Online Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Training
Master QuickBooks Online to prepare for a rewarding career in the bookkeeping field. This course will help you understand how to get your business finances in order and save time with this powerful and useful tool. This course also serves as preparation for the QuickBooks Certified User exam.
Professional Bookkeeping with QuickBooks Course Overview
You will learn basic bookkeeping and accounting principles, including the types of accounting information you, the business owner, manager, bookkeeper, or accountant, need to monitor. You'll then put all those principles into practice using QuickBooks Online to enter and track your finances with ease. With this online version, you get all the advantages of computing in the cloud so that your files will be available to you virtually anytime, anywhere.
This course will give you hands-on experience using QuickBooks Online to manage your business' finances—from recording income and expenses to entering checks and bank transfers to setting up a chart of accounts. You'll see how to reconcile your checking account and manage credit card and loan payments; create and print invoices, receipts, and statements; track your payables, inventory, and receivables; create estimates; generate reports; and much more. Once you complete this course, you will understand how to get your finances in order and be prepared for the QuickBooks Certified User Exam.
What You’ll Learn
- Successfully set up a company file in QuickBooks Online and perform essential bookkeeping duties and tasks
- Use basic, intermediate, and advanced features of QuickBooks Online proficiently
- Perform fundamental analysis of accounts, financial documents, and reports
- Apply basic accounting principles, such as accrual method and depreciation, to bookkeeping practices
Career Outcomes and Employment Outlook
What is a Bookkeeper? What does a Bookkeeper do?
Bookkeepers record, track and update an organization’s financial information, including sales, purchases and payroll. As a bookkeeper, you would manage invoices, reconcile bank statements, calculate depreciation and prepare taxes. This field offers meaningful, detail‑oriented work with opportunities to specialize in areas such as payroll, accounts payable/receivable, tax support, or financial reporting.
Career Paths & Mobility
As a professional bookkeeper, you can enjoy strong job stability, a competitive salary, and remote work opportunities. With foundational education and your bookkeeping certification, you can gain experience through a course or on-the-job training in small businesses, accounting firms, nonprofit organizations, or corporate finance departments.
As you advance, you may transition into roles requiring strong financial accuracy and organizational skills, such as a staff accountant, payroll specialist, or financial analyst. Bookkeepers with leadership interests can pursue supervisory or management positions, such as accounting manager or controller. You can also expand your expertise through advanced credentials or continue your education to become an accountant or earn a certified public accountant (CPA) designation
170,000 PROJECTED JOB OPENINGS*
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects about 170,000 job openings for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks each year, on average, through 2034.
$49,210 MEDIAN SALARY*
According to the BLS, the median salary for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks is $49,210 per year.
Registration and Enrollment
- This course is 100% online and self-paced.
- Start anytime with 6 months to complete.
- Flexible payment plans available.