Maybe you already keep the books and want the next rung. This pathway was built for that step. You go from bookkeeping into accounting, reporting and NZ tax, and finish at technician level.
You already do the entries and the reconciliations. This takes you into reporting, costing and tax, so you can handle the month end and the questions that come with it.
Plenty of good bookkeepers have no certificate to show for it. You finish this with a Certificate of Achievement and graduate membership of the Institute of Public Accountants.
The technician program covers practice essentials, ethics, security and growing a business. It is the groundwork for running your own book of clients one day.
Every business needs someone who can keep the numbers straight, and the good ones are hard to find. The work is easy to picture: the ledgers reconciled, the GST return away on time, and the reports ready before anyone asks.
The full job rather than the data entry: reconciliations, payroll, GST, and reporting a client can read.
The level this pathway is built towards, with the reporting and costing work that comes at that step.
Employment law, payroll and fringe benefit tax are covered here, and payroll sits beside the books in most teams.
Aged receivables, chasing what is owed, and keeping the cashflow honest. Covered directly in the Xero work.
Inside an accounting practice, supporting client files. The professional practice topics cover how that world runs.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Chartered and public accountant roles need accredited tertiary study on top.
Five courses in one line, from the books you know through to technician level.
Here is what stands out in this pathway.
Bookkeeping first, then the diploma in accounting, then Xero at two levels, and the Certified Accounting Technician program to finish. Each one picks up where the last left off.
Chart of accounts, invoicing and reconciliations, then aged receivables, fixed assets, budgets, tracking categories and projects. The parts a business owner asks you about.
You get access from the day you enrol, including a LinkedIn profile review. Handy when the point of the study is a better job.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the pathway and you receive the college's Certificate of Achievement, covering all five courses.
Graduate membership of the Institute of Public Accountants, with networking events and CPD webinars.
Yours from the day you enrol, including a review of your LinkedIn profile.
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 graduate membership of the Institute of Public Accountants.
No, and it helps if you are. The pathway opens with bookkeeping fundamentals, so you can come in fresh. If you already do the books, the early course is a quick warm up before the deeper work.
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 a full time job.
There are none, ever. You are assessed through case studies and practical accounting work, with tutor support behind you.
Two full courses. The certificate covers the chart of accounts, invoicing and reconciliations. The advanced certificate goes into fixed assets, budgets, tracking categories and projects.
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 work it is no barrier: what employers and clients look for is Xero, payroll 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. A Career Centre opens the day you enrol, and graduates gain membership of the Institute of Public Accountants.
Picture the day a client asks a question you would have passed upstairs, and you answer it yourself. Start the conversation and see if this is the step you have been circling.