436 Business Accounting courses

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours Overview What's New in This Guide? Automatic Payment Reminders for open customer invoices Ability to automatically include the PO# (purchase order number) to Invoice Emails Able to combine multiple emails which allows you to attach multiple sales or purchasing documents to a single email Quickly locate a company file using the new company file search feature Smart Help is an improved search experience that includes access to live experts through messaging and call back options This course covers all features that are in QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2020 and prepares you for the QuickBooks Certified User exam. This course combines all topics in the two 1 day courses ?Get Started with QuickBooks 2021 for Windows? and ?Keep Going with QuickBooks 2021 for Windows?. First-time QuickBooks users will learn the basic features of the software. Experienced QuickBooks users will quickly learn the new features and functionality of QuickBooks 2021. GETTING STARTED * Starting QuickBooks * Setting QuickBooks Preferences * Components of the QuickBooks Operating Environment * Using QuickBooks Help * Identifying Common Business Terms * Exiting QuickBooks SETTING UP A COMPANY * Creating a QuickBooks Company * Using the Chart of Accounts WORKING WITH LISTS * Creating Company Lists * Working with the Customers & Jobs List * Working with the Employees List * Working with the Vendors List * Working with the Item List * Working with Other Lists * Managing Lists SETTING UP INVENTORY * Entering Inventory * Ordering Inventory * Receiving Inventory * Paying for Inventory * Manually Adjusting Inventory SELLING YOUR PRODUCT * Creating Product Invoices * Applying Credit to Invoices * Emailing Invoices * Setting Price Levels * Creating Sales Receipts INVOICING FOR SERVICES * Setting Up a Service Item * Changing the Invoice Format * Creating a Service Invoice * Editing an Invoice * Voiding an Invoice * Deleting an Invoice * Entering Statement Charges * Creating Billing Statements PROCESSING PAYMENTS * Displaying the Open Invoices Report * Using the Income Tracker * Receiving Payments for Invoices * Making Deposits * Handling Bounced Checks WORKING WITH BANK ACCOUNTS * Writing a QuickBooks Check * Voiding a QuickBooks Check * Using Bank Account Registers * Entering a Handwritten Check * Transferring Funds Between Accounts * Reconciling Checking Accounts ENTERING AND PAYING BILLS * Handling Expenses * Using QuickBooks for Accounts Payable * Using the Bill Tracker * Entering Bills * Paying Bills * Entering Vendor Credit MEMORIZING TRANSACTIONS * Entering a New Memorized Transaction * Editing a Memorized Transaction * Deleting a Memorized Transaction * Grouping Memorized Transactions * Using a Memorized Transaction * Printing the Memorized Transaction List CUSTOMIZING FORMS * Creating a Custom Template * Modifying a Template * Printing Forms USING OTHER QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTS * Other QuickBooks Account Types * Working with Credit Card Transactions * Working with Fixed Assets * Working with Long-Term Liability Accounts * Using the Loan Manager CREATING REPORTS * Working with QuickReports * Working with Preset Reports * Sharing Reports * Exporting Reports to Microsoft Excel * Printing Reports CREATING GRAPHS * Creating QuickInsight Graphs * Using QuickZoom with Graphs * Working with the Sales Graph * Customizing Graphs * Printing Graphs TRACKING AND PAYING SALES TAX * Using Sales Tax in QuickBooks * Setting Up Tax Rates and Agencies * Indicating Who and What Gets Taxed * Applying Tax to Each Sale * Determining What You Owe * Paying Your Tax Agencies PREPARING PAYROLL WITH QUICKBOOKS * Using Payroll Tracking * Setting Up for Payroll * Setting Up Employee Payroll Information * Setting Up a Payroll Schedule * Writing a Payroll Check * Printing Paycheck Stubs * Tracking Your Tax Liabilities * Paying Payroll Taxes * Preparing Payroll Tax Forms USING THE EASYSTEP INTERVIEW * Using the EasyStep Interview * Using Online Banking * Setting Up an Internet Connection * Setting Up Bank Feeds for Accounts * Viewing, Downloading, and Adding Online Transactions * Creating Online Payments * Transferring Funds Online * Canceling Online Payments MANAGING COMPANY FILES * Using QuickBooks in Multi-user Mode * Setting Up Users and Passwords * Setting a Closing Date * Sharing Files with an Accountant * Updating QuickBooks * Backing Up and Restoring a Company File * Condensing a Company File ESTIMATING, TIME TRACKING, AND JOB COSTING * Creating Job Estimates * Creating an Invoice from an Estimate * Displaying Reports for Estimates * Updating the Job Status * Tracking Time * Displaying Reports for Time Tracking * Tracking Vehicle Mileage * Displaying Vehicle Mileage Reports * Displaying Other Job Reports WRITING LETTERS * Using the Letters and Envelopes Wizard * Customizing Letter Templates ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Get Smart With QuickBooks 2021 for Windows training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Get Smart With QuickBooks 2021 for Windows course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Budgeting is more than mere vague oversight. Budgeting should deliver the corporate strategy, add shareholder value and lead to a well-run business - for the benefit of all involved in it. Effective budgeting leads to real control - effective day-to-day operational control and more. This course demonstrates what proper budgeting and operational control can do. This course will help ensure that participants: * Appreciate the importance of the budgeting process * Take ownership of it * Use it as a daily working tool - not an annual exercise - to help run their part of the operation * Improve their reporting against budget * Ensure their delivery against budget 1 OBJECTIVES OF BUDGETS * The budget process * Stages - what is the prime aim of a budget? * What is forecasting? * Objectives * Planning * Implementation 2 BUDGET AND COST CONTROL FOCUS * Choosing objectives * Links with corporate strategy * Links with resource management * Can the accounting systems cope? 3 TRADITIONAL BUDGETING AND CONTROL * Benefits and drawbacks * The process * Control and feedback * Reporting - what can be expected? 4 ADVANCED BUDGETING AND CONTROL * Understanding the business process * Taking out costs * Cost awareness * ZBB - as valid as ever 5 REPORTS * Reports for action * The purpose of a report * Content - deliverables and feedback * Culture is so important

What do engineers and project managers need to know of finance? 'Nothing - leave it to the accountants!' No, no, no! Engineers must be conversant with the terminology and statements that accountants use. Technical expertise in projects, service delivery, production or other areas can only really be harnessed if the managers understand the accounting and reporting that drives businesses. This course gives the necessary understanding to project, production and technical managers. It develops their skills in understanding financial and management accounting. Accountants may not always like it but a major part of their work is to be the 'servants of business' and to gather, compile and present your figures. So you must understand the figures - they belong to you, your processes or projects. There are many reasons for maintaining accurate accounts. This course focuses on the strategic issues (those over-used words) - what figures reveal about the drivers of business and what they reveal about the day-to-day issues that accountants bother you with. The course will enhance your understanding of finance and of the accounting issues which affect your projects, production and technical areas of business. This course will help you: * Understand the business world in figures - make sense of what the accountants are telling you * Appreciate what drives business - and how this affects your role in your part of the business * Relate your activities to the success of the business - through figures * Gain the skills to advance in management - financial awareness is a 'must have' if you are to progress in your career 1 WHAT DO ACCOUNTANTS DO? * The finance function, types of accountant, financial v management accounting and the treasury function * Understanding the role of the finance function and how the information you provide may be used 2 THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS * Balance sheets and income statements (P&L accounts) * What they are, what they contain and above all what they can reveal - how to read them * The accounting process - from transactions to financial statements * What underpins the statements - accounting systems and internal controls 3 WHY BE IN BUSINESS - FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE * The driving forces behind financial information * Performance measures - profitability, asset utilisation, sales and throughput, managing capital expenditure 4 ACCOUNTING RULES - ACCOUNTING STANDARDS * Accounting concepts and the accounting rules: accruals, 'going concern' - substance over form and other 'desirable qualities' * Accruals - why the timing of a transaction is so important to the finance function * Depreciation and amortisation - the concepts and practice * Accounting standards - the role of International Financial Reporting Standards 5 CASH * The importance of cash flow - working capital management * Cash flow statements - monitoring overall cash flows * Raising cash - levels of borrowing, gearing * Spending cash - an outline of capital expenditure appraisal 6 BUDGETING * Why budget? - good and bad practice * Determining why budgets play a key role and should not be simply an annual ritual * Justifying your budgets - the link between the strategic plan and day-to-day budgeting - alignment of company culture * Budgets as motivators - the importance of the right culture * Techniques to improve budgeting - whether day-to-day or capital budgeting 7 COSTING * The type and detail of costing very much depends on your business - eg, manufacturing piston rings is quite different from the construction of a power plant * Issues with overhead allocation * Accounting for R&D 8 READING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS * Annual financial statements - why they are produced, what's in them and what you should look for * Learning what a set of accounts reveals about a company's current situation, profitability and future prospects 9 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT - ANALYTICAL REVIEWS AND RATIO ANALYSIS * ROI/ROCE * Profitability, margins and cost control * Sales - asset turnover * Efficiency (asset / stock turnover, debtor / creditor days) * 'City' measures * Investment (interest / dividend cover, earnings per share, dividend yield)

An insightful, enjoyable and experiential programme to help you analyse data and information and make a balanced decision based upon sound commercial reasoning. It will enable you to identify options, make decisions and take actions based on a thorough analysis combined with instinct and intuition to make a positive effect on profitability. This programme will help you: * Identify ways to analyse data and sort relevant from irrelevant information * Develop analytical and numerate thinking, and consider the financial implications of a decision * Make decisions based on sound commercial reasoning - a mix of intuition and analysis * Select from a range of tools to analyse a situation and apply these effectively * Understand how costs and profits are calculated * Use tried-and-tested techniques to manage and control your budgets * Appreciate the fundamentals of financial analysis * Focus on the bottom line * Identify the basics of capital investment appraisal for your business * Evaluate results and seek opportunities for improvement to your business 1 THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT * What do shareholders and investors want? * What do managers want? * Profit v non-profit organisations * Investor expectations 2 FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATION * Risk and reward considerations * Drivers of commercial decisions 3 RUNNING A BUSINESS * A practical exercise to bring financial statements to life * Different stakeholder interests in a business * The impact and consequences of decisions on financial statements 4 WHERE DO I MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE ORGANISATION? * How can I contribute to an improved business performance? * Key performance indicators - measuring the right things * A 'balanced scorecard' approach - it's not all about money! 5 A 'BALANCED SCORECARD' APPROACH * Analysing and reviewing my contribution to the business direction * What is the current focus of my commercial decisions? * Developing the business in the right way - getting the balance right! * Where should/could it be in the future? * Do my decisions support the overall vision and strategy? 6 MAKING COMMERCIAL DECISIONS * Left-brain and right-brain thinking * Convergent and divergent thinking * Analysis and instinct * Interactive case study exercise - emotional and rational decisions * Reflection - what is my style of making decisions 7 LET'S CONSIDER THE CUSTOMER! * Identifying target markets * Differentiating propositions and products * Customer service considerations * Marketing considerations and initiatives * Pricing strategies and considerations 8 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS * The external environment * The internal environment * LEPEST analysis * SWOT analysis * Forecasting * Group activity - analysing markets and the competition * How do these improve your decisions? 9 COMPARING PERFORMANCE * Analysing key financial ratios * Ways to compare performance and results * Break-even analysis 10 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS AND BUDGETING * Managing income and expenditure * The budgeting process * How does this link to the profit and loss account? * Managing and controlling a cost centre/budget * The role of the finance department * Different ways of budgeting * Incremental budgeting * Zero-based budgeting 11 UNDERSTANDING THE BALANCE SHEET * Purpose of balance sheets * Understanding and navigating the content * What does a balance sheet tell you? * How do you affect your balance sheet? * Links to the profit and loss account * A practical team exercise that brings financial statements to life 12 BUSINESS DECISIONS EXERCISE * How does this improve your decisions? * A practical exercise to apply new knowledge and bring commercial thinking to to life * The impact and consequences of decisions on financial statements 13 WORKING CAPITAL * Why is this important? * The importance of keeping cash flowing * Business decisions that affect cash * Calculating profit 14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT APPRAISAL * Capex v Opex * Payback * Return on investment * The future value of money * The concept of hurdle rate 15 LESSONS LEARNED AND ACTION PLANNING * So what? * Recap and consolidation of learning * The decisions that I need to consider * Actions to achieve my plan

No-one in business will succeed if they are not financially literate - and no business will succeed without financially-literate people. This is the ideal programme for managers and others who don't have a financial qualification or background but who nonetheless need a greater understanding of the financial management disciplines essential to your organisation. This course will give the participants a sound understanding of financial reports, measures and techniques to make them even more effective in their roles. It will enable participants to: * Overcome the barrier of the accountants' strange language * Deal confidently with financial colleagues * Improve their understanding of your organisation's finance function * Radically improve their planning and budgeting skills * Be much more aware of the impact of their decisions on the profitability of your organisation * Enhance their role in the organisation * Boost their confidence and career development 1 REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS * What each statement contains * Outline * Detail * Not just what the statements contain but what they mean * Balance sheets and P&L accounts (income statements) * Cash flow statements * Detailed terminology and interpretation * Types of fixed asset - tangible, etc. * Working capital, equity, gearing 2 THE 'RULES' - ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, CONCEPTS AND CONVENTIONS * Fundamental or 'bedrock' accounting concepts * Detailed accounting concepts and conventions * What depreciation means * The importance of stock, inventory and work in progress values * Accounting policies that most affect reporting and results * The importance of accounting standards and IFRS 3 WHERE THE FIGURES COME FROM * Accounting records * Assets / liabilities, Income / expenditure * General / nominal ledgers * Need for internal controls * 'Sarbox' and related issues 4 MANAGING THE BUDGET PROCESS * Have clear objectives, remit, responsibilities and time schedule * The business plan * Links with corporate strategy * The budget cycle * Links with company culture * Budgeting methods * 'New' budgeting * Zero-based budgets * Reviewing budgets * Responding to the figures * The need for appropriate accounting and reporting systems 5 WHAT ARE COSTS? HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM * Cost definitions * Full / absorption costing * Overheads - overhead allocation or absorption * Activity based costing * Marginal costing / break-even - use in planning 6 WHO DOES WHAT? A REVIEW OF WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOUNTANT DO * Financial accounting * Management accounting * Treasury function * Activities and terms 7 HOW THE STATEMENTS CAN BE INTERPRETED * What published accounts contain * Analytical review (ratio analysis) * Return on capital employed, margins and profitability * Making assets work - asset turnover * Fixed assets, debtor, stock turnover * Responding to figures * EBIT, EBITEDIA, eps and other analysts' measure 8 OTHER KEY ISSUES * Creative accounting * Accounting for groups * Intangible assets - brand names * Company valuations * Fixed assets / leased assets / off-balance sheet finance

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Designed for individuals interested in obtaining information about the CBAP and CCBA exam process especially potential exam candidates interested in pursuing business analysis certification from IIBA in the next 3 to 6 months. Overview Review the 6 Knowledge Areas of the BABOK Guide and discuss the business analysis tasks performed in each. Understand the relationships between the business analysis processes and how each defines an important aspect of the business analysis discipline. Review key terms, business analysis techniques, and competencies important to business analysis. Discuss the 5 business analysis Perspectives presented in BABOK Guide, v3. Complete simulated exam questions to assess personal readiness for taking the exam. Obtain key tips and techniques for effectively preparing for and successfully completing the CBAP or CCBA exam. This course provides you with a clear and detailed understanding of the concepts covered within the CBAP© and CCBA© exams. You will gain valuable tips and techniques to help prepare, study, and assess your personal readiness. In addition, you will earn valuable professional development hours toward meeting the exam criteria. CBAP© AND CCBA© OVERVIEW * Discuss the benefits of professional certification * Present the CBAP©/CCBA© eligibility requirements * Explain the exam process * Discuss the exam blueprints * Understand the recertification process INTRODUCTION TO BABOK© GUIDE V3 * Define the purpose of A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge© (BABOK© Guide) * Present the structure/components of the BABOK© Guide * Identify the six business analysis Knowledge Areas * Discuss the supporting areas of the BABOK© Guide BABOK© GUIDE KEY CONCEPTS * Define key concepts from the BABOK© Guide * Present the Business Analysis Core Concept Model? * Discuss the requirements classification scheme * Explain Requirements and Designs * Present the 5 Business Analysis Perspectives BUSINESS ANALYSIS PLANNING AND MONITORING * Identify the 5 tasks in Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring * Understand the work performed in each of these tasks * Explain the significance of the outputs produced within this knowledge area ELICITATION AND COLLABORATION * Identify the 5 tasks in Elicitation and Collaboration * Understand the work performed in each of these tasks * Explain the significance of the outputs produced within this knowledge area REQUIREMENTS LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT * Identify the 5 tasks in Requirements Life Cycle Management * Understand the work performed in each of these tasks * Explain the significance of the outputs produced within this knowledge area STRATEGY ANALYSIS * Identify the 5 tasks in Strategy Analysis * Understand the work performed in each of these tasks * Explain the significance of the outputs produced within this knowledge area REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN DEFINITION * Identify the 6 tasks in Requirements Analysis and Design Definition * Understand the work performed in each of these tasks * Explain the significance of the outputs produced within this knowledge area SOLUTION EVALUATION * Identify the 6 tasks in Solution Evaluation * Understand the work performed in each of these tasks * Explain the significance of the outputs produced within this knowledge area UNDERLYING COMPETENCIES * Describe and understand the importance of the underlying competencies (UCs) * Understand how to prepare for questions about UCs on the exam BUSINESS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES * More clearly understand the 50 techniques presented in the BABOK© Guide * Understand how to study techniques for the exam ASSESS YOUR READINESS * 1 hour mock-exam to assess personal readiness STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS * Utilize 8 strategies for preparing for the CBAP© or CCBA© certification exams * Develop study tools and a plan to assist you in preparing for the exams * Understand the tools and resources available to help you be successful WRAP-UP * Take Your Questions * Next Steps ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans BACP02 - Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Exam Preparation training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the BACP02 - Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Exam Preparation course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.