Maybe you handle some of the admin already, or you are after your first office job. This course was built for both: the accounts work, and the payroll behind it in Xero and MYOB. Online and self paced.
There are no entry requirements, and the course opens with accounting and bookkeeping fundamentals. By the end you can handle the accounts work an admin desk gets asked for.
Already in admin or accounts? Payroll is the piece that usually sits with someone else. Employment law, pay runs, payslips and payday filing are all in here, in Xero and MYOB.
It is online and self paced, with no exams, ever. You get 6 months of access and unlimited tutor support in business hours, so study fits the week you already have.
Every business with staff has to pay them and keep the books straight. The work is easy to picture: keying the invoices, chasing what is owed, setting up a new starter, running the pay and sending the filing away on time.
The accounts desk day to day: payables, receivables, GST and the month end tidy up.
New starters, leave requests, pay templates and payslips, in Xero or MYOB.
Bills in, coded and paid on time. The volume side, where Excel earns its keep.
Invoices out and money in, with the reconciliations that follow.
Where payroll meets people. The employment law grounding here is the part HR teams look for.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Compliance and remuneration titles usually go to people with years on a payroll behind them.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Two separate payroll certificates, one in each system. Job ads name one or the other, and you walk in knowing both.
Access to the official Xero Advisor Certification, plus six months of free access to MYOB. You learn on the tools, not on screenshots of them.
GST, employment law and payday filing as they work here, with a shelf of New Zealand tax and payroll e-books to keep.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Accounts Administration, Xero Payroll and MYOB Business Payroll, each one its own certificate.
Access comes through the college's partnership with Xero, alongside six months of free access to MYOB.
When your certificate lands you get a SEEK Pass link for it, so you can put it on SEEK where employers look.
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 on a flexible weekly plan, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the three certificates online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus a SEEK Pass link you can share on SEEK.
None needed. There are no entry requirements, and the course opens with accounting and bookkeeping fundamentals. It suits people coming in fresh as much as people already doing admin at 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 in one payment. Enquire for the full options.
Around 140 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. You can start today and go at the speed your week allows.
The course is online and self paced, with no fixed class times and no set deadlines. You fit it around work and family, and pick it back up when things settle.
You get access to the official Xero Advisor Certification, plus six months of free access to MYOB. The payroll work is done in both, so you finish having used them.
That is what most people use it for. If you are in admin and the payroll sits with someone else, this is how you take it on: employment law, pay runs, payslips and payday filing in both systems.
There are none, ever. You are assessed on what you understand, with tutor support behind you.
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 accounts and payroll work it is no barrier: employers hire on whether you can run a pay and keep the books straight.
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.
The college has been running for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year. Courses are online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching opens as soon as you enrol, including CV help and a LinkedIn profile review.
Picture the first pay run you send out on your own, filed on time, with nobody looking over your shoulder.