CIMA Accredited – Certificate in Sage 50

£350.00

This course, combined with CIMA Accredited Sage Certificate – Higher provides the full range of skills required by businesses to perform accounting functions in the most effective and efficient manner using the most up to date version of Sage 50 Accounts Professional. (This is the premium of the Sage 50 suite and retails at over £1,200).

You will learn how to get maximum benefit from Sage and the powerful information that is available, taking you into every area of the software to use the maximum functionality.

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Course Description

This course, combined with CIMA Accredited Sage Certificate – Higher provides the full range of skills required by businesses to perform accounting functions in the most effective and efficient manner using the most up to date version of Sage 50 Accounts Professional. (This is the premium of the Sage 50 suite and retails at over £1,200).

You will learn how to get maximum benefit from Sage and the powerful information that is available, taking you into every area of the software to use the maximum functionality.

Gaining a CIMA accredited Sage certificate demonstrates your knowledge and understanding of the power of Sage 50 Accounts.

This CIMA accredited Sage certificate provides a benchmarked standard that employers trust.

The course materials and activities are provided online so you can study at times and locations that are convenient for you.

The course is self-contained with self-assessments and a practice test followed by a final online assessment.

Key learning points

The course comprises six units that cover:

  • How to make full use the software.
  • Cash, bank and budget control.
  • Management and comparative reporting.
  • VAT Returns, EC Sales and Intrastat.
  • Tailoring reports and layouts including email.
  • Project (job) costing.

advantages of this course

The courses will provide the full range of practical skills required by businesses to perform accounting functions in the most effective and efficient manner. You will learn how to get maximum benefit from Sage and the powerful information that is available.

Holding the CIMA accredited Sage certificate will increase employability prospects as Sage 50 skills are often included in job adverts. The CIMA accredited Sage certificate provides a benchmarked standard that employers can trust in the use of computerised accounting.

Course Modules

Introduction Unit

• Sage 50 Accounts Professional Installation Instructions
• Screenshots, Tasks and Activities
• Working through the Units
• Setting up a New Company
• Backing Up and Restoring Data
• Customise your Company
• How to Use Practice Data
• Helpful Information Using Sage
• Tax Codes within Sage
• The Ledgers and Sage Nominal Codes
• Creating a Chart of Accounts to Suit Company Requirements
• Creating Department Codes

Unit One

• Creating Customer and Supplier Account Codes and Records
• Making Error Corrections and Deleting Transactions
• Producing Sales Invoices
• Producing a Sales Credit Note
• Customer Invoices Using Batch Entry
• Customer Credit Notes Using Batch Entry
• Sales Invoice Day Book in Sage
• Sales Credit Day Book in Sage
• Entering Customer Receipts
• Printing a Customer Statement
• Supplier Invoices Using Batch Entry
• Supplier Credit Notes Using Batch Entry
• Purchase Invoice Day Book in Sage
• Purchase Credit Day Book in Sage
• Entering Supplier Payments
• Printing a Remittance Advice
• Trade and Settlement Discounts
• Setting Up and Using Email Invoice and Statement Features

Unit Two

• Working Through Unit Two
• The Opening Bank Cash Book Balance (The Bank Account)
• Creating a New Bank Account
• Process Bank Transactions Not In Customers Or Suppliers Ledgers
• Transferring Money Between Accounts
• Recurring Entries
• Bank Reconciliation
• Refunds and Returned Cheques
• Contra Entries
• Petty Cash Transactions
• Reconciling the Petty Cash Account
• The Cash Register

Unit Three

• Working Through Unit Three
• Entering Opening Debtor Balances
• Entering Opening Creditor Balances
• The Use of the Journal in Sage
• Making Journal Entries
• Entering Nominal Ledger Opening Balances
• Use of the Suspense Account
• Correcting Departmental Posting Errors
• Journal Entries for Direct and Indirect Labour
• Glossary of Accounting Terms

Unit Four

• Screenshots, Tasks and Activities
• Working Through Unit Four
• Monitor and Analyse Customer Accounts for Credit Control
• Supplier Activities and Aged Reports
• Debtors and Creditors Control Accounts
• VAT Returns and The Government Gateway
• To Process a VAT Return
• EC Purchases and EC Sales
• EC Sales List
• Intrastat
• Bad Debt Write Off and Provision for Doubtful Debts
• The Trial Balance
• Errors in the Trial Balance

Unit Five

• Working Through Unit Five
• Maintaining the Security Of Data
• Types of Backup Files and Storage
• Set Access Rights for a Secure Operating System
• Prepare and Process Month End Routine
• Management Reporting
• Other Comparative Reports available in Sage
• Exporting Data and Linking to Other Systems

Unit Six

• Working Through Unit Six
• Introduction to Costs and Income (for students)
• Cost Centres and Profit Centres
• Coding Using Sage
• Departmental Coding
• Variance Analysis
• Budget Control
• Stock Valuation and Stock Control
• Accounting for Movements in WIP and Finished Goods
• Project Costing using Cost Codes and Resources
• Glossary of Accounting Terms