Assistant accountant training (Work Placement for Accountants)

Zephyr accounting on job training and practical experience will provide you not only the detail understanding of accounting but also help you to bridge the gap between knowledge and the real-world practical experience.

Our specifically designed courses will get you into your dream accounting job. Our areas of training will be Bookkeeping, Excel, Payroll, Annual statutory accounts, Corporation tax return, VAT and Self-assessment
We are certified accountants and possess over 15 years of cumulative excellent knowledge and skills to train individuals.

With us, you will gain the real feel and understanding of professional environment,which is important to survive and thrive in any workplace.

We offer office-based training services (face to face).

Note: The discount is only available for booking made by April 5, 2024.

The detail description of what you will be learning with us, is as followed

1. Bookkeeping in multiple software

a. Introduction of accounting software
b. Navigate in different modules.
c. Setting up business, default settings and templates
d. Chart of accounts and adding new nominal accounts
e. Creating customers, suppliers, products and services
f. Raising customer invoices and posting supplier bills/ purchases invoices
g. Editing or deleting invoices or bills
h. Dealing with customer credit notes and supplier credits
i. Creating bank accounts and enabling bank feeds/ manual uploading bank statements
j. Recording bank transactions e.g., customer receipts, supplier payments, bank receipts, bank payments etc
k. Credit card and petty cash expenses
l. Bank reconciliation and fixing errors
m. Month/ period end journals e.g., payroll, depreciation, accruals, prepayments, bad debts write-off, provision for doubtful debts
n. Generating accounting reports for management or external accountants e.g., P&L, balance sheet, cashflow statements, agent debtors, aged creditors, trial balance etc

2. Excel Training

a. Basic Introduction
b. Add Multiple Rows or Columns
c. Series & Range
d. Sort & Filter, Paste Special
e. Vlookup
f. Conditional Formatting
g. Pivot Tables
h. Absolute Reference
i. Validation
j. Charts & Graphs
k. IF, SumIF & Count IF
l. Format Text and Dates
m. Change Case of letters

3. Processing the payroll and filing to HMRC

a. How does payroll work in UK?
b. How the pay as you earn system work
c. UK income tax and NIC bands & rates
d. Including workers in payroll software
e. Understanding the year-to-date values
f. Creating payslips
g. Statutory sick pay computation and payment (SSP)
h. Statutory maternity pays computation and payment (SMP)
i. Compiling and disbursing the mandatory paternity benefit (SPP)
j. Keeping track of absences
k. Incorporating new hires and leavers into the payroll records
l. Making a BACS payment
m. Year-end protocols
n. Creating and distributing pay slips to staff members

4. Extensive VAT knowledge & training for preparing and filing.

a. Process of registration and deregistration of VAT
b. Guidelines and Regulation for almost all kind of VAT schemes
c. VAT deadlines and penalties
d. Reconciling and preparing the VAT returns
e. Filing the VAT return to HMRC
f. Dealing with HMRC enquiries
g. Understanding of VAT investigation

5. Self-assessment preparation and filing

a. Understanding of SA1 and SA100
b. National Insurance under Self-assessment
c. How to calculate the basic tax return (self-employed, property & construction)
d. Relief for individuals
e. Liabilities and refunds
f. Payments concept for self-assessments

6. Statutory accounts and Corporation tax

a. How to analyse the bank
b. How to obtain the Trial balance from bookkeeping software
c. Producing draft and final financial statements for clients
d. How to use accounting software to produce abbreviated accounts for Companies House
e. Disclosures and notes to accounts.
f. Working paper reports including asset register
g. Any Compliance issue to consider before filing the accounts.
h. Understanding the Corporation Tax return
i. Difference between main and stub tax return
j. Setting up for corporation tax return in software
k. Rates, relief and changes
l. Allowable and disallowed expenses for tax purposes.
m. Understanding and calculating Capital Allowances
n. Different pools for Capital allowance
o. Filling the CT600 form
p. Payment and penalties

7. How to get the job
a. Help in creating CV.
b. How to find a job.

8. A mock interview test.

Anyone hoping to advance their career or find a professional job as an accountant.

Computer literate as well as some accounting knowledge would be an advantage but not required

Depending upon the scope of training you choose, you can confidently apply for the following job roles:
Bookkeepers, Payroll administrators, sales ledger clerks, purchase ledger clerks.
Financial controller,Financial analyst, Assistant accountant,Accounts manager.
Accountant, Accounts Manager, Senior Accountant

Introductory Accounting Course

Digital certificate - Included

Introductory Bookkeeping Course

Digital certificate - Included

Work Experience Certificate

Digital certificate - Included