Business Accounting
Start a Rewarding Career in Accounting
As a business accounting graduate, you will be proficient in office practices and software, enabling you to skillfully manage the financial activities of any size business operation. Your keen eye for detail, organizational skills and solid understanding of accounting principles will make you highly attractive to top employers.
Admission Requirements
A grade 12 diploma or equivalent is technically all you need; however, it's also important that you are a good fit within the program.
If you have even three of the following, you're a good candidate to train for a career in Business Accounting:
- Excellent mathematical/logical abilities
- Eye for detail and ability to edit carefully
- Good customer service skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Computer skills
- General office skills
Career Prospects
The skills learned in this course can help you find work in an accounting firm, or you can become a freelance bookkeeper for various companies or individuals. You could become an accounts payable clerk, an accounts receivable clerk, an office administrator or a small business bookkeeper - such as for your own small business!
It is important to note that this is not a certified accountant program.
Your new accounting skills will be complemented with computer training courses that build computer efficiency and speed, making you a valuable employee.
Successful graduates of this program have found work in corporations, small businesses, insurance companies, real estate, government departments, and more. You can even start your own business providing bookkeeping and accounting services!
Increase Your Chances of A Promotion
Becoming a Bookkeeper can advance your current position by making you extra employable within your existing company. Just ask graduate Jill Comeau:
Essential Part of the Business
As an accounting professional, you’ll work closely with business owners and managers to develop and maintain a healthy financial framework. You’ll provide needed assistance and support in a challenging and stimulating work environment.
Accounting is everywhere and business day to day operations rely on strong accounting practices within their operations. You’ll have the skills to keep the business running smoothly.
Salary Expectations
Entry-level Accounting Clerks earn an average of US $29,432.
[salary source: payscale.com].
Some of your Typical Duties will include:
- Tracking business expenses
- Invoicing and tracking accounts receivables
- Recording financial activities using Simply Accounting software
- Preparing financial statements as needed
- Organize documents for taxation reporting
- Working closely with the management team
Recent Business Accounting Job Posts
Check out the types of jobs you could apply for after you graduate:
Career Guidance Program
CD-ED is committed to helping you find employment in the field of your choice. In fact, we’ll start before you even begin as a student! If you call us today, your personal admissions representative will research the job market for this career in your city, and help you decide if this program is the right path for your future.
After graduation, we’ll help you find an interview with your prospective employer in the job market. And of course, your new up-to-date skills will put you at the top of any interviewer’s list!
What You Learn
The Business Accounting program will teach you online bookkeeping, practical business math, account management and business spreadsheets, making you an asset in today’s competitive job market. You will also learn the tried and true manual style of accounting, so you can handle any accounting problem with or without a computer. Your new accounting skills will be complemented with computer training courses that build computer efficiency and speed.
The Diploma in Business Accounting is an entry level program that prepares individuals for professional careers in business. The program will prepare students to think critically, communicate effectively, use current technology, appreciate cultural diversity, develop appropriate work values, and work effectively in a team-based environment. The program develops those skills in a solid business background in an applications oriented program that stresses the accounting and business context.
What You Get
If you follow our registered course outline and put in the required hours, we guarantee your success. Below are some of the ways we ensure that you will graduate successfully.
Online Services & Community Learning
Our student website ensures that you'll never feel alone, with access to course-wide discussions, live chats and a private messaging system that allow you to interact with as many (or as few!) fellow students as you wish - just like in a real classroom. Through the website you will have unlimited access to your lessons, online tests, audio & video tutorials, assignment upload, your report card, tech centre, a resource library and more.
Unlimited Instructor Support
You will have unlimited one-on-one instructor support via email, chat, online classroom webinars and toll-free phone calls throughout your entire program - and beyond.
Our instructors have industry experience and can help you understand how to conquer the job market before you go out into it.
You're never a number at CD-ED - our instructors and guidance counselor will take a personal interest in your progress and will be in touch with you constantly throughout the year, making sure everything is going well with your program and whatever of your home life you wish to share.
Learning Materials Included
Unlike traditional classrooms, you don't need to go out and buy your own textbooks. As part of your tuition, when you become a student you will have all textbooks and registered software shipped directly to your door. A full set of instructions and tutorials will be included, along with access to your customized online learning management system.
We include a “How to Study At Home” learning package with your materials, and along with our exclusive Student Tracking System it will help you schedule your time to ensure a successful student experience.
Equipment Options
You have the option of a brand-new desktop or laptop computer on loan to facilitate your education. A computer is simply a tool, and we make sure you have the best tools available, running smoothly to allow you to learn under optimal conditions.
And, as a graduation gift, the computer you choose will be yours to keep on the successful completion of your program. NOTE: Accepting computer equipment from CD-ED is optional – not mandatory.
Course Timetable
Duration: 52 weeks, 1080 hours (Based on a 20-hour work week)
The following course modules are required to complete the online diploma program Business Accounting:
Hours |
Module |
| 60 | COC 101 & COM 101 Computer Concepts & Communication |
| 40 | COC 102 Windows |
| 40 | COC 103 Internet Basics |
| 160 | MAT 102 Practical Business Math |
| 180 | MAT 106 Microsoft Excel |
| 240 | MAT 202 Manual Accounting |
| 320 | MAT 206 Simply Accounting |
For more details on each course module, the program as a whole and the school itself, fill out the form at the top of this page to receive a Career Training Info Kit.
Is a Professional Career in Business Accounting Right For You? Find out...
If you're interested in exploring your career options and possibly pursuing an exciting new profession with an opportunity for a positive life change, Fill out the form to receive a FREE Business Accounting Career Training Information Kit. 
A helpful CD-ED Admissions Specialist will then assist you with everything from career questions to financial aid and help you discover the perfect career path for you.
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- “I found the course to be a thorough, well-laid-out program. The subjects were all well-covered, and the instructors very knowledgeable.”
- - Fred Orton, Graduate
- “The difference between this course and my last [at a different institution] is amazing. Sadly the assignments from my last course were not really challenging enough to really get the information in your head. I feel much more is required of me now, which in turn I'm sure I will have a much better grasp of how to use the software and apply what I have learned once I complete my course.”
- - Vicky Jaggard, Graduate
- “I thought that the course was, at first, hard but as I got farther in the course I found it easier to follow and very rewarding.”
- - Lisa Coombs, Student