Accounting Assistant - Bellingham Technical College

Accounting Assistant from Bellingham Technical College is a Campus Certificate Accounting and Finance degree that prepares you for a Accounting career. The Accounting program prepares students with the necessary technical and professional skills to obtain employment in the accounting field. The successful Accounting Assistant certificate graduate will be able to analyze financial transactions, use various types of office machines, and process transactions using both manual and computerized systems. Accounting assistants may seek employment in the area of accounts receivable, accounts payable, or payroll. To be successful, accounting students should have an aptitude for working with numbers, be detail oriented, and have the ability to concentrate and communicate. Jobs in the area of accounting afford many opportunities for challenging and rewarding work. Accounting students are eligible to join the North Cascades Chapter of American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA). The Accounting Technician degree prepares students to seek employment in public, private, and/or governmental entities as accounting clerks, accounting technicians, bookkeepers, accounting support personnel, or payroll assistants. Graduates of Accounting will be able to demonstrate with 80% accuracy effective skills using computerized accounting software, computing payrolls, payroll taxes, tax forms and the ability to apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in locating and correcting errors made to the financial records of a business. In a three minute timing, with a one error limit, graduates will demonstrate effective 10-key skills. With a three error limit, graduates will demonstrate basic keyboarding at 35 nwpm. View more details on Bellingham Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Accounting and Finance courses.