Sage Business Cloud Accounting Course – Expression of Interest

This practical, hands-on course is designed to demonstrate how to set up and use Sage Business Cloud Accounting to manage day-to-day financial records and produce key financial reports.

Participants will learn how to input financial information correctly and confidently, enabling them to extract vital information from the computerised accounting system, including bank positions, outstanding balances, VAT returns, trial balances, profit and loss accounts, and balance sheets.

Course Content

The course covers the following topics:

• Sage Business Cloud Accounting set-up features
• Processing supplier invoices and credit notes
• Supplier reports
• Processing system-generated and non-system sales invoices
• Processing supplier and non-supplier payments
• Processing customer and non-customer receipts
• Setting up and processing recurring bank entries
• Processing bank transfers
• Processing cash transactions
• Bank reconciliation processing
• VAT 3 return processing
• Processing wage journals
• Correction of errors
• Generation of financial data, including:
  • Nominal activity reports
  • Trial balance
  • Profit and loss account
  • Balance sheet
  • Audit trail report

Course Format

• Delivery: Online
• Duration: 6 half-day sessions
• Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
• Date: Course dates have not yet been scheduled and will be confirmed based on interest.

Each participant will:

• Activate a free 30-day trial of Sage Business Cloud Accounting
• Receive a training manual covering all course topics
• Complete practical exercises for each topic
• Receive full trainer support to ensure understanding and correct completion of tasks

Each topic is demonstrated, practiced, and then reviewed step-by-step using the training manual.

Trainer

The course is facilitated by Patricia Feeney, Accounting and Management Functions Ltd.

Patricia has over 25 years’ accountancy experience in both private practice and industry. She has been delivering Sage Accounts and Payroll courses for LEO and other training organisations since 2001. Patricia is a Sage-accredited trainer with Sage Hibernia and has extensive experience delivering classroom, online, and on-site training for clients.

Expression of Interest

We are currently taking names from clients interested in completing the Sage Business Cloud Accounting course, with a view to running the course later in 2026.

This programme is open only to registered businesses or clients based in County Westmeath.