Sage 50cloud Accounts Stage 1 eLearning

What will I learn

You will gain a firm understanding of the basic principles of Sage 50cloud Accounts.

By the end of this course you will:

Be familiar with the Sage 50cloud Accounts user interface
Understand how to use password protection and restrict user access
Understand configuration, financial year settings and setting up tax codes
Know how to create, amend and delete nominal accounts
Know how to create bank, cash and credit card accounts
Understand the role of the Chart of Accounts and how to amend it
Know how to create departments
Know how to create, amend and delete customer or supplier accounts
Be able to enter opening balances for nominal, customer and supplier accounts

Gain a firm understanding of the basic principles of Sage 50cloud Accounts, from navigation through to creating and amending records, getting started with opening balances and controlling user access – all within your own time, when it suits you.

What should I expect?

Exams last 1 hr and are taken online, so you have the flexibility of where and when you choose to take the exam. It will involve a combination of:

Multi choice questions
Multi response questions
True or False questions

The level 1 exam covers:

• Use shortcut keys and navigate around your software
• Deal with company settings and access rights
• Backup, restore and check your data
• Configure the chart of accounts
• Create and maintain nominal records and budgets
• Prepare, plan and post opening balances
• Set up customer details, defaults, terms and status
• Set up supplier details, defaults and terms
• Work with bank, cash, credit card payments and receipts
• Post invoices and credit notes
• Record customer receipts and disputed items
• Post payments, match credit notes and payments on account
• Post journals
• Check and correct transactions

This course is ideal if you are new to the software. It covers the basic principles of the Sage 50cloud Accounting software. Navigation through to creating and amending records. Opening balances and controlling user access is covered.

Learn at your own pace at times to suit you. You can access the course anytime for 12 weeks.

What Jobs Can I Get With a Sage Certification?

Accounts Administrator: £16,000 - £28,000 Average Salary

Accounts Assistant: £17,000 - £25,000 Average Salary

Accounts/Finance Assistant: £18,000 - £20,000 Average Salary

Accounts/Payroll Administrator: £16,000 - £22,000 Average Salary

Accounts Clerk: £20,000 - £22,000 Average Salary

Assistant Accountant: £20,000 - £22,000 Average Salary

Bookkeeper: £22,000 - £30,000 Average Salary

Credit Controller: £18,000 - £30,000 Average Salary

Sage Bookkeeper: £21,000 - £23,000 Average Salary

Office & Accounts Administrator: £20,000 - £26,000 Average Salary

Payroll Administrator: £16,000 - £20,000 Average Salary

Purchase Ledger Clerk: £18,000 - £20,000 Average Salary

*The salaries above do not include London weightings

There are no prerequisites for this course.

The official Sage Level 1 certification exam is included in this course.

Prove you have the expertise to work with Sage software. A Sage Certification is the only accredited performance-based certification program approved by Sage. It’s the ideal next step in your development as an experienced Sage user.

After this course, you have the option of taking the Level 2, 3 and 4 courses and exams.