Accounting Technician

Bookkeeper, accounts assistant, junior accountant — I record the transactions.

You are starting in accounting, or you already keep books informally and want to do it to a standard an employer or an auditor will accept.

What you'll be able to do

• Record purchases, sales, cash and bank movements with correct double entry
• Keep a clean ledger and reconcile a bank statement
• Prepare a trial balance and the supporting schedules
• Apply SYSCOHADA account classes instead of a foreign chart of accounts
• Work in Excel to a level an employer can test

How it's built

Course content comes from free open sources — ACCA-X on edX for the FA1 and FA2 syllabus, Macquarie University Excel Skills for Business, and Saylor Academy for theory. On top of that we teach the OHADA Bridge, the part no free global course covers.

What you earn

• Free completion records from the open course providers, in their own name
• The LES Institute OHADA Bridge workbook and your assessed closing exercise
• An LES Institute certificate of completion

Requirements

• Secondary school completion
• Basic arithmetic
• A smartphone or laptop
• Teaching in French or English, your choice