If you want to work in accounts, this pathway was built for it. You start with the basics, then move into Xero, MYOB and NZ tax. It is online and self paced, so it fits around your job.
You do not need a finance background to begin. The pathway opens with journals, ledgers and GST, then walks you up. By the end you are working in Xero and MYOB and reading a set of accounts with confidence.
Already doing the books? Go past data entry into reporting, budgeting and tax. The diploma topics cover profit, asset valuation and how to read financial reports, so you can take on more at work.
It is online and self paced, with no exams, ever. You get 18 months of access and unlimited tutor support in business hours. The study fits around your job, not the other way round.
Accounts work sits inside almost every business in New Zealand. The day to day is easy to picture: checking transactions, running the GST return, chasing invoices, and pulling the numbers together at month end.
Running the books for a small business or a handful of clients: journals, reconciliations, GST returns and reporting.
Bills in, payments out, and everything reconciled. The Xero and MYOB work here is the daily job.
Payroll sits next to the books in most small teams, and the tax grounding here carries straight over.
The level this pathway is built towards. The technician topics cover ethics, standards and running a practice.
Reporting, budgets and cashflow inside a business, using the same software and reporting skills.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Assistant accountant and auditing roles usually need accredited tertiary study on top.
Five courses in one pathway, from the basics through to technician level.
Here is what stands out in this pathway.
You move from the certificate in accounting into the diploma, then Xero at two levels, and finish with the Certified Accounting Technician program. Each step builds on the last.
Hands on work in Xero, MYOB Business Essentials and Microsoft Excel. A partnership with Xero and MYOB gets you the official Xero Advisor Certification and six months of MYOB access.
GST, income tax, company tax, look through companies and fringe benefit tax. Plus the SPFR reporting framework used here. A shelf of NZ tax and accounting e-books comes with it.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the pathway and you receive the college's Certificate of Achievement, covering all five courses.
A partnership with Xero opens the door to the official certification, plus six months of MYOB access.
Complimentary membership of the Institute of Public Accountants, with networking events and CPD webinars.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the five courses online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the pathway and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus membership of the Institute of Public Accountants.
None needed. The pathway opens with accounting and bookkeeping fundamentals and builds from there. It suits people coming in fresh as much as people already doing the books.
The payment plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. Enquire for the full options.
Around 400 hours at your own pace, with 18 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around work and family.
There are none, ever. You are assessed through case studies and practical accounting work, with tutor support behind you.
Yes. You work in both. A partnership with Xero and MYOB gets you the official Xero Advisor Certification and six months of MYOB access.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. For bookkeeping and accounts support work it is no barrier: what employers look for here is Xero, MYOB and NZ tax knowledge you can show.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
Courses run fully online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Its accounting tutors are qualified accountants. The college works with Xero, MYOB, AAT and the Institute of Public Accountants, and that is where the software access and the membership come from.
Picture yourself at month end with the reconciliations done, the GST return filed, and the reports going out under your name. Your name on the numbers. That is the job.