If you are handling business accounts, helping with the finance admin, or want a software skill that gets you shortlisted, this course was built for that. It walks through the parts of Xero you use most.
If you already touch the accounts at work, this closes the gaps. Chart of accounts, contacts, invoices, bills and the bank reconciliation, set up the way they should be.
Xero turns up in job ads across accounts and admin. You finish with a certificate and access to Xero's own Advisor Certification.
Running something yourself? This is the practical way to take the books off someone else's desk and know the numbers are right.
Small businesses everywhere run their books in Xero, and someone has to drive it. The work is easy to picture: raising the invoices, coding the bills, matching the bank feed, and pulling the report the owner asks for.
Driving the software day to day, from invoices through to the bank feed.
The entries and the reconciliation, with someone senior checking the month.
Bills in, coded and paid, with the supplier contacts kept tidy.
Invoices out and money chased, matched off as it lands.
The support seat on a finance team, where Xero is the tool on the desk.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Bookkeeping roles usually want the accounting basics behind the software too.
Here is what stands out in this course.
The college is a Xero Partner, so finishing the course opens access to the official Xero Advisor Certification on top of your own.
Chart of accounts, contacts and add ons. Getting these right at the start is what stops the mess later.
Around 15 hours of study, with 6 months of course access. Most people are through it long before that runs out.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded by the college when you finish the course.
Access comes with the course, because the college is a Xero Partner.
Earned on completion, alongside the certificate itself.
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 eight topics online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus 15 CPD hours.
None needed. You do not need accounting behind you, and you do not need to have opened Xero before. It starts at the beginning and builds from there.
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 15 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. Most people are through it well inside that.
Yes. Finishing the course opens access to Xero's official Advisor Certification. You get that as well as your Certificate of Achievement. The college is a Xero Partner, which is how that access comes.
Yes. You earn 15 continuing professional development hours on completion, alongside your Certificate of Achievement.
The course is online and self paced. There are no fixed class times. You fit it around work and family, then pick it back up when things settle down.
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 Xero work it is no barrier: employers hire on whether you can run the file 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.
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 Friday you reconcile the whole month in one sitting, close the laptop, and know every number in there is right.