Certificate IV in Financial Services (Accounting)

Who is This Course for?

The Certificate IV in Financial Services (Accounting) will provide you with basic accounting skills and train you to use computers in the accounting environment, leading to careers such as accounts receivable and payable clerks, payroll clerks, bookkeepers, general clerical assistants or trainee accountants.

This course is especially designed for employees who perform duties such as completing Business Activity Statement (BAS) and other office taxes, operational reporting, producing basic management and job costing reports, preparing budgets, maintaining inventory records and making decisions in a legal context.

What Will I Learn?

• Prepare financial reports and operational budgets
• Maintain financial records
• Set up and operate a computerised accounting system
• Manage budgets and forecasts
• Produce job costing information
• Maintain asset and inventory records

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Career-relevant and Accredited Accounting Course

Because OTEN TAFE vocational courses are developed in consultation with relevant industry and community groups, you can rest assured that your qualification is highly valued by industry employers, education and training providers and the wider community.

This accounting certificate has been developed under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), so it's government-accredited as well as a nationally recognised course.

This TAFE certificate course articulates into the Diploma of Accounting. Your TAFE qualification is also likely to receive credit at a number of Australian universities. Contact a SEEK Learning consultant to find out more.

Course Units

There are 19 units to be completed in this financial services course. Communicate in the workplace Use technology in the workplace Apply health and safety practices in the workplace Work in the financial services industry Prepare financial reports Maintain financial records Prepare and bank receipts Process journal entries Maintain daily financial/business records Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry Process business tax requirements Produce job costing information Manage budgets and forecasts Provide management accounting information Prepare operational budgets Make decisions in a legal context Prepare financial statements Maintain asset and inventory records Set up and operate a computerised accounting system

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Flexible Study with Distance Learning

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