Bookkeeping Conestoga College

Overview

Are you interested in building Bookkeeping skills that will make you an asset to small and mid-sized organizations? Are you looking to gain knowledge of the bookkeeping requirements for your own business? Conestoga College ’s Bookkeeping programme provides you with a holistic set of skills and knowledge in just one-year, offering fundamental skills in financial accounting, personal income tax, and payroll. The programme also works to develop your critical interpersonal, and collaborative skills that that will help you build relationships with clients, colleagues, and other contacts within the industry. Taught by committed faculty with extensive industry experience, this one-year Ontario College certificate provides you with the opportunity to work with industry standard software, as well as emerging applications used in the field.

By enrolling in this programme, you will be aligned to Canada’s largest and fastest-growing certifying body of bookkeepers. Students who begin this programme in fall 2021 and later will have the opportunity to fast track towards the nationally recognized Certified Professional Bookkeeper (CPB) designation. You will also have access to a preferred student membership rate, full of member benefits that will provide access to continuing education and networking opportunities with bookkeeping professionals across Canada. This programme is offered full-time at Conestoga’s Kitchener - Doon and Brantford campuses, and online.

Careers

• Graduates will be prepared for employment in small business, as well as entry-level positions in medium- and large-sized corporations.

• On average, 78% of graduates from the last three years (2019 to 2021) found employment within six months of graduation.

• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the list of eligible fields of study for the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP). For Conestoga's latest list of PGWP-aligned programmes, please visit the college website