Are you a manager who needs to understand financial reports? Or a business owner who needs to control the financial side of their business? This course is for people from non-financial backgrounds. It enables you to understand and prepare financial reports and to contribute to informed financial decision-making.

No prior knowledge required.

In this course you will learn:

• Basic accounting concepts
• The relationship between business plans, budgets, and financial reporting
• The principles of double-entry bookkeeping
• Posting to the General Ledger
• Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet statements
• Variance analysis and the impact on business
• Analysing financial statements to reveal profitability, solvency, risk-return, and financial stability

What to bring:

• Pen
• Paper

The Next Step:

Keen to learn more? We recommend MYOB Computerised Bookkeeping V21 - Great for Small Business

About the tutor:

My name is Sigrid and I have a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and also an Advanced Diploma of Accounting. I am a native speaker and lived and worked in Germany for over 30 years before coming to Australia in the year 2000. I run my own business as a bookkeeper and BAS Agent since 2007 and I have taught children German at the German Saturday School for a few years as well adults at the college.

I am teaching courses for the accounting software MYOB and Xero as well as a theory course called Accounting for Non-Accountants. I have a passion for bookkeeping and enjoy passing my knowledge on.

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.