“I took the Accounting and Payroll program. I was fortunate enough to obtain employment before I did my practicum. Before I went to CDI I had no real direction and I never thought that I would be able to have a career. Now I am working in a field that I love and I enjoy going to work every day.” - Katy D., CDI College Graduate
CDI College's Accounting and Payroll Administration program gives you the hands-on accounting training that employers demand. The program will teach you to excel in computerized accounting programs and other industry standard software. You will also learn the manual accounting fundamentals you need to fully understand the bookkeeping process.
Program graduates will meet requirements for the Canadian Payroll Association's payroll certification programs. This nationally recognized certification represents the highest standard of excellence for payroll training.
This program is 40 weeks in length.
Job Opportunities
- Clerk
- Office Assistant
- Administrative Assistant
- Office Supervisor
- Payroll Administrator
- Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Clerk
Accounting & Payroll Administration
Also offered in British Columbia as Accounting & Payroll Administrator - BC At:
Abbotsford Burnaby Richmond Surrey Vancouver VictoriaAlso offered in Manitoba as Accounting & Payroll Administrator - MB At:
WinnipegProgram Courses
The program outline below is for Alberta . Click here to see the outlines for British Columbia and Manitoba.
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- Designed to introduce the user to computer operation, operating system basics, disk structures, email, and keyboarding, this course provides the foundation of all training in computer applications.
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- This course offers a case-oriented, problem-solving approach for learning Microsoft Word. Students work with both basic and advanced features while creating a variety of documents such as letters, memos, forms, and reports.
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- This course offers a case-oriented, problem-solving approach for learning Microsoft Excel. Students explore both basic and advanced features while creating a variety of documents such as budgets, marketing and sales reports, forecasts, and statistical tables.
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- This course offers a case-oriented, problem-solving approach for learning Microsoft Access. Students explore basic and more advanced features of this powerful database management system.
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- Students will explore both basic and more advanced features of Microsoft PowerPoint while creating visually attractive and effective presentations.
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- Emphasis is placed on analyzing and recording business transactions using the rules of double-entry bookkeeping. In addition, adjusting journal entries and everyday transactions for both service and retail businesses are recorded coupled with the preparation of basic financial statements. The use of special journals and subsidiary ledgers in an accounting system coupled with methods of recording and managing retail inventories are examined. Journalizing of payroll entries is included along with recording the purchase and amortization (depreciation) of fixed assets, as well as intangible assets.
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- Accounting procedures in a computerized environment are examined using the General, Payables, Receivables, Payroll, Inventory, and Project modules of Simply Accounting.
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- This is one of three compulsory courses for the CPA’s Certified Payroll Management Program. The course provides students with the payroll-related legislation affecting organizations, as well as the tools to find information and apply that information to different scenarios in relation to individual pay.
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- This is one of three compulsory courses for the CPA’s Certified Payroll Management Program. Students who complete this course will be able to apply payroll legislation and calculate individual pay. This includes all components of individual pay from remuneration, through deductions, to net pay for both regular and non-regular situations. In addition, students will be able to accurately complete Records of Employment.
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- This is one of three compulsory courses for the CPA’s Certified Payroll Management Program. Students who complete this course will be able to calculate and report the government and third-party remittances, year-end requirements and accounting for payroll at the compliance level for the organization.
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- Employees are the most valuable asset of a business and all aspects from hiring to performance appraisal are examined utilizing the case study approach.
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- The workplace of the twenty-first century demands excellent communications skills. The focus of this course is on learning writing techniques that ensure effective business communication.
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- This course will introduce students to skills and concepts that will help them achieve personal, academic, and career success.
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- This course is designed to equip students with interpersonal skills identified by employers as essential for success in the professional world. Using a variety of instructional methods including case studies, group exercises and discussion, students learn and practice key communication skills.
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- This course looks at the planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up stages of an interview.
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- This program includes a practicum component consisting of a specified number of weeks of work at a job site. This practicum work experience is a mandatory diploma requirement and the business organization does not pay for the services of the student during the practicum.