Module 1
Your First Week
Build accounting foundations, apply accrual concepts, categorize bank activity, complete a bank reconciliation, and record a vendor bill.
6 lessons and activities
What this program is
Learn by running the accounting
Follow Bean & Bag’s transactions from daily accounting cycles through month-end close—recording, reconciling, and analyzing the same kinds of documents and schedules used on the job.
Practice accounting foundations and debits and credits, then work through accruals, bank activity, payables and vendor payments, inventory and COGS, production, payroll, receivables, employee expenses, corporate cards, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and month-end close. Each module places the work in Bean & Bag’s operating context so you can connect source documents, ERP entries, reconciliations, and adjusting entries.
Who it’s for
- Accounting students and recent graduates
- Entry-level and junior accountants seeking practical ERP experience
- Bookkeepers moving into corporate accounting
- Career switchers with a basic accounting background
- Employers seeking hands-on staff-accountant training
What’s included
Course facts
- CPE credits
- 5.5
- Field of study
- Accounting
- Knowledge level
- Basic
- Delivery method
- QAS Self-Study
- Prerequisites
- High school degree or equivalent
- Advanced prep
- None
- Lessons to watch
- 10 video lessons
- Hands-on tasks
- 50 graded tasks
- Practice environment
- Simulated ERP and accounting workflows
Learning objectives
By the end, you will be able to
- Define the accounting equation and apply double-entry accounting to routine staff-accountant transactions.
- Identify appropriate accounts and supporting documentation for common accounts payable, cash, payroll, inventory, and accounts receivable transactions.
- Apply accrual accounting principles to record transactions in the appropriate accounting period.
- Record vendor bills and payments, payroll, inventory activity, customer invoices and receipts, employee expenses, fixed assets, and intercompany activity in a simulated accounting system.
- Distinguish routine operating transactions from period-end adjusting entries.
- Reconcile bank, corporate-card, payroll, inventory, accounts receivable, and intercompany balances using supporting records.
- Analyze accounts receivable aging and supporting schedules to identify items requiring follow-up or adjustment.
- Perform key month-end close procedures and review an adjusted trial balance for completeness and accuracy.
Inside the program
7 modules of applied accounting work
Module 2
Week 2 — Accounts Payable & Inventory
Work through purchasing and payables for green coffee, freight, packaging, vendor payments, goods receipts, and insurance.
11 lessons and activities
Module 3
Week 3 — Payroll
Review a payroll register, record payroll and employer taxes, process payments and remittances, and reconcile the payroll cycle.
7 lessons and activities
Module 4
Week 4 — Inventory & COGS
Record production and inventory movements, recognize shipment relief and losses, and apply inventory costing methods.
8 lessons and activities
Module 5
Week 5 — Accounts Receivable
Set up customer activity, issue invoices, apply cash receipts, and analyze receivable balances and aging.
9 lessons and activities
Module 6
Week 6 — Other Day-to-Day Transactions
Handle employee expenses, corporate-card activity, fixed assets, intercompany entries, and other routine accounting work.
9 lessons and activities
Module 7
Month-End Close
Record depreciation, prepaid amortization, accruals, and adjusting entries, then reconcile and review period-end balances.
10 lessons and activities
How it works
From enrollment to completion
- 1
Decide if it fits
Review the program facts, curriculum, prerequisites, and learning objectives.
- 2
Enroll and get access
Use the current Controller Lab enrollment flow to begin.
- 3
Work at your own pace
Complete realistic accounting work inside the simulated Bean & Bag environment.
- 4
Meet the requirements
Complete the required activities and satisfy the program’s completion requirements.
- 5
Receive your certificate
When all requirements are met, receive a certificate of completion and 5.5 CPE credits.
14-day refund policy
We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee. Refund requests must be submitted within 14 days of purchase and are available only if less than 25% of the program has been completed. A program for which a certificate has been issued is non-refundable. Certificates are released only after the 14-day guarantee period has passed.
Complaint resolution policy
Email bill@thefincontroller.com with “Complaint Resolution” in the subject line and include your contact information, program, and concern. Controller Academy LLC will acknowledge the complaint within five business days, investigate it, and provide a written response. We aim to resolve complaints within 30 days and handle them as confidentially as practical.
If the matter is not resolved, complaints regarding registered CPE sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.
Ready to practice the work of a staff accountant?
Start with Bean & Bag’s realistic accounting environment and progress through daily transactions to month-end close.
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