Professional Bookkeeping
Certification
Bookeeping Certification: A complete bookkeeping 'how-to' program including accounting, process and plenty of useful tools
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Certificate Highlights
Get certified in bookkeeping and enhance your professional status. Our program offers in-depth courses on key bookkeeping concepts. Start today!
What is Bookkeeping?
Bookkeeping is the process of recording, organizing, and managing a company's financial transactions on a day-to-day basis. It forms the foundation of the accounting process and involves systematically documenting all financial activities, such as sales, purchases, receipts, and payments, in a company's books of accounts. NACPB (National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers) is US's leading bookkeeper association.
Bookkeeping Certification Details:
No. of Modules/Courses: 14 Courses
Program Duration: 20 Hours
Mode of Delivery: On-Demand/Self-Study
Access Period: 1 Year
CPE: Up to 20 Credits
Why Get a Bookkeeping Certification?
Illumeo's Professional Bookkeeping Certification is a great way to launch yourself into the world of bookkeeping. This certification provides an ideal pathway for aspiring bookkeepers who are often the “go-to” people for small- to medium-sized companies and they can also be a critical asset in large companies. The bookkeeping profession continues to expand and evolve, growing to more professionals every year. It is a growth industry with great professional potential.
Whether you want to develop the skills of bookkeeping or further your career in business, there are critical accounting and bookkeeping concepts to be learned. With this knowledge in hand you will be able to provide professional bookkeeping services for a wide range of businesses.
What You Learn in Certified Bookkeeper Program?
Key bookkeeping subjects and topics are covered in depth, with practical examples and a useful case study to show you how the concepts work in the real world. There is also a highly valuable and useful 'bookkeeping tools resource' that provides a number of useful processes, procedures and tools to help you quickly and accurately execute on a number of key bookkeeping tasks. Courses include coverage of key topics ranging from basic to advanced in your journey to become a certified bookkeeper. Topics include;
- Bookkeeping Terminologies
- Debits & Credits
- Cash & Accruals
- Payroll & Expenses
- Journals and General Ledgers
- Bookkeeper's Responsibilities
- Fixed Assets and Inventory
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- GAAP Principles
- Bookkeeping Case Studies
- Bookkeeping Tools
Professional Bookkeeping Certification program has been developed by an experienced CPA who has both small and very large business accounting experience and background. The full curriculum provides you with a fantastic and genuinely useful foundation to a career as a bookkeeper.
Additional Resources:
- Downloadable PDF Slides
- Multiple Bookkeeping Tools and Excel Bookkeeping Sheets
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs
Why should I be Illumeo Certified?
In short, you would do this to get better at what you already do, or to get a significant knowledge jump on something you want to do for a living. And, via the certificate itself, to be able to show others that you have attained this knowledge.
Why should I hire a Professional with an Illumeo Certification?
You would hire this Professional because they bring deep knowledge, on concrete topics, to your team. Simply completing the Illumeo certification denotes that the person is a serious professional willing to take the time to become very good at what they do, and that they put in the time, passed the tests, and are knowledgeable in their area of certification.
What happens if I fail the exam?
There is an exam for every course and you must pass every one in order to receive your certification. You may re-study the content and re-take any exam until you pass it.
Why would I want a subscription on Illumeo?
A subscription to Illumeo helps fill out your professional knowledge with its unfettered access to hundreds of up-to-date on demand courses taught by long-time practitioners - just like the instructor of this certification program.
Instructor
Lynn Fountain, CPA MBA CGMA CRMA
Consultant, Author, Trainer, and past Chief Audit Executive
Lynn Fountain is widely considered an expert in the field of Sarbanes-Oxley and has led initiatives in compliance efforts. In addition, her expertise in the field has been recognized through her ability to provide individualized training on the legislation and compliance requirements as well as assist organizations in establishing the proper control framework for compliance. Course participants have been quoted as saying: “Ms. Fountain should instruct a PhD in Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.” Ms. Fountain’s ability to break-down the various aspects of the legislation and communicate its importance in relevant terms is the key to the success of her courses.
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