Certificate: Accounting NQF Level 5

The advanced level Certificate: Accounting Qualification consists of six modules. The qualification covers higher-level accounting tasks, including drafting financial statements, managing budgets, and evaluating financial performance.

Course Structure:
The qualification consists of 6 modules:

• Financial Statements;

• Budgeting;

• Financial Performance;

• Internal Control and Accounting Systems;

• Business Tax;

• Personal Tax.

Career path a learner can follow:

• Assistant Finance Manager

• Finance Team Leader

• Accounts Manager

• Financial Controller

• Qualified Accounting Technician

Learning areas covered: Financial Statements:

• Understanding the regulatory framework underpinning financial reporting

• Understanding key features of published financial statements

• Drafting a limited company’s statutory financial statements

• Drafting consolidated financial statements

• Interpreting financial statements using ratio analysis

Budgeting:

• Preparing budgets and income and expenditure forecasts

• Assessing budgetary impact of internal and external factors

• Using budgetary control to improve organisational performance

Financial Performance:

• Collating and analysing cost information from various sources

• Measuring performance and managing costs appropriately

• Making suggestions for improving financial performance by monitoring and analysing information

• Preparing performance reports for management