Accounting Assistant Training

Get hired as an accounting assistant in a Nigerian company — books, software and all.

• Free
• Beginner-friendly
• 6 weeks · ~4 hrs/week
• 7 lessons
• ~1 hours
• Certificate on passing the project

Free account required to open the lessons. No card, no fees.

About this course

Learn to do the daily work that keeps a company's accounts clean: recording journals, posting ledgers, handling invoices, petty cash, payroll deductions, bank reconciliation and a trial balance. By the end you will be able to support an accountant in QuickBooks, Sage, Zoho or Excel, carry yourself like a professional, and walk into interviews knowing exactly what the job needs.

An accounting assistant is the engine room of a company's finance team — you keep the documents and entries flowing so the accountant can review, report and sleep at night.

What you'll learn

• Double-entry bookkeeping
• Journals and ledgers
• Accounts payable & receivable
• Bank reconciliation
• Payroll & statutory deductions
• Accounting software (QuickBooks/Sage/Zoho/Excel)
• Month-end & trial balance

Course syllabus — 7 lessons

1. The role: who you support and what they expect11 min
2. The accounting equation, debits and credits in plain English13 min
3. Recording journals and posting to ledgers12 min
4. Invoices, receipts, payments and petty cash12 min
5. Accounts payable, receivable and bank reconciliation14 min
6. Payroll support and statutory deductions (PAYE, pension, NHF)13 min
7. Month-end, the trial balance, software and getting hired14 min

Frequently asked questions

Is Accounting Assistant Training free?

Yes. Accounting Assistant Training is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.

How long does Accounting Assistant Training take to complete?

6 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 1 hour of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.

Do I need any experience to start Accounting Assistant Training?

Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.

What will I learn in Accounting Assistant Training?

You will build practical skills in Double-entry bookkeeping, Journals and ledgers, Accounts payable & receivable, Bank reconciliation, Payroll & statutory deductions, Accounting software (QuickBooks/Sage/Zoho/Excel), Month-end & trial balance. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.

Do I get a certificate for Accounting Assistant Training?

Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — BrightLine Foods: a full month of books and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.

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