Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping Online
Start your career as an accounts officer or gain skills to manage your own accounts. Earn a nationally recognised FNS40222 Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping online with Swinburne Open Education.
Course code: FNS40222
Delivery mode: Online
Course duration: 18 months
Qualification: Certificate IV
Eligibility: This course is not available to International students
Nationally recognised: Yes
Awarded by: Swinburne University of Technology
Assessments
Online quizzes, including multiple choice and short answer questions
Portfolio of evidence
Written reports
Case studies
Video and audio role plays and demonstrations.
Study accounting and bookkeeping online to start your career as an accounts officer or gain skills to manage your own business's accounts.
This nationally recognised online bookkeeping course will provide you with financial skills, knowledge and confidence in accounts and bookkeeping management for the modern world. Earn a Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping (FNS40222) online with Swinburne Open Education.
The course includes setting up and managing accounting statements and cloud computing software, preparing financial statements and reports, and payroll. As well as practical training in bookkeeping, payroll, business activity statement (BAS) and technology, including preparing and lodging business and instalment activity statements, and providing advice or dealing with the Commissioner on behalf of a taxpayer in relation to activity statements. This online accounting course meets the registration requirements to provide BAS services.
Throughout this course, students will be exposed to accounting program, MYOB. MYOB is commonly used in the finance industry and is a leading service provider across Australia. Exercises, tutorials and opportunities to practise using the program will be provided as part of the learning experience. All students will be provided with access to an MYOB software account and files.
If you’re looking to start your career in accounting and bookkeeping or want a pathway into a degree program, then this is the course for you. Our flexible online study allows you to continue with your current role while you study. Enrol today to study online. Earn your Certificate IV with Swinburne Open Education.
This course is not available to International students.
Skills you'll learn
Accounting and bookkeeping foundations
Preparing financial reports
Managing operational budgets
Operation of accounting systems, including cloud computing software
Payroll management and preparing business activity statements (BAS)
Small business planning.
Your career opportunities
Accounts administration
Accounts clerk
Accounts payable officer
Accounts receivable officer
Bookkeeper
Debtors clerk
Payroll officer.
Start your accounting and bookkeeping career
Source: Career outcome information from Your Career (Oct 2023).
Why study Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping online
This nationally recognised online bookkeeping course will provide you with financial skills, knowledge and confidence in accounts and bookkeeping management for the modern world.
This online accounting and bookkeeping course meets the registration requirements to provide BAS services.
Our flexible online study allows you to continue with your current role while you study.
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Designed and delivered online so you can learn anywhere, anytime
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Learn through regular trainer-lead online sessions and native content
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Online course modules
Once you have enrolled in this course, you can access our online platform and start with the first module. You will need to complete a module and then the next module becomes available to you.
This online course contains 14 online modules, which have been designed to cover 13 units of competency, including 10 core units and 3 elective units. This accounting and bookkeeping course contains an introductory module.
Expand units below, to get an understanding of topics and objectives.
BSBTEC302 Design and produce spreadsheets
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop spreadsheets through the use of spreadsheet applications.
FNSACC321 Process financial transactions and extract interim reports
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare and process routine financial documents, prepare journal entries, post journal entries to ledgers, prepare banking and reconcile financial receipts, and extract a trial balance and interim reports.
FNSACC322 Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to reconcile and monitor subsidiary accounts and ledgers in financial accounts receivable and accounts payable systems. This includes identifying bad and doubtful debts, communicating with identified clients, and planning a recovery action, recording creditor invoices, and remitting payments to sundry creditors.
FNSACC412 Prepare operational budgets
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare and document operational budgets for a variety of organisations.
FNSACC414 Prepare financial statements for non-reporting entities
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare financial statements for entities that do not have a statutory duty to file financial reports with government agencies and regulators.
FNSACC418 Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work autonomously and in teams to complete work activities relating to the provision of accounting and bookkeeping services.
FNSACC421 Prepare financial reports
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to record general journal adjustment entries and to prepare end of period financial reports.
FNSACC426 Set up and operate computerised accounting systems
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to establish, operate, and modify an integrated computerised accounting system. This involves processing transactions in the system, maintaining the system, producing reports, and ensuring system integrity.
FNSTPB411 Complete business activity and instalment activity statements
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to process and complete business activity statements (BAS), instalment activity statements (IAS), and other required reports according to compliance requirements.
FNSTPB412 Establish and maintain payroll systems
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to record and prepare payroll documentation, respond to enquiries, and process payroll data for manual and computerised systems.
BSBESB403 Plan finances for new business ventures
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify financial requirements of a business, including profit targets, cash flow projections and strategies to garner financial support.
BSBTEC402 Design and produce complex spreadsheets
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to use spreadsheet software to complete business tasks and produce complex documents.
FNSACC413 Make decisions in a legal context
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to make decisions, particularly those relating to compliance issues, in a legal context. It is intended to satisfy the requirement for a course of study in commercial law at an introductory or foundation level, covering Australian legal systems and processes.
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