Bookkeeping Payroll Assistant Arnprior Campus | Ottawa Campus |

Bookkeeping Payroll Assistant Arnprior Campus | Ottawa Campus |

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Become a Bookkeeping Payroll Assistant

Start a fast-track career in Bookkeeping and Payroll in only 28 weeks! Are you are organized, focused, and detail-orientated? If so, then a rewarding career in Bookkeeping and Payroll could be perfect for you. Training in Bookkeeping and Payroll can open a wide range of career opportunities. Finance professionals work in almost every industry from non-profit to high finance. The 31-week course material starts with the basics and moves to more advanced content covering Microsoft Office Applications, Financial and Managerial Accounting, Payroll, Business Communications, and Career Management. Whether you choose a career in payroll, accounting, bookkeeping, or finance, Willis College trains you for future success.

Is this program right for you?

This diploma program provides you with a well-rounded exposure to the professional business environment through Bookkeeping and Payroll courses that offer hands-on training. This accounting training helps you develop practical business knowledge appropriate for a wide range of careers. With hands-on training through our Payroll and Bookkeeping program, you are job-ready the moment you graduate. Our diploma program contains general business courses, bookkeeping courses, payroll courses, Simply Accounting, and QuickBooks software training.

If you are interested in pursuing a professional business career and want to join the workforce with experience within a year, the Bookkeeping Payroll Assistant program from Willis College could be perfect for you.
This program is an excellent fit for:

  • Someone who works well with numbers and excels at problem-solving and is detail-oriented
  • A mature student who has previous job experience looking to enhance and develop new or existing skills that are relevant to today’s job market
  • A recent graduate who wants to specialize in an emerging and in-demand business field
  • Someone who wants to fast-track to a new and exciting career in business

Total Program Length is 31 weeks
28 instructional weeks
Up to 3 weeks of breaks

Job Market

Successful graduates of this program may pursue a wide variety of interesting and rewarding professions, including:

  • Administrative Officer
  • Bookkeeper
  • Customer Services Representative – Financial Services
  • Administrative Clerk
  • Accounting and Related Clerks
  • Payroll Clerk
  • Administrative Assistant

Salary Information

Average Wage ($/hr) – $21.00
High Wage ($/hr) – $32.97
National Occupation Classification (NOC) for this program: 1241, 1311, 1431 ,1432
Source: noc.esdc.gc.ca & www.jobbank.ca

Admission Requirements

Grade 12 (Secondary School Diploma) or GED equivalence

Or

Willis College Entrance Assessment. If you are a Mature Student (over 18 years of age), you can gain admittance by writing a free entrance assessment test. Note: students with foreign credentials, regardless of whether their documents have been translated/compared or not, should be tested to establish literacy in the English language.

Are you looking to apply as an International Student?

Find out more about international student admissions requirements.

Program Outline

  • Business Communications I - English Essentials I
  • Business Communications II - Written Communication I
  • Business Communications III - Oral Presentation I
  • Career Management
  • Digital Marketing Fundamentals
  • Financial Accounting I – Accounting Fundamentals
  • Financial Accounting II - The Accounting Cycle
  • Financial Accounting III - Special Journals & Reporting
  • Financial Accounting IV - Asset Accounting
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Windows & 0utlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Payroll I – Introduction
  • Payroll II – Intermediate
  • QuickBooks with Payroll I
  • Sage Simply Accounting with Payroll I
  • Strategic Web Design
  • Taxation - Personal I
“Willis College gave me the tools and skills necessary to make my transition to P.S.W a very successful one. Very professional teachers and enrollment staff. Thank you Willis College.” Pat Donahue Personal Support Worker

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