Introduction to bookkeeping
Professional Development
Overview
This course helps delegates learn why financial statements need to be prepared for a business, the underlying concepts and understanding the definitions of elements within the financial statements. The course focuses heavily on understanding and creating simple double-entry bookkeeping with lots of practice and examples. Finally, creating a simple set of financial statements from the initial transaction and understanding the flow of information during this process.
Online Classroom
This course will be delivered through Online Classroom Live.
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Suitable For
This session is suitable for those people who are new to the finance industry but have a little knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping and financial statements.
Learning Outcomes
Having attended this course, delegates will:
- Understand why all entities need to keep financial records and what they look like
- Have more confidence in producing double-entry journals for bookkeeping
- Understand the flow-through of an individual transaction to the final financial statements
Seminar Content
- Introduction to the underlying concepts of financial statements
- Introduction to the fundamental concepts of double entry
- Examples of some basic bookkeeping of transactions and practice
- Summary of the process from bookkeeping to financial statements