Accounting

This qualification is designed to reflect the role of individuals working in accounting and seeking professional identification. Upon successful completion of the Advanced Diploma of Accounting, students may gain employment in a range of accounting roles such as: taxation management, financial management, bookkeeping and accounts payable and receivable. Students may also choose to go on to further study such as a Bachelor of Accounting.

• International Students: IELTS score of 5.5 with no band less than 5.0 (or equivalent)
• Completion of Diploma of Accounting and Bookkeeping

Upon successful completion of the Advanced Diploma of Accounting, students may gain employment in a range of accounting roles such as: taxation management, financial management, bookkeeping and accounts payable and receivable

Students must complete the 3 core units and 11 elective units are to be chosen from the listed below. Students who have completed any eligible units of competency may credit those units towards this qualification via the Recognition of Prior Learning process (RPL).

Core Units

• Monitor corporate governance activities
• Apply economic principles to work in the financial services industry
• Interpret and use financial statistics and tools

Electives

• FNSACC601 Prepare and administer tax documentation for legal entities*1
• FNSACC602 Audit and report on financial systems and records*
• FNSACC603 Implement tax plans and evaluate tax obligations*1
• FNSACC605 Implement organisational improvement programs
• FNSACC606 Conduct internal audit*
• FNSACC608 Evaluate organisation’s financial performance*
• FNSACC609 Evaluate financial risk*
• FNSACC610 Develop and implement financial strategies*
• FNSACC611 Implement an insolvency program
• FNSACC612 Implement reconstruction plan
• FNSACC613 Prepare and analyse management accounting information*
• FNSACC614 Prepare complex corporate financial reports*
• FNSFMK505 Comply with financial services legislation and industry codes of practice
• FNSINC503 Identify situations requiring complex ethical decision making
• FNSINC504 Apply ethical frameworks and principles to make and act upon decisions
• FNSORG602 Develop and manage financial systems
• FNSRSK602 Determine and manage risk exposure strategies
• FNSTPB503 Apply legal principles in consumer and contract law2
• FNSTPB504 Apply legal principles in corporations and trust law2
• FNSTPB505 Apply legal principles in property law2
• FNSTPB506 Apply taxation requirements when providing tax (financial) advice services3
• FNSTPB507 Apply legal principles in commercial law when providing tax (financial) advice services

*Please note that elective unit availability is subject to enrolment numbers.