Transform raw financial data into meaningful insights by building essential accounting and analytical skills. You'll develop the ability to compile financial statements, apply double-entry bookkeeping principles, and calculate key performance metrics that drive business decisions. Working with QuickBooks and Excel, you'll gain hands-on experience preparing income statements, managing month-end closing procedures, and analyzing financial ratios.

Financial Statements, Ratios, and Month-End Close Essentials

Financial Statements, Ratios, and Month-End Close Essentials
This course is part of Accounting Assistant Professional Certificate

Instructor: Professionals from the Industry
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What you'll learn
Compile income statements from trial balance data using spreadsheet formulas and classify accounts within financial statements.
Apply double-entry bookkeeping principles to record transactions and verify that financial balances remain accurate.
Execute month-end closing procedures including prepaid expense schedules and reconciliation of account balances.
Calculate and analyze key financial ratios to identify performance variances and communicate insights to stakeholders.
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