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Elstree Film Studios Essential Sage Line 50 - Scheduled Courses

Mastering Sage Line 50 (or Sage 50 Accounts as it is soon to be known) opens the door to many more business, cost and time saving benefits than first meets the eye. By learning with 21st century you'll be in a great position to automate your everyday business incomings and expenditure, your cash and sales processes and produce meaningful reports and analysis into the overall performance of individuals and teams. Upon completing the Sage Line 50 course, you will be confident in all areas of the accounts and business management software enabling you to automate mundane tasks, streamline your processes and fire your accountant, saving you a small fortune by showing you how to perform the same procedures with very little effort; take back the control in your business with this invaluable course.

Perhaps you have just installed Sage Line 50 and find it completely incomprehensible. Or maybe you have been using it for a while but are thinking there must be a better way to use this or I wonder what that does. More than managing your books and controlling your VAT we will show you how to keep track of materials, manage your stock and produce information that is used to make key everyday decisions. During this one day course you will crack how to efficiently process sales and purchase invoices, cash receipts and payments and bank reconciliations, and will complete feeling very confident about your new found control and mastery of Sage Line 50.

The Essential Sage Line 50 course is written with the aim of helping you to achieve personal and professional development, placing you on a par with experienced users of the software and enabling you to take control of your accounts processes, speeding up workflow, relieving workload and freeing more of your valuable time. Upon completing this course you will be able to put Sage Line 50 into action performing more automated, systematic tasks which in turn further your overall control, reporting and analysis of essential accounting and sales functions within your business, so don't put off taking back control, book this essential course today.

All of 21st Century New Media's training courses are mentored by industry leading professionals, coaching small groups at a steady pace ensuring that you will benefit from only the best tutelage and practical application so that you finish the course with the highest degree of understanding of the individual topics, placing you in a position to take control of daily tasks.

As award winning industry professionals, who have used the products we teach on a daily basis for over a decade, training with 21st Century New Media puts you in the ideal environment to learn the most commonly used techniques, tips and tricks from those most experienced.

Duration: 1 day.

Location: 21st Century New Media (Production Offices), Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 1JG. [MAP]

Prerequisites: To gain the most from this class, it is essential that you are familiar with Windows, including creating, deleting and moving files and folders and understand how to use the web and basic terminology.

Why Take This Course? All too often, freelancers, small businesses and even some larger organisations are forced to outsource their accounting, something usually attributed to fear or misunderstanding of seemingly complex processes; this critical error means that you have lost control over your cash flow, reporting and it's impact within areas across the business which with the correct knowledge can become a vital tool to help prospect, predict, manage, automate and analyse your business and market trends; If you were able to do all of this yourself, with no fear or misunderstanding, would you really want to continue outsourcing this priceless information?

About the Tutor: Richard Lally, Managing Consultant with Optimally Ltd, has over 25 years experience across many sectors. Starting life as an accounts clerk for Virgin and moving through the ranks over 7 years Richard moved into Software Consultancy and Project Management working within leading consultancies such as Bull and Cap Gemini. Richard is a Microsoft Certified Partner, a Prince 2 Certified Practitioner and an ISEB Qualified Project Manager. His impressive client list includes T-Mobile, Community Development Finance Association and Association of Charitable Foundations whom all rely on his expertise. Richard is extremely well versed with the software he trains and considered one of the best consultants in the field making him the ideal man to teach you the ropes.

COURSE CONTENT

The User Interface

• Help
• Function Keys
• Menus and Toolbars
• Task List
• Link List
• Views

Data Entry

• The Quickest Way
• Drop Down Lists
• Sort by Name
• Entering Dates
• Right Clicking

Basic Reports

• Favourites
• Tailoring reports to your needs
• My Reports saving your preferred settings
• Copying to Microsoft Excel
• Common Misunderstandings (i.e. when All does not mean all)
• Projects & their Reporting

Suppliers

• Payment Terms and Cash Flow
• Quick Setup
• Entering Opening Balances

Purchase Invoices

• References and Filing
• Analysing Costs
• Net, Gross and VAT

Paying Suppliers

• Automatic selection
• The Payment Wizard
• Discounts
• Deposits
• Posting and printing

Customers

• Payment Terms and Cash Flow
• Quick Setup
• Customer Statements
• Entering opening balances

Sales Invoices

• Simple Sales Recording
• The Invoicing Module
• References and Filing
• Managing Stock
• Customer Payments
• Discounts and Write-offs

Miscellaneous Payments

• Bank Accounts and Control Accounts
• Cheques
• Direct Debits, Standing Orders, Bank Transfers
• References and Filing

Miscellaneous Receipts

• Refunds
• Regular Income e.g. rents
• References and Filing

Statement Reconciliation

• Matching
• Recording Bank Charges
• Making Adjustments

Sage Line 50 Accounts Training Courses
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