Sage Payroll Training - Fast Track

Want to open the door to working in Payroll?

Starting our Sage Computerised Payroll courses will enhance your career potentials and give you the skills and knowledge you need to get started in Payroll. Payroll is a vital role within any organisation. A career in payroll means specialising in a niche field with excellent progression opportunities.

Are you up to date with the latest Sage? RTI (Real Time Information) has been introduced by HMRC and it's essential that companies comply with the changes.

If you're already experienced in Manual Payroll and now need to run computerised wages, this course in Sage Payroll RTI is for you.

In fact, Sage Payroll RTI training is the next logical step after manual PAYE and NIC.

What support is available?

• Free high quality course materials
• Tutorial support
• Highly equipped IT lab
• Student Discount with NUS card
• Exam fees and exam booking service
• Personalised individual study plan
• Specialist Career Management service
• Free Payroll Software
• Get a Free Tablet PC if you enroll this month

What skills will I gain?

In this classroom based course you will be learning from Level 1 to Level 3 of Sage Computerised Payroll.

With Sage 50 Payroll you’ll cover:-

• Setting up Details on Sage - An introduction to the Computerised Payroll system shows you how to set up new company details on Sage, how to set up employee records and manage company settings. It also covers setting up Pay Elements, Pay Deductions and Company Loans.
• Adding in specific schemes - Sage is intended to be as bespoke as possible to each businesses needs. You’ll see how to add Company Pension Schemes and set up Holiday schemes relevant to the specific business you’re working for.
• Understanding the Payroll Cycle - A quick look at the payroll cycle covers the basics of all elements involved and the considerations to be made each month. This also looks at Processing the Payroll for weekly and monthly paid employees.
• Real Time Information (RTI) processes - Understand the commitments of RTI for employee PAYE and ensure you are working to the government guidelines.
• Entering Payments - A practical walk through of how to enter payments so they are accurately logged, and easily found on the system.
• Dealing with Statutory pay - The course covers the requirements of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP); Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) to ensure you’re working to legislation.
• Reports & Backups - Pre and Post Update reports and backups.
• E-submissions - See how to submit accounting information and make payments online.
• Voluntary deductions & Student Loans - See how to log these and how to incorporate voluntary deductions and student loan payments into payroll systems.
• Processing Starters and Leavers - The basics of adding and removing people from the system, looking at the documentation required when people join and leave the business.
• Payments due to HMRC - This covers a number of different payments a business is required to make to HMRC, looking at the requirements, process and legalities of fulfilling this.
• Calculating the Cost of Wages - see how Sage Payroll can help you calculate the cost of wages through its automated systems

Benefits for Trainees

Sage Computerised Payroll Qualifications open new doors to exciting careers, as well as extending payroll skills if you are currently employed

• Start your own payroll bureau
• Work in small businesses
• A payroll career can lead to great things
• Update your knowledge of Sage payroll
• Improve your employability prospects
• A career path into payroll
• Ideal Continuing Professional Development course
• Gain a qualification to boost your CV
• Gain an accredited qualification
• Start your training immediately without having to wait for the new term to begin

When can I start?

You can enrol at any time – start today.

Duration

6 Weeks; we have both weekdays and weekend batches.

How will I be assessed?

You will have to complete computer-based assessments to get the certificate.

To successfully complete the qualification the candidate must pass the above Mandatory element of assessment. The unit is graded as Pass or Fail and the minimum level of achievement is set at 70%.

The aim of this course is to enable you to make use of Sage 50 Payroll to do everything you currently do manually, plus much more. It also helps you record the regulatory data in an organised manner; to ensure you’re working to best practice, and have data immediately at your fingertips should you need it.

This course brings you the skills you need to use this popular payroll program to confidently process any businesses payroll. Being able to use Sage 50 Payroll should lead to greater productivity, but it also helps the business conform to employment legislation and data security requirements.

Broken down into practical modules this course is a very popular and well received introduction to moving from manual payroll to computerised payroll, and it incorporates all the new government requirements for RTI reporting

Payroll is a vital role within any organisation. A career in payroll means specialising in a niche field with excellent progression opportunities.

There are no formal entry requirements for this course. If English is not your first language, you may need to go through initial screening for suitability.

Payroll Administrator

Payroll Manager

Payroll Advisor

Payroll Director

In these roles, you could earn up to £42,000 per annum (source: reed Salary Checker, 2015, UK Only).