Course overview
Develop disciplined record-keeping practices that support reliable accounts, tax administration, internal controls, audit trails and better business decisions.
Learning outcomes
- Explain why complete and reliable financial records matter.
- Identify common source documents and the information they should support.
- Understand basic books-of-account, ledger and transaction-capture concepts.
- Perform simple bank and account reconciliation routines.
- Apply document-control, filing and retrieval disciplines.
- Design a practical monthly record-keeping routine for a small organisation.
Who should attend
Entrepreneurs, SME owners, bookkeepers, finance and administrative staff, students and anyone responsible for capturing, organising or reviewing financial records.
Course content / modules
- 1Why financial records matter
- 2Source documents and transaction evidence
- 3Books of account, journals and ledgers
- 4Bank, supplier and customer reconciliations
- 5Document control, filing and retrieval
- 6Month-end routines and record-quality checks
- 7Practical record-keeping workflow for an SME
Practical application
The course is designed to connect concepts to practical workplace and business situations. Activities may include:
- Classify common source documents.
- Build a simple transaction and filing workflow.
- Complete a basic reconciliation exercise.
- Design a month-end record-keeping checklist.
Assessment approach
Knowledge checks and/or assessments may be used according to the configured learning path.
Certificate information
A course-completion certificate may be issued when the configured completion requirements are met. No accreditation status is asserted.
Regulatory, tax and compliance information can change. MFTC learning content is educational and does not replace personalised tax, accounting, legal or regulatory advice. Learners should verify current requirements with the relevant authority or an appropriately qualified professional before acting.
