Accounting Paraprofessional Development Program

Learn best practice accounting from a leading national accounting company providing bookkeeping, payroll, accounting, and tax services to small businesses.

Perform best practice accounting under the direction and supervision of an educated, experienced, and licensed Certified Accounting Paraprofessional (CAP).

Become a licensed Certified Accounting Paraprofessional or CAP.

Consortia is a registered Postsecondary Proprietary School providing post-secondary education for educational, vocational, or professional objectives.

Benefits

Completion of the Accounting Paraprofessional Development Program provides the following opportunities:

1. Part or full-time accounting position with Consortia Small Business Accountants,
2. Consortia Accounting Business Network member,
3. Part or full-time accounting position with Consortia client or Network member, or
4. Part of full-time accounting position with a small business.

Prerequisite

You must complete the Bookkeeper Development Program before starting the Program.

Objectives

1. Perform accounting accurately and productively.
2. Prepare timely, relevant, and reliable financial information.

Steps‍‍

1. Education
2. Certification
3. Training
4. Experience
5. License
6. Support

Education Objective

Develop accounting knowledge and understanding.

Course

Accounting Principles or course equivalent

You may opt out of a course. To opt out of a course, you must have completed and passed an equivalent higher education course. To opt out of a course, email your course transcript to info@consortia.accountants.

Certification Objective

Communicate and assure employers or clients of your accounting knowledge and understanding.

Certification‍

Accounting Certification

Training Objective

Learn best practice accounting and QuickBooks Online Accountant processes, procedures, and steps.

Training

‍Accounting with QuickBooks Online Accountant

Experience Objective

Apply best practice accounting and QuickBooks Online Accountant processes, procedures, and steps.

Experience

Accounting Experience (three months)

Certified Accounting Paraprofessional (CAP) License Objective

Place CAP behind your name and communicate your accounting knowledge, skill, experience, and ethics to employers or clients.

CAP License

Become a licensed Certified Accounting Paraprofessional or CAP.

This program completes the CAP license education, certification (examination), and experience requirements.

Support

You are assigned support personnel to assist you with any course, certification, training, experience, or licensing questions.

Note

If you complete the Accounting Principles course and take and pass the Accounting Certification exam during the Bookkeeping Experience segment, you can go directly from the Bookkeeping Experience segment to the Accounting Experience segment without interruption.