Whether you are starting from scratch or already doing bits of the books, this is a place to start. You learn the journals and ledgers, GST, payroll and reports, then how to run it all in Xero and MYOB.
Small businesses and accounts teams need people who can record the transactions, chase what is owed and get the reports out. You learn all of it here. The career centre then helps with your CV and your interviews.
Already doing bits of the accounts? You get the full picture: journals, ledgers, GST, payroll and tax, plus Xero and MYOB. Next time the books land on your desk, you know what you are looking at.
Your NZQBA membership opens the door to the Approved Advisory Group with Inland Revenue. You also get tools, templates and a network of other bookkeepers to lean on.
Bookkeeping sits in small businesses, accounting firms and the accounts teams of bigger companies. The work is easy to picture: entering the invoices, chasing what is owed, running payroll and getting the reports out.
Keeping the books straight for a business. Journals, ledgers, GST and payroll fill the day.
Doing the books for owners who have no accounts team. Xero and MYOB are usually how the work gets done.
Processing what the business owes. Invoices and financial transactions are covered directly here.
Chasing what is owed to the business and keeping the record clean as payments land.
Getting people paid correctly. Employment law and payroll get their own topic in the course.
Supporting the accounts team. Reading a financial report matters as much as entering the data.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Certified and technician titles run through their own membership or qualification.
Fourteen topics, from your first journal entry through to budgets, forecasts and Excel.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Accounting with Xero and accounting with MYOB Business Essentials each get their own topic. You finish with access to the official Xero Advisor Certification.
Understanding GST, fringe benefit tax and the fundamentals of income tax are separate topics. You learn what businesses here have to get right.
You get student membership of the NZQBA when you enrol. Finish the course and it steps up to certified membership, with six months of benefits.
New Zealand titles on tax, GST, payroll and employment law. They come with the course, ready for the day a question lands at work.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded when you finish the course, ready to go on your CV.
Student membership of the New Zealand Qualified Bookkeepers Association when you enrol, and a free upgrade to certified membership when you finish.
Access to the official Xero Advisor Certification, plus six months of free MYOB access through the college's partnerships.
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 fourteen topics online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus your upgrade to certified membership with the NZQBA.
None. You do not need a finance background and you do not need to be good at maths. It starts at the fundamentals and builds from there.
From $29 a week on a flexible payment plan, with no deposit and no credit check. You can also pay upfront in one payment. Enquire for the full options.
Around 140 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. There are no fixed class times, so it fits around work and family.
Both get their own topic in the course, so you can start knowing neither one. You also get access to the official Xero Advisor Certification and six months of MYOB access.
It gives you what the entry level accounts jobs run on: journals, ledgers, GST, payroll, reports and the software. It is not a national qualification, and certified titles run through their own membership. What you walk away with is a working grounding for accounts and bookkeeping support roles, with the NZQBA behind you.
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 bookkeeping and accounts work, what counts is whether you can do the books, and that is what this covers.
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 month you hand a business owner their accounts, clean and on time, and they ask what they ever did without you.