Bookkeeping and Accounting Skills for Business and Career Success This introductory course provides a foundational understanding of bookkeeping and accounting, focusing on the complete accounting cycle. You will learn how to analyze and record financial transactions using debits, credits, and T accounts. Key topics include posting transactions to the journal and ledger, preparing trial balances, making necessary adjustments, and generating financial statements. By the end of the course, you will have a working knowledge of essential accounting principles and be able to accurately track financial activities for a business. Instructor-led virtual or in-person classes are available. Please refer to the schedule for more details. Course Requirements: 1. Basic computer and Windows knowledge is required. 2. Flash drive. 3. Textbook: Please visit: https://shorturl.at/KV1x0 to order textbook. 4. Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to the first class.

Audit Paper Trail: Best Practices for Financial Documentation This course provides a comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining a solid audit paper trail. You will learn essential documentation techniques to support financial records, including income, expenses, and asset management. The course covers key topics such as understanding audit triggers, which explains who gets audited and why, and income documentation, which details the types and best practices for accurate reporting. You will also learn about record retention, including how long to keep financial records and documents, as well as efficient filing systems to help organize documents for quick access and compliance. Additionally, the course covers expense management, focusing on how to properly document business and office expenses, including those related to sub-contractors and fixed assets. It will also explore best practices for tracking income and expenses related to rental properties. The course will teach you how to develop internal procedures for a robust audit trail to ensure accuracy and accountability. By the end of this course, participants will have the skills to create and maintain a reliable audit trail, ensuring compliance and reducing audit risk. Course Requirement: Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to the first class.

Excel Advanced This course covers Excel Database and Table Features including importing data, sorting and filtering, Excel Table features, Input Forms, creating and using a PivotTable Report, counting functions, conditional counting and summing, financial functions PMT and PV and Editing a macro in the Visual Basic Editor. Flashdrive required. .Students must activate their My Northshore account prior to first class.