Train to become a Bookkeeper or payroll clerk in just 10 weeks!

Learn bookkeeping and payroll skills in Sage 50, the leading accounting software for small business. This is a very hands-on program where you will post simulated transactions and produce reports for many different industries. You will also learn basic accounting concepts and principles.

In just 10 weeks, you will earn how to:

Create vendor profiles
Post vendor invoices
Make vendor payments
Track aging payables
Create customer profiles
Post customer invoices
Receive customer payments
Track aging receivables
Post general journal entries
Create employee profiles
Issue employee paycheques based on a variety of different compensations
Track and pay government remittances such as EI, CPP and income taxes
Produce monthly income statements and balance sheets
Track HST paid and HST collected, and complete quarterly HST Returns
Complete bank reconciliations
And much more

This 10-week course includes 15 hours of job-search support, including the development of a Bookkeeping and Payroll resume and interview preparation.

your instructor

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

“Dave is awesome! He relates everything in the class to real world situations, which gives students the best perspective for what to expect from a job in advertising.”

Dave Maguire has been a successful marketer, entrepreneur, teacher and trainer for over 25 years. Dave has used Sage 50 (formerly Simply Accounting) in all of his businesses for over 10 years, and has taught computerized accounting at Success College and Maritime Business College.

Dave is presently an Instructor at Mount Saint Vincent University and at Nova Scotia Community College. In addition to his BAH and MBA, Dave has obtained a Certificate in Adult Education, and has conducted seminars for ISANS (Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia). Dave presently teaches Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management, and a variety of marketing courses at Mount Saint Vincent University, and is teaching Sage 50 and Computer Applications to a number of Aboriginal communities in Nova Scotia, including Sipekne'katik First Nation, Millbrook First Nation, Annapolis Valley First Nation and Glooscap First Nation.

Prior to teaching and training, Dave was the architect of two successful marketing agencies, and winner of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce New Business of the Year Award in 2009.

Visit Dave's profile on LinkedIn to learn more!