Accounts Assistant

Handling numbers with clarity is essential for anyone supporting financial departments. Our Accounts Assistant course will guide you through financial management, statements, budgeting, cash flow, and risk planning in a structured, accessible way. Each module explains the essentials clearly, ensuring you understand how financial statements connect to budgeting and decision-making, while appreciating the time value of money and capital budgeting for confident planning.

By exploring liquidity management, ratios, and internal controls, you will learn how finance shapes decisions and forecasts for organisations. This course is designed to be flexible around your schedule, allowing you to build confidence in reading, analysing, and managing financial data without unnecessary jargon. Whether aiming to enter accounts administration or looking to refresh your financial knowledge, this course will help you learn with purpose.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand key principles of financial management and analysis efficiently.
• Read and interpret financial statements for informed decision-making.
• Learn investment appraisal and time value of money concepts clearly.
• Apply budgeting and forecasting for effective financial planning purposes.
• Analyse liquidity and cash flow to support financial health consistently.
• Gain skills in internal controls and risk management across accounts.

Who is this Course For

• Individuals seeking entry-level roles within finance or accounts administration.
• Office staff looking to manage financial data within daily responsibilities.
• Small business owners aiming to understand financial processes confidently.
• Those wanting to support finance departments with clear record management.
• Career changers seeking a clear understanding of financial management roles.
• Recent graduates interested in starting within the accounting sector easily.
• Administrators wishing to expand their knowledge of budgeting and analysis.
• Anyone wishing to understand financial data within an organisational context.

Career Path (UK, average salary)

• Accounts Assistant – £24,000 average salary per year.
• Finance Administrator – £25,000 average salary per year.
• Purchase Ledger Clerk – £23,500 average salary per year.
• Credit Control Assistant – £24,500 average salary per year.
• Payroll Administrator – £25,000 average salary per year.
• Finance Officer – £28,000 average salary per year.