Lecturer: Jacqueline Williams

An understanding of the fundamentals of accounting and related principles is essential for

• Those working in accounting and finance functions 
• Those who provide information and support to these functions 
• Staff who receive information from the finance and accounting departments.

This course will provide an in-depth understanding of how transactions are recorded, processed and presented in an organisation’s books and accounts.

Delegates will leave the course able to prepare a basic set of accounts, and understanding how the common accounting adjustments are made at the end of an accounting period.

Programme

• The legal need to prepare accounts 
• The basic accounting ledgers 
• Entering and posting transactions - debits and credits 
• Preparing the trial balance 
• Extracting the profit and loss account 
• The balance sheet and its audit trail 
• Adjusting for accruals and prepayments 
• Valuing fixed assets and depreciation

Two day course 09.30 – 17.00 each day