Certificate · Business Bookkeeping

Start a Career in Bookkeeping

If you go quiet when numbers come up, this starts further back than you think. Journals, ledgers, GST, payroll and the reports a small business lives on, taught inside Xero and MYOB. Built for people starting from zero.

From $29a week on a plan
Xero and MYOBtaught hands on
Twelve topicsin the course
IAB membershipincluded
No examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaBookkeeping and Accounts
Course TypeCertificate
SoftwareXero, MYOB and Excel
Study ModeOnline, self paced, study when it suits
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom $29 a week
Comes with
  • No maths or finance background needed
  • Xero Advisor Certification included
  • No deposit, no credit check
  • 10-day money back guarantee
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

A Skill Every Business Needs

Someone has to reconcile the accounts and lodge the BAS. That job exists in every town, in every industry, in good years and bad ones.

Add the Books to Your Current Job

If you already handle invoices or admin, the ledger side is the part that changes what people trust you with.

Learn the Software Employers Ask For

Job ads name Xero and MYOB by name. You learn both here, plus the Excel work that sits around them.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Bookkeeping work sits in three places: inside one business, inside an accounting practice, or across a handful of small clients. The day is reconciliations, invoices, payroll runs and getting the BAS out on time. It suits people who like a job that is either right or not right, with no arguing about it.

Business Bookkeeper

The books for one company, start to finish.

Accounts Technician

Ledger work inside a finance team.

Ledger Clerk

Entries, reconciliations and the daily detail.

GST and BAS Reporting Coordinator

Getting the lodgements out on schedule.

Payroll and Bookkeeping Officer

Pay runs alongside the general accounts.

Practice Bookkeeping Assistant

Supporting an accounting firm's client load.

Reconciliation Specialist

Matching what the bank says to what the books say.

Financial Data Entry Operator

Accurate entry at volume.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Working as a registered BAS agent has its own separate requirements set by the Tax Practitioners Board.

The Course

What You'll Learn

01
How the Books Work
The mechanics, in the order they happen.
Accounting and Bookkeeping Fundamentals
General Journal
General Ledger and the Trial Balance
Depreciation
Adjusting Entries
Financial Statements
02
Tax, Pay and Planning
The parts with deadlines attached.
Understanding GST
Fundamentals of Payroll
Budgeting, Forecasting and Cashflow Management
03
On the Software
The same tools the job uses.
Accounting with Xero
Accounting with MYOB Business Essentials
Using Microsoft Excel
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Journals and ledgers, where every number starts
  • GST and payroll, the two with deadlines
  • Financial statements, reading them, then building them
  • Xero, MYOB and Excel, the tools the job runs on

As a Student

  • Self paced study, start any day, no class times
  • Industry memberships, IAB student then full membership
  • No exams, ever, no test week to dread
  • A personalised CV review, before you start applying
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things that make this more than a software tutorial.

01
The Xero Advisor Certification

The official certification is included, along with six months of MYOB access at no extra cost.

02
A Bookkeeping Body Behind You

Student membership of the International Association of Bookkeepers while you study, then twelve months of full membership on completion.

03
The Reference Shelf

A BookkeeperHQ subscription plus e-books including the AU Master Bookkeepers Guide and the Australian Master GST Guide.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Certificate in Business Bookkeeping

Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy

A Certificate of Achievement

Awarded by the college once you finish.

Xero Advisor Certification

The official certification, included in the course.

A SEEK Pass Credential

A link in the platform you can share on SEEK.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask About the Software

An advisor explains the Xero and MYOB access.

Step two

Enrol Any Day

Weekly plan, or pay upfront in full.

Step three

Learn the Ledger

Journals, entries and the trial balance.

Step four

Move Onto the Tools

The same work again, this time in Xero and MYOB.

The Investment

How to Get Started

$29 / week
A plan paid weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or one upfront payment.
No deposit, no credit check
10-day money back guarantee
Start on any day
Software certification included
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need to be good at maths?

No. Bookkeeping is method more than arithmetic, and the software does the sums. No finance background is expected.

What does it cost each week?

From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. An advisor confirms current pricing.

Do I need to know Xero or MYOB already?

No. Both are taught inside the course, and the Xero Advisor Certification is included.

Can I study while working full time?

Yes. It is self paced with no fixed class times, so most people work through it in the evenings.

Does this let me lodge BAS for clients?

Not on its own. Registering as a BAS agent runs through the Tax Practitioners Board and has its own education and experience requirements. What this gives you is the underlying skill: GST, payroll and reporting done correctly in the software, which is what an employer or a supervising agent needs from you.

Are there exams?

No exams, ever. Assessment tasks sit inside the topics as you go.

Is this course accredited?

It carries a Certificate of Achievement, and the college holds industry accreditation through ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. The college is not an RTO and the course is not nationally recognised. Those are different things, and in bookkeeping most employers care first about whether you can drive Xero and MYOB, which is what this teaches.

Can I get my money back?

Yes. A 10-day money back guarantee runs from enrolment.

Delivered By

About the College

You enrol in this course through The Career Academy, an online college in Australia that delivers the course itself.

The college is a Xero Partner and an MYOB Approved Education Partner, an IAB Accredited Training Provider and an AAT Approved Training Provider. It has run for over 15 years and helps more than 25,000 students a year.

Xero PartnerMYOB Education PartnerIAB and AAT providerOver 15 years running
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Picture the quarter where the accounts balance first go, the BAS is lodged early, and nobody has to chase you for anything.

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