Financial Office Assistant

Become a Financial Assistant by learning the bookkeeping and administrative skills to advance in a financial office environment. You’ll learn essential business software, manual bookkeeping, computerized bookkeeping, payroll, and office skills. Financial office assistants start as entry-level bookkeepers, free-lance bookkeepers, accounting clerks and data entry clerks.

The Canadian Occupational Projection System predicts that the higher-than- average rate of retirement in this category (office assistants, recorders and transcriptionists) will create more jobs in this category than most others between 2011-2020.

Computer and Administrative

• Intro to Technology and Keyboarding
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Outlook
• Business Communications
• Office Procedures

Bookkeeping Skills

• Manual Bookkeeping & Payroll
• Sage 50 Levels I & II
• Quickbooks
• Financial Analysis & Modeling

Practicum

Job Search Skills

32 weeks (approximately 640 hours) total

• 29 weeks of classroom training and a 3 week practicum placement

Students Supply:

• Loose-leaf paper & 3-ring binder
• Standard Calculator
• USB Flash drive, if desired
• Pens/pencils/highlighters

College Supplies:

• Handouts & photocopied materials
• Student Manuals
• Printing Calculator for use in class

• Confirmation of mature student status (19 years or older on first day, and out of school for 1 full year) OR if under 19, evidence of Grade 12 completion or equivalent
• Entrance assessment
• Additional assessments may be requested for non-native English speakers or at Excel’s discretion
• Meeting with an Admissions Advisor

• Students are assessed on each course module by either a test, project, assignment or demonstration of skills
• Students are assessed on professionalism, conduct and attendance
• An average of all module grades, as well as the grades for professional conduct and attendance is calculated. Successful completion of the program requires a minimum of a 65% grade in each program module, and successful completion of the practicum component.

Students attend a 3-week practicum component near the end of their program.  During this time, students take the tole of employee and work diligently to maximize the learning opportunity and create a positive experience for themselves, the college and the practicum host.

• Accounting clerk, data-entry clerk, or entry-level bookkeeper
• Free-lance bookkeeper
• Administration in any capacity

Where Graduates are Working

• Western Forest Products
• Self Employed Bookkeepers
• Ashcroft & Associates
• Other small businesses

• The Canadian Occupational Projection System estimates job openings between 2011-2020 for workers in this occupation (Secretaries, Recorders and Transcriptions) will be among the highest for all occupations.
• This is mainly due to these workers currently being much older ( and thus closer to retirement) than the average.
• Over the 2011-2020 period, job openings with-in this occupation are expected to total 73,950 and job seekers to total 21,156.

Work BC

Financial Office Assistant Diploma Program Fees

Domestic
Tuition: $8,064.00
Registration: 100.00
Books/Materials: 1,395.72
GST on Books/Supplies: 69.79
Total: $9,629.51

International:
Tuition: $10,080.00
Registration: 200.00
Books/Materials: 1,395.72
GST on Books/Supplies: 69.79
Total: $11,745.51

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