Business Office Skills

This course is a correspondence course which you can do in your own home or anywhere in the world. You will receive a full course manual.

After each Session you will know how to:
Session 1.

• Set up an Office that Works, Define the Team Duties, Keep Accurate Records, Observe Health & Safety Regulations, Use the Internet as an Office Tool, Understand Common Business Conventions

Session 2.

• Improve Month End Close Off Procedures, Handle the Mail Efficiently, Learn the Secrets of Good Communications, Organise Professionally to Help the Boss, Set up the Right Office Equipment

Session 3.

• Use the Accountants System to Record Transactions, Understand the Accounting Cycle, Apply the Business Entity Theory, Use Accounts, Journal and Ledger Tools, Apply the Accounting & Posting Rules, Understand how Double Entry Affects the Balance Sheet

Session 4.

• Maintain the Cash Receipts and Payments System, Maintain the Petty Cash System, Close Off at the End of the Month, Prepare the Bank Reconciliation, Prepare a Cashflow Forecast

Session 5.

• Do the Accounts Receivable Assistants Job, Follow what happens when we sell something, Increase the Efficiency of the Accounts Receivable Department Staff for an Effective AR Department, Create a Comprehensive Credit Policy Design a Credit Application Form, Access a Customers Credit Worthiness

Session 6.

• Handle Purchases, Accounts Payable Duties (daily,weekly,monthly), Use Technology in the AP Department, Purchasing Control

Session 7.

• Handle payroll, PAYE issues examined, Deal with Drawings or Wages, Tax non-salary payments, ACC & Administration, Comply with the Holidays Act, Paid Parental Leave Procedures

Session 8.

• Handle IRD Reporting, Income Tax Planning, GST Reporting & Traps, FBT issues,Avoid Reporting Pitfalls, A Business Dictionary.

Students who successfully complete this course and pass the final test will receive a certificate from Gilligan Business School.