Maybe you are doing the pay run yourself, or you want payroll skills on your CV. This course was built for both: setting up Xero Payroll, running the pay, and filing what is owed.
Run the pay yourself and hook it straight into the accounts. That is one less bill each month, and one less thing you wait on someone else for.
If you are in accounts or admin, payroll is usually the piece sitting with someone else. New starters, leave, pay templates and pay runs are all covered here.
You finish with a certificate, 10 CPD hours, and access to Xero's own Advisor Certification. Payroll turns up in job ads across accounts and HR.
Every business with staff has a payday, and it has to be right and on time. The work is easy to picture: adding the new starter, keying the leave, running the pay, sending the payslips, then getting the filing away before the deadline.
The pay cycle end to end in Xero, from new starter through to payslip.
The person a small team leans on when the pay run does something odd.
Where payroll meets people: leave, entitlements and the records behind them.
Keeping the cycle moving on time, with the filing lined up behind it.
Hours in, checked and ready, so the pay run has something true to work from.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Analyst, compliance and remuneration titles usually go to people with years on a payroll behind them.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Filing obligations get their own topic. That is the part that puts a business in trouble when it slips.
The content has been certified by the CPD Certification Service, and you earn 10 CPD hours when you finish.
The college is a Xero Partner, so you get access to the official Xero Advisor Certification as well as your own certificate.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Awarded by the college when you finish the course.
Earned on completion. The content itself has been certified by the CPD Certification Service.
Access comes with the course, through the college's Xero Partner status.
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 10 CPD hours.
None needed. You do not need payroll behind you, and you do not need to have used Xero before. It opens with an introduction to Xero Online 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.
Both. Filing obligations have their own topic, along with payslips and payroll reporting. Running the pay is half the job, and the half after it is where the deadlines live.
Yes. You earn 10 continuing professional development hours on completion, and the content itself has been certified by the CPD Certification Service.
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 the International Association of Accounting Professionals, and the content has been certified by the CPD Certification Service. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. For payroll work it is no barrier: employers hire on whether you can run a pay and file it on time.
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 payday you run in one sitting, payslips out, filing away, and not a single person asking you where their money is.