MyCAA-APPROVED BUSINESS PROGRAM
ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL
The Accounting Professional program provides students the basic competencies involved in an accounting or financial role for small businesses or in a support role for CPAs and other accounting professionals in a larger firm.
CERTIFICATION: NACPB
PROGRAM COSTS: Varies
COURSE CONTACT HOURS: 375
PROGRAM DURATION: 6 Months
EXTERNSHIP AVAILABLE: Yes
Courses Available Through
Tyler Junior College TJC-ACCT-P
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Texas A&M TAMIU-ACCT-P
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The Accounting Professional
The Accounting Professional program provides students the basic competencies involved in an accounting or financial role for small businesses or in a support role for CPAs and other accounting professionals in a larger firm. An in-depth understanding of accounting principles will ensure professionals have the skills necessary to undertake the tasks and analysis required to work as an entry-level professional, provide bookkeeping services to small businesses of all sorts, liaise between small businesses and their accounting firms or support a team of accounting professionals.
The Accounting Professional Course
Any successful business owner can tell you that proper accounting is one of the most important aspects of their entire organization. Proper accounting is essential to the effective functioning and success of any small business and the leadership teams in these companies depend entirely on their accounting staff to track and report the overall health of the company from day to day, quarter to quarter and year to year. Staff who understanding how to calculate the essential accounting data for a company have the skills to properly advise leadership on the business decisions they need to make.
Apart from the CPA who prepares the formal tax filings, the skills students gain from the Accounting Professional course will ensure they’re prepared for an entry-level accounting position with any small business or effectively assist on a sophisticated accounting team. Students who complete the Accounting Professional course will have the skills necessary for success in these positions starting from day one on the job!
Certification Opportunities
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Define terms related to business accounting
- Apply accounting concepts and principles
- Prepare financial statements
- Analyze financial statements for decision making
- Evaluate internal controls
- Account for partnership transactions
- Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles
- Define terms related to business accounting
- Apply a working knowledge of accounting concepts and principles
- Demonstrate the ability to prepare and understand corporate financial statements
- Analyze financial statements using various ratios and tools
- Describe long-term liabilities
- Examine concepts related to managerial accounting
- Examine how managers use financial information to guide important decisions
- Apply concepts related to managerial accounting
- Prepare and analyze various types of budgets
- Differentiate international financial reporting standards from generally accepted accounting principles
- Use Microsoft Office
Technical Requirements
WINDOWS USERS
- Windows 7, XP or Vista
- 56K modem or higher
- Soundcard & Speakers
- Firefox, Chrome or Microsoft Internet Explorer
MAC OS USERS
- Mac OS X or higher (in classic mode)
- 56K modem or higher
- Soundcard & Speakers
- Apple Safari
SUPPORTED BROWSERS
System will support the two latest releases of each browser. When using older versions of a browser, users risk running into problems with the course software.
- Windows Users: Firefox, Chrome, Explorer
- Mac OS Users: Safari, Chrome, Firefox
SCREEN RESOLUTION
We recommend setting your screen resolution to 1024 x 768 pixels.
SUGGESTED PLUGINS
- Flash Player
- Real Player
- Adobe Reader
- Java
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