Accounting & Payroll Administrator
Accounting and payroll jobs are perfect for detail-oriented people who are looking to enter a growing industry. The Accounting and Payroll Administrator diploma program at Reeves College is an intensive 43-week immersion into accounting and payroll fundamentals.
This program teaches students to thoroughly understand the business accounting cycle. Subjects covered include employment insurance, income tax, pensions, accounting software, and fundamental administrative skills.
In addition to the Accounting and Payroll Administrator diploma, graduates of this program are eligible for the Canadian Payroll Association's Payroll Compliance Practitioner Program (PCP), which allows for a greater advantage in the competitive job market. Students put their training into practice over the course of a five-week practicum placement and receive job search training at the end of their program.
“The Accounting and Payroll Administration program offers many opportunities within Alberta, but also throughout Canada, as the students receive national accreditation through the Canadian Payroll Association. Because the program concentrates on accounting as well, students receive additional academic training in manual accounting and QuickBooks, which only enhances the skills section of their resumes.” – Rhonda Y., Reeves College Accounting Instructor
This program is 43 weeks in length.
Job Opportunities
- Accounting Clerk
- Accounts Payable Clerk
- Accounts Receivable Clerk
- Audit Clerk
- Tax Return Preparer
- Benefits Officer
- Pay and Benefits Clerk
- Pay Clerk
- Payroll Officer
- Bank Clerk
- Bank Teller
Program Courses
The program outline below is for Alberta.
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| L1015 |
Strategies for Success |
20 |
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- Students will gain a better understanding of themselves through an exploration of their personal attributes, transferable skills and learning styles. This course will introduce techniques for time, conflict, and stress management and develop interpersonal communication skills. Fundamental study and motivation skills will be covered, preparing students to excel in their program of choice. Students will also prepare a professional resume andlearn how to write effective cover letters.
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| MOTR |
Microsoft Outlook |
40 |
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- This course explores information using Microsoft Outlook. It will present the MS Outlook application interface, tools, and features. You will learn about the fundamentals of an email application, scheduling, calendars, contact lists, creating, forwarding and managing messages. This course relies heavily upon hands-on practical activities that allow you to learn the concepts by practicing them on a regular basis.
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- The main objective of the first part of this course is to introduce students to the basic commands, functions, and capabilities of Microsoft Office Word. In the second segment, this course will go further to introduce students (as experienced users) to some advanced features of Word in order to produce professional documents, manage large files, work with web documents, collaborate with others, or merge data together.
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- The main objective of the first level of this course is to introduce students to the basic commands, functions, and capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel. In the second level of this course, students will begin with a review of the basic operations and then move to more advanced topics that include working with functions, customizing formatting, using drawing tools, hyperlinks, data tools, databases, cell formatting, drawing objects and customizing charts.
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- The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic commands, functions, and capabilities of Microsoft Office Access. Students learn how to create tables and forms and how to search for data, sort and filter data, and create and modify queries. Reports and charts can be created using the data.
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| MP7R |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
40 |
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- The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the basic commands, functions, and capabilities of Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
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| B1030 |
Business Communications |
60 |
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- Students will learn a variety of communication methods for the modern business office. Topics include written and oral communications, grammar, spelling and the communication process. Students will practice these elements by role playing and through case studies.
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| B1050 |
Accounting Fundamentals I |
40 |
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- This module is intended to provide the students with a general background of the fundamentals of accounting so that they understand the daily transaction procedures that exist in business. Students are introduced to double-entry bookkeeping including debits and credits, assets, liabilities, equities, journalizing transactions, posting of accounts to ledgers and preparing a trial balance. Students are also introduced to financial statements and to adjusting and closing accounts.
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| B1060 |
Computerized Accounting I - Simply Accounting |
80 |
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- Students transfer their knowledge from Accounting Fundamentals and learn how to apply these concepts in a computerized environment using Simply Accounting. Some topics covered in this module include setting up a computerized accounting system, computerized journals and ledgers, income statements and balance sheets, as well as customer accounts. (PR: B1050)
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| P1100 |
Payroll Compliance Legislation |
80 |
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- By the end of this course, students will be able to: describe payroll’s objectives and stakeholders; identify an employer/employee relationship; apply federal and provincial legislation to payroll including: The Canada Pension Plan, The Employment Insurance Act, The Income Tax Act, Employment Standards legislation, Worker’s Compensation Acts and Quebec-specific legislation; and communicate the payroll compliance requirements to various stakeholders.
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| P1200 |
Payroll Fundamentals I |
60 |
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- Upon completion of Payroll Fundamentals I, students will beable to: calculate regular individual net pay; calculate non-regular individual pay; calculate termination payments; complete a Record of Employment (ROE); and communicate all aspects of individual pay requirements to various stakeholders. (PR: P1100)
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| P1300 |
Payroll Fundamentals II |
60 |
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- By the end of Payroll Fundamentals II, students will be able to: calculate organizational remittances to federal, provincial and third party stakeholders; prepare accounting documentation for payroll; complete year end documentation; and communicate all aspects of organizational remittances, accounting and year end requirements to various stakeholders. (PR: P1200)
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| B1055 |
Accounting Fundamentals II |
40 |
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- Students focus on the following topics: special journal and subsidiary ledger systems, cash control and banking, completing accounting cycle for merchandising company and preparing year-end financial statements. By the end of this course, students will have an in-depth knowledge of the complete accounting cycle including the flow of funds in an organization. (PR: B1050)
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| B1068 |
Computerized Accounting II - Quickbooks |
40 |
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- In this module, students continue to build their knowledge and skills in computerized accounting systems, learning QuickBooks, an easy-to-use and powerful system. Students will learn to set up a new QuickBooks company and manage customer accounts. Students also review and consolidate their understanding of Excel and Word by exporting QuickBooks data into these programs. QuickBooks payroll features are also covered. (PR: B1050)
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| B1075 |
Employment and Customer Service Skills |
20 |
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- In the employment skills component, effective resume preparation, cover letter formats, content and phraseology will be studied and practiced. In the customer service skills component, the importance of the customer and of customer service are examined through case studies and role-playing. Students will learn relevant theories of human behaviour and how they may be applied to improve customer relations.
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- This module is for course credits but has no grade. Students will be placed in actual work places related to their field of study and will be expected to act as a regular employee in order to gain the valuable “real world” experience that so many employers seek. Students are encouraged to find their own work experience placement; however, once placed, continuation in that placement is mandatory. (PR: All coursework)
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| L1040 |
Job Search / Academic Review Techniques |
20 |
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- Students will have the use of our Job Search lab which has unlimited Internet access, a job search resource library and a fax machine and phone for contacting prospective employers. Facilitators will also be made available to advise on job finding resources, interview skills and techniques, and to carry out mock interviews. Students review core program concepts and learning in order to market their skills effectively.