The Five-Day Bookkeeping Self-Study Induction Programme
Introducing The Balancing Act – a bookkeeping course to develop great accounting trainees with the right attitude and aptitude for less time and money.
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The Five-Day Bookkeeping Self-Study Induction Programme
A bookkeeping course to develop great accounting trainees with the right attitude and aptitude for less time and money with The Balancing Act.
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Develop great accounting trainees with the right attitude and aptitude for less time and money with The Balancing Act.
Hands-off training and testing: We’ll take your recruit through a full bookkeeping training programme (from the Daybooks through to the Balance Sheet and P&L account). At the end of the course, there is a test that will give you complete clarity on your recruit’s aptitude for a career in accounting and how ready they are to get cracking on chargeable work.
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Why choose The Balancing Act?
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Common problems with accountancy recruitment
‘I struggled to get entry level team members productive in a reasonable time’
‘Being unable to have new staff get to grips with double entry bookkeeping quickly was hurting our profitability as an accountancy practice.’
‘More experienced staff were getting caught up in training and assessment rather than doing client work.’
We have the solution
The Balancing Act is an innovative self-study bookkeeping course that combines online learning with practical hard-copy activities.
The online element contains 26 ‘step by step’ interactive presentations with voiceovers. It also includes 26 interactive, automatically marked, quizzes to check learning.
The offline element follows a single case study and consists of 43 practical bookkeeping activities along with answers and is all posted out to you in a smart ring binder.
There is also an end of course assessment, with mark scheme, for employers to assess students bookkeeping skills (some clients set a minimum mark requirement as part of their recruitment process).
Highly engaging narrated online video presentations and online quizzes to check understanding. PDF transcripts are also available.
Our hard copy learning pack creates a richer learning experience as students see their workings and make notes as they go.
The Balancing Act bookkeeping course is a complete ‘hands-off’ induction for your new trainees.
Most clients get their new recruits to complete The Balancing Act as part of their initial induction over the first 5 days. You may choose to leave your trainees to work through The Balancing Act course on their own and catch up with them at the end of the week.
Our clients
We have a proven track record of training accountants since 1992.
“For a number of years, we have used The Balancing Act distance learning bookkeeping course as part of our induction programme for all new recruits. This has allowed our school-leaver and graduate intake to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to become productive in the workplace within a week and, in the case of our AAT students, to commence their studies at level 3, rather than spend a year completing level 2. This not only fast tracks their career progress and enables our business to immediately benefit from their increased effectiveness, but also reduces the amount of on-the-job training provided by their line managers and consequent lost chargeable time.”
Sophie Parkhouse FCA PGCE
Technical and Training Partner
Albert Goodman Chartered Accountants
“At Andrew Price & Co we believe training is the best investment you can make in your team. We do this from the start, from new apprentices to people looking for a refresher after joining us from industry. We’ve found no better way than The Balancing Act to be able to get people confident with the core underlying accounting principles and processes. It’s comprehensive and highly practical with the added benefit of testing to support the learning process. Even with software like Xero, you need to be able to understand the accounting that goes on within it to ensure it’s used correctly. The Balancing Act is one of the best ways I’ve seen to get entry level team members as productive as possible in a short period of time, freeing up your more experienced staff to do client work. ”
Andrew Price
Director
Andrew Price & Co Chartered Accountants
“The Balancing Act is the best introductory course we have seen, easy to use, effective and reasonably priced. We have found it invaluable in ascertaining very quickly whether someone is cut out to be an accountant and have done so without needing to spend a lot of expensive manager time in the process. The small investment is very quickly repaid.” ”
Tony Paine
Director
Chalmers HB Chartered Accountants
Our awards
The Balancing Act was created by the team at Accountancy Learning which is an Award-winning AAT approved training provider.
A bookkeeping course designed for your Accountancy Firm
The Balancing Act bookkeeping course is the most efficient way to induct and train new recruits in accountancy practice. The course is self-study and combines all-important hard copy, practical exercises with online aspects. It will provide a solid foundation, usually taken in week one of an employees work with the firm. It will also provide the training manager with a clear idea of the employees’ abilities and aptitude for accountancy.
Use this powerful bookkeeping course as a recruitment tool
The Balancing Act bookkeeping course is designed to assist with recruitment as it contains a Bookkeeping Aptitude Test which is a useful test of ability. The Balancing Act bookkeeping course as a whole may also be used to screen new employees to find out quickly if there are any major issues which make them unsuitable candidates to go further with the firm.
Sustainability
We will be buying a Birch, Alder or other indigenous tree at Stone Lane Gardens for every copy of The Balancing Act sold. We have already sponsored our first 100 trees. Stone Lane Gardens is a spectacular 5 acre woodland and water garden on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, that enchants and inspires in every season, famous for National Collections of Birch and Alder trees.
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