Whether you are aiming at your first accounts job or already near one, this short certificate was built for the money in and out. Bills, invoices, chasing what is owed, and the cash left in between.
Accounts payable is one of the few finance roles that hires without experience. Knowing the process and the software before you walk in puts you ahead of most applicants.
Already doing admin and the invoices keep landing on you? This is the piece that turns it from something you cope with into something you own.
Around 15 hours, self paced, with 6 months of access. You can be through it inside a month without moving anything else in your week.
Money moving in and out is the one job a business cannot let slide, which is why these roles exist everywhere and turn over often. The day is easy to picture: bills coded and scheduled, invoices out, and a polite call about the one that is thirty days late.
Bills in, coded, approved and paid on time, then reconciled in Xero. The core of what this course covers.
Invoices out and payments matched off. The same skills pointed the other direction.
High volume invoice handling, where knowing your way around Excel saves hours every week.
Chasing what is owed without losing the customer. Cash management and aged balances are covered here.
Getting the invoices right the first time, which is most of what keeps cashflow steady.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Credit and finance manager titles usually go to people with a few years in the seat.
Four topics, worked through at your own pace.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Payables and receivables in one topic, with cash management alongside. Most jobs ask for both, because the same person usually watches the money moving each way.
The two tools the work is done in. Not theory about invoicing, but the software an employer expects you to open on day one.
You earn 30 continuing professional development hours on completion, which is worth having if you already work in a finance or admin role.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the course and you receive the college's Certificate of Achievement.
Continuing professional development hours earned on completion, alongside your certificate.
A professional look over your profile, so what employers find matches what you can do.
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 four topics online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus 30 CPD hours.
None needed. The course starts with how payables and receivables work, so it suits people coming in fresh as much as people already handling invoices 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. Enquire for the full options.
Around 15 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. Most people are through it well inside that.
Yes. You earn 30 continuing professional development hours on completion, alongside your Certificate of Achievement.
There are none, ever. You are assessed through practical accounting work, with tutor support behind you.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development, and it carries 30 CPD hours. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. For accounts clerk work it is no barrier: employers hire on whether you can process an invoice and reconcile it.
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. Career coaching comes with your enrolment, including a LinkedIn profile review.
Picture the Friday the ledger balances, nothing is overdue, and the cashflow report goes out without anyone chasing you for it. Every office wants that Friday.