Diploma of Accounting

The FNS50222 Diploma of Accounting at New Cambridge College Sydney (NCCS) reflects professional accounting job roles in financial services and other industries, including tax agents, accounts payable and accounts receivable officers, payroll service providers, and employees performing a range of accounting tasks for organisations in a range of industries. Individuals in these roles apply solutions to a range of often complex problems and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply initiative to plan, coordinate and evaluate their own work and provide guidance to others within defined guidelines. Work functions in the occupational areas where this qualification may be used are subject to regulatory requirements, and NCCS refers students to the FNS Financial Services Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide or the relevant regulator for specific guidance. The qualification comprises 11 units of competency (7 core units and 4 electives) covering designing and producing complex spreadsheets, providing financial and business performance information, preparing tax documentation for individuals, managing budgets and forecasts, preparing financial reports for corporate entities, implementing and maintaining internal control procedures, providing management accounting information, leading effective workplace relationships, and applying complex ethical decision making to workplace situations. NCCS delivers the course using a Blended Learning approach over 20 hours per week for 78 weeks, structured as 9 terms of study of 6 weeks each with up to 24 weeks of holiday. Students are provided with assessment booklets, a Student Guide and resources, PowerPoint slides, computers, MYOB software and MS Office.