Accounting for Non-Accountants Course

The course is open to entrepreneurs/owners, accounting personnel and professionals, finance personnel, students, and participants should be proficient in the use of MS Excel software.

Objectives

In general, the course seeks to enable participants with little to no accounting background to explain and apply the principles, basic tools, and techniques of the accounting process.

Specifically, at the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

• Define accounting and describe the role of accounting in making informed decisions to improve the business
• Explain types and uses of various financial records and how to prepare them
• Define “financial position,” state the accounting equation and show how the two are affected by simple transactions
• Identify and prepare basic financial statements
• Apply accounting principles
• Read, analyze, and use financial statements for decision-making
• Implement basic internal control to safeguard the assets and maintain the integrity of financial records