Accounting & Payroll Administrator

Learn the fundamentals of bookkeeping and generally accepted accounting principles used to record, organize, and report financial information for business. Develop practical skills in journal entries, posting to the general ledger, preparing financial statements, and managing accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash flow.

Build on your bookkeeping and accounting knowledge by applying advanced accounting principles to real business situations. Learn inventory management, cost of goods sold, valuation of fixed and intangible assets, payroll, accounts receivable and payable, cash flow management, and the preparation of income statements and other financial reports.

Learn to apply bookkeeping and accounting principles using Sage 50 Accounting software. Build practical skills in setting up computerized accounting systems, recording and analyzing financial transactions, processing vendor purchases and payments, and generating accurate financial information for business.

Expand your Sage 50 Accounting skills by applying advanced bookkeeping and accounting principles in a computerized environment. Learn advanced reporting and period-end procedures, payroll, budgeting, project and inventory management, software customization, security settings, and accounting for foreign currency transactions.

Build on computerized accounting skills by applying bookkeeping and accounting principles using QuickBooks. Learn to set up a computerized accounting system for a small business, record and analyze financial transactions, process sales and vendor payments, manage accounts and credit card transactions, and generate accurate financial information.

Learn the fundamentals of Canadian personal income tax and develop the skills to prepare, complete, and file income tax returns. Explore the Canadian tax system, taxable income, tax slips, statutory deductions, and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements while gaining hands-on experience completing personal tax returns.

Learn the key features and basic functions of Excel, including creating and managing workbooks and worksheets. Learn to organize, analyze, manage, and share information, create and use formulas and functions and fundamental data analysis techniques.

Explore the broad cross section of both federal and provincial payroll legislation across the country, how it applies to businesses of any size, business compliance responsibilities, and the outcomes and consequences of noncompliance. Examine the Canada Pension Plan framework, employment insurance, income tax, and employment standards legislation.

Explore the fundamental skills and practices that will allow you to communicate and explain the policies and procedures with respect to employee remuneration and calculate regular and non-regular employment payments, termination payments, and Records of Employment.

Learn to calculate organizational remittances to federal, provincial and third-party stakeholders. Prepare accounting documentation for payroll, complete year end documentation and effectively communicate all aspects of business remittances, accounting and year end requirements to internal, external and government stakeholders.

Learn human resource recruitment, compensation, performance analysis, environmental and safety practices. Analyze contemporary issues that have an impact on the way businesses manage their organizations and employees.

Effective and efficient business, organization, and office communication is fundamental to the success of any business. Explore the practice of business and professional communication in the workplace and across all media platforms.

Learn how to apply key tools and features of Microsoft Word while building keyboarding skills. Explore the fundamentals of keyboarding techniques and practice. Improve accuracy and skill to keyboard accurately at 40 words per minute.

Effective and efficient administrative office procedures are essential to the success of any organization. Learn the basic requirements and workflow of a professionally organized and managed office.

Get interview and job search training, including online profile management, to help you stand out as you start your new career.

Learn student-centric learning strategies and techniques that include goal setting, planning, and time management. Alongside writing and problem-solving skills, learn computer skills and the effective use of information technologies.