57 Accounts courses in London

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required by Non-Accounts Managers to understand Finance and Accounting processes they face in their daily work schedule. The main objective of this course is to highlight accounting, understand the framework of accounting, and stages of accounts and also to elaborate rules and principles of accounting. With a lot of Case studies and open discussions with live examples, participants will gain detailed knowledge to understand their company from a financial perspective and also to help manage financial matters. At the end of the course, you will learn how to apply financial techniques, understand financial reports and annual reports, the relationship between accounting and finance thereby gaining knowledge of the use of debits and credits and last but not least to identify limitations of financial statements.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the end of this training course, participants will: * Be able to Record Transactions in the Accounting System * Understand the Format and Contents of Financial Statements * Use Accounting Information to Interpret and Evaluate a Business * Make Efficient and Profitable Decisions, based on Cost Information * Apply Budgetary Control Techniques to ensure that Targets are Achieved

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal control, as defined by accounting and auditing, is a process for assuring an organization's objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations and policies. It is very important for the organisation to have a smooth flow of accounting as it plays a very important role in the development of the organisation. Financial Managers or any person who deals with Accounts need to see that the company accounts are very updated and are free from any risks that can become a problem during the time of Auditing.  This course will feed you with all the skills required to have a good Internal Management process it is important to analyse Risk Management to see if the process is working efficiently and measures the effectiveness of controls put in place to alleviate risks. 

TOTAL SAGE TRAINING (SAGE 50 ACCOUNTS + SAGE PAYROLL TRAINING) Want to open the door to working in Finance and Accountancy Industry? Starting our Total Sage Training courses will enhance your career potentials and give you the skills and knowledge you need to get started in Finance and Accountancy Industry. Total Sage Training courses are combined with Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Payroll Training. You will receive a CPD Completion Certificate from Osborne Training once you finish the course. You also have an Option to attain Certificate from SAGE(UK) subject to passing the exams. WHAT QUALIFICATION WILL I GAIN FOR SAGE TRAINING COURSES? CERTIFICATION FROM SAGE (UK) As Osborne Training is a Sage (UK) Approved training provider, you could gain the following qualifications provided that you book and register for exams and pass the exams successfully: * Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 1) * Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 2) * Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 3) * Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 1) * Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 2) * Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 3) LEVEL 1 * Working with Sage 50 Accounts Program Basics. * Creating Account names, Numbers & Bank Payments * Financials * Bank Reconciliations * Generating Customers Invoices * Monitoring Customer Activity * Generating Product Invoices & Credit Notes * Compiling & Sending Customer Statements * Creating Customer Receipts & Purchase Invoices * Supplier Payments * Managing Recurring Entries * Generating Reports & Information * The Active Set-Up Wizard * VAT Changes. LEVEL 2 * An overview of the Sage program * Entering opening balances, preparing and printing a trial balance * Creating customer records * Creating supplier records * Setting up opening assets, liabilities and capital balances, * Producing routine reports * Checking data, * Entering supplier invoices * Posting error corrections, amending records * Invoicing, generating customer letters, entering new products, checking communication history * Banking and payments, producing statements, petty cash * Audit trails, correcting basic entry errors, reconciling debtors and creditors * Creating sales credit notes, * Processing purchase credit notes * Preparing journals * Verifying Audit Trail * Purchase orders, processing sales orders * Processing Trial Balance * Creating Backups * Restoring data * Writing-off bad debts LEVEL 3 * Creating a Chart of Accounts to Suit Company Requirements * Sole Trader Accounts preparation * The Trial Balance preparation * Errors in the Trial Balance * Disputed Items * Use of the Journal * Prepare and Process Month End Routine * Contra Entries * The Government Gateway and VAT Returns * Bad Debts and Provision for Doubtful Debts * Prepare and Produce Final Accounts * Management Information Reports * Making Decisions with Reports Using Sage * The Fixed Asset Register and Depreciation * Accruals and Prepayments * Cash Flow and Forecast Reports * Advanced Credit Control

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Understanding the grants coming in and their monitoring, spending and many other factors are directly proportionate to effecting Grant Accounting and Grant Management. Many different funding entities give grants to so many companies, the government sector, and private sectors with the aim to encourage growth and employment and economic viability.  It is important to recognise the government grants in the profit and loss account, so at the end, it can match the costs to which they relate. Considering these grants efficiently in the accounts is very important, as many entities (including the grant-making body) may closely monitor the accounts; and any errors will reflect badly on the accountant. Many development projects are funded through grants from donors. Therefore, it becomes the responsibility of the project management team to safeguard that the limited resources are used efficiently to achieve maximum impact.  This course is planned to train the participants with best practices and essential skills in effective grants management.

COMPANY ACCOUNTING - TAX RETURN, ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND ANNUAL RETURN TRAINING COURSE If you want to work in a Finance or Tax department of a business or as an accountant in well-known accountancy firms it is vital that you know how to prepare accounts for the company and submit them to the right places. This UK Tax accounting course will upgrade your skills to higher level. Completing this course will enable you learn more about the procedures involved in submitting Corporate Tax Return. * Once you are skilled on this, you can offer this as a service to potential business clients and earn £££. * If you are running a business you can process your own Business Tax return and Accounts, instead of paying someone else to do it. It will save a lot of money (£££) every year. * You will stay ahead of the competition if you are looking for a job in the Accounting or Tax Industry once you are skilled Business Accounting and Tax procedures. * Identifying requirements to set up a UK Company * Identifying Statutory Requirements for Companies * Introduction to Confirmation Statement processing * Identifying Types of Companies based on size * Identifying Types and requirements of various Submissions available * Identifying minimum requirements in a Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account * Identifying Tax Return periods and deadlines * Identifying Penalties for Late filing * Identifying Closing Down Procedures for Companies * Introduction to the Filing Company accounts procedure * Company house forms and correspondences * Understanding of IXBRL requirements * Understanding submission procedures using HMRC Online CT600 (Webfiling) * Using one Business(SME/Micro Entity) case to understand the procedures on Annual Submission for Company Tax Return and Accounts submission

SECURING UNIX SYSTEMS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course teaches you everything you need to know to build a safe Linux environment. The first section handles cryptography and authentication with certificates, openssl, mod_ssl, DNSSEC and filesystem encryption. Then Host security and hardening is covered with intrusion detection, and also user management and authentication. Filesystem Access control is then covered. Finally network security is covered with network hardening, packet filtering and VPNs. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Secure UNIX accounts. * Secure UNIX file systems. * Secure UNIX access through the network. SECURING UNIX SYSTEMS COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Linux technical staff needing to secure their systems. * Prerequisites: Linux system administration (LPIC-1) * Duration 5 days SECURING UNIX SYSTEMS COURSE CONTENTS * Cryptography * Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures X.509 certificates, lifecycle, fields and certificate extensions. Trust chains and PKI. openssl. Public and private keys. Certification authority. Manage server and client certificates. Revoke certificates and CAs. * Encryption, signing and authentication SSL, TLS, protocol versions. Transport layer security threats, e.g. MITM. Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl for HTTPS service, including SNI and HSTS. HTTPD with mod_ssl to authenticate users using certificates. HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide OCSP stapling. Use OpenSSL for SSL/TLS client and server tests. * Encrypted File Systems Block device and file system encryption. dm-crypt with LUKS to encrypt block devices. eCryptfs to encrypt file systems, including home directories and, PAM integration, plain dm-crypt and EncFS. * DNS and cryptography DNSSEC and DANE. BIND as an authoritative name server serving DNSSEC secured zones. BIND as an recursive name server that performs DNSSEC validation, KSK, ZSK, Key Tag, Key generation, key storage, key management and key rollover, Maintenance and resigning of zones, Use DANE. TSIG. * Host Security * Host Hardening BIOS and boot loader (GRUB 2) security. Disable useless software and services, sysctl for security related kernel configuration, particularly ASLR, Exec-Shield and IP / ICMP configuration, Exec-Shield and IP / ICMP configuration, Limit resource usage. Work with chroot environments, Security advantages of virtualization. * Host Intrusion Detection The Linux Audit system, chkrootkit, rkhunter, including updates, Linux Malware Detect, Automate host scans using cron, AIDE, including rule management, OpenSCAP. * User Management and Authentication NSS and PAM, Enforce password policies. Lock accounts automatically after failed login attempts, SSSD, Configure NSS and PAM for use with SSSD, SSSD authentication against Active Directory, IPA, LDAP, Kerberos and local domains, Kerberos and local domains, Kerberos tickets. * FreeIPA Installation and Samba Integration FreeIPA, architecture and components. Install and manage a FreeIPA server and domain, Active Directory replication and Kerberos cross-realm trusts, sudo, autofs, SSH and SELinux integration in FreeIPA. * Access Control * Discretionary Access Control File ownership and permissions, SUID, SGID. Access control lists, extended attributes and attribute classes. * Mandatory Access Control TE, RBAC, MAC, DAC. SELinux, AppArmor and Smack. * etwork File Systems NFSv4 security issues and improvements, NFSv4 server and clients, NFSv4 authentication mechanisms (LIPKEY, SPKM, Kerberos), NFSv4 pseudo file system, NFSv4 ACLs. CIFS clients, CIFS Unix Extensions, CIFS security modes (NTLM, Kerberos), mapping and handling of CIFS ACLs and SIDs in a Linux system. * Network Security * Network Hardening FreeRADIUS, nmap, scan methods. Wireshark, filters and statistics. Rogue router advertisements and DHCP messages. * Network Intrusion Detection ntop, Cacti, bandwidth usage monitoring, Snort, rule management, OpenVAS, NASL. * Packet Filtering Firewall architectures, DMZ, netfilter, iptables and ip6tables, standard modules, tests and targets. IPv4 and IPv6 packet filtering. Connection tracking, NAT. IP sets and netfilter rules, nftables and nft. ebtables. conntrackd * Virtual Private Networks OpenVPN server and clients for both bridged and routed VPN networks. IPsec server and clients for routed VPN networks using IPsec-Tools / racoon. L2TP.

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The most significant network between the organisation and their investors is Financial Statements and annual reports. It is very important to understand the role of these factors to have better communication channels. This course will give you intense knowledge to prepare financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards. IFRS regulates financial reporting standards and according to it the company's financial reporting should be transparent. Thus, if it is as per IFRS rules, its credibility can be trusted.  It will also help to analyse the financial statement and annual reports. It will enable you to evaluate corporate accounts and make strong decisions and judgements about the company's status.

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the end of the course, delegates will have:   * Identify and prioritise key accounts * Increasing business revenue through effective CRM * The importance of client care in the business environment * Contribution of Customer care towards to quality service * Understand the benefits of high-level CRM and the part it plays in client retention * Understanding the service excellence and its strengths * Necessary attitudes for inspiring customer service * Develop the important skills necessary for an effective Customer Relationship Manager * Building rapport and creating strong working relationships * Effective Communication between the clients * Understanding the importance of interpersonal contact and behaviour 

OVERVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the end of the course, delegates will have:   * Identify and prioritise key accounts * Increasing business revenue through effective CRM * The importance of client care in the business environment * Contribution of Customer care towards to quality service * Understand the benefits of high-level CRM and the part it plays in client retention * Understanding the service excellence and its strengths * Necessary attitudes for inspiring customer service * Develop the important skills necessary for an effective Customer Relationship Manager * Building rapport and creating strong working relationships * Effective Communication between the clients * Understanding the importance of interpersonal contact and behaviour 

SECURING LINUX SYSTEMS TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course teaches you everything you need to know to build a safe Linux environment. The first section handles cryptography and authentication with certificates, openssl, mod_ssl, DNSSEC and filesystem encryption. Then Host security and hardening is covered with intrusion detection, and also user management and authentication. Filesystem Access control is then covered. Finally network security is covered with network hardening, packet filtering and VPNs. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Secure Linux accounts. * Secure Linux file systems. * Secure Linux access through the network. SECURING LINUX SYSTEMS TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Linux technical staff needing to secure their systems. * Prerequisites: Linux system administration (LPIC-1) * Duration 5 days SECURING LINUX SYSTEMS TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Cryptography * Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures X.509 certificates, lifecycle, fields and certificate extensions. Trust chains and PKI. openssl. Public and private keys. Certification authority. Manage server and client certificates. Revoke certificates and CAs. * Encryption, signing and authentication SSL, TLS, protocol versions. Transport layer security threats, e.g. MITM. Apache HTTPD with mod_ssl for HTTPS service, including SNI and HSTS. HTTPD with mod_ssl to authenticate users using certificates. HTTPD with mod_ssl to provide OCSP stapling. Use OpenSSL for SSL/TLS client and server tests. * Encrypted File Systems Block device and file system encryption. dm-crypt with LUKS to encrypt block devices. eCryptfs to encrypt file systems, including home directories and, PAM integration, plain dm-crypt and EncFS. * DNS and cryptography DNSSEC and DANE. BIND as an authoritative name server serving DNSSEC secured zones. BIND as an recursive name server that performs DNSSEC validation, KSK, ZSK, Key Tag, Key generation, key storage, key management and key rollover, Maintenance and resigning of zones, Use DANE. TSIG. * Host Security * Host Hardening BIOS and boot loader (GRUB 2) security. Disable useless software and services, sysctl for security related kernel configuration, particularly ASLR, Exec-Shield and IP / ICMP configuration, Exec-Shield and IP / ICMP configuration, Limit resource usage. Work with chroot environments, Security advantages of virtualization. * Host Intrusion Detection The Linux Audit system, chkrootkit, rkhunter, including updates, Linux Malware Detect, Automate host scans using cron, AIDE, including rule management, OpenSCAP. * User Management and Authentication NSS and PAM, Enforce password policies. Lock accounts automatically after failed login attempts, SSSD, Configure NSS and PAM for use with SSSD, SSSD authentication against Active Directory, IPA, LDAP, Kerberos and local domains, Kerberos and local domains, Kerberos tickets. * FreeIPA Installation and Samba Integration FreeIPA, architecture and components. Install and manage a FreeIPA server and domain, Active Directory replication and Kerberos cross-realm trusts, sudo, autofs, SSH and SELinux integration in FreeIPA. * Access Control * Discretionary Access Control File ownership and permissions, SUID, SGID. Access control lists, extended attributes and attribute classes. * Mandatory Access Control TE, RBAC, MAC, DAC. SELinux, AppArmor and Smack. * etwork File Systems NFSv4 security issues and improvements, NFSv4 server and clients, NFSv4 authentication mechanisms (LIPKEY, SPKM, Kerberos), NFSv4 pseudo file system, NFSv4 ACLs. CIFS clients, CIFS Unix Extensions, CIFS security modes (NTLM, Kerberos), mapping and handling of CIFS ACLs and SIDs in a Linux system. * Network Security * Network Hardening FreeRADIUS, nmap, scan methods. Wireshark, filters and statistics. Rogue router advertisements and DHCP messages. * Network Intrusion Detection ntop, Cacti, bandwidth usage monitoring, Snort, rule management, OpenVAS, NASL. * Packet Filtering Firewall architectures, DMZ, netfilter, iptables and ip6tables, standard modules, tests and targets. IPv4 and IPv6 packet filtering. Connection tracking, NAT. IP sets and netfilter rules, nftables and nft. ebtables. conntrackd * Virtual Private Networks OpenVPN server and clients for both bridged and routed VPN networks. IPsec server and clients for routed VPN networks using IPsec-Tools / racoon. L2TP.