesaurus Software)
• Installation, reporting and PAYE modernisation
• Understand PAYE / PRSI & USC
• Learn how to run reports and keep data safe
• Run security & backup

How will you the Learner Benefit?

• You will get a valuable qualification and provide the opportunity for clearly defined career path
• Gain the skills, knowledge and competence of manual and computerised accounts
• Develop an understanding of the principles of accounting
• Gain an understanding of  a range of accounting terms and ratios
• You will learn how to carry out a range of accounting procedures
• Learn how to prepare financial statements both manually and computerised

Payroll Module:

The Payroll course provides the knowledge and understanding required to work in a payroll function. It will complement the Manual & Computerised accounts course and provide wider opportunities for employment.

• Get the knowledge and skills to maintain payroll records in small/medium organisations
• Gain the essential and appropriate terminology associated with personal taxation
• Appreciate the importance of accuracy and security in preparing and maintaining payroll
• Understand how the cumulative, emergency and temporary tax systems operate
• Learn to understand Data Protection