ABKN1016 - Certificate in Xero Payroll
Need to learn how to use Xero Payroll FAST?
Become a Xero Payroll Administrator and get payroll right the first time! Your favourite accounting software can now integrate with Payroll. In only 10 hours, this online course will help you set up Xero Payroll, connect your payroll to your accounting system, get your payroll right and save time managing payroll and PAYE returns
Key benefits
- Gain 10 CPD hours upon completion of the course
- Increase your competence and skills and become Xero Payroll Confident
- Gain employment and improve your career prospects
- Become your own payroll administrator and save money on payroll fees
- Work with an experienced tutor and other students to successfully complete your course
- Developed and Delivered by Xero Certified Professionals
- You will be provided with FREE Xero Payroll software to complete this course (access for one month).
Accredited by ICOES
ICOES, the International Council for Online Educational Standards guarantees you a high standard of content with measurable outcomes from a reputable training organisation. ICOES is the accrediting body that establishes, monitors and continually develops the educational standards of online teaching institutions.
Course Modules
ABKN219 - Introduction to Xero Online
ABKN200 - Setting up Xero Payroll
ABKN182 - Managing Payroll Items with Xero
ABKN107 - New Employees & Leave Requests with Xero
ABKN179 - Pay Templates in Xero
ABKN178 - Pay Runs in Xero
ABKN183 - Payslips & Payroll Reporting with Xero
ABKN145 - Filing Obligations Using Xero
This course is designed for
- Small Business owners or anyone who manages the payroll function within a business
- Accountants or Job seekers who desire a payroll position
- Individuals currently in a payroll type role wanting to up skill, and who would like to gain a Certificate in Xero
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Course summary
Assessment: Quizzes and exercises throughout modules 1-8 with a practical assessment after module 8.
Duration: Learn at your own pace, but expect to take 8-10 hours.
Access Time: You will have access to this course for up to 6 months until you complete.
Qualification information: Receive a Certificate in Xero Payroll
Pathway opportunities: If you are looking for advanced Xero skills, we highly recommend you complete our Advanced Certificate in Xero Accounting upon completion of this course.
Course Level: 4
What our students say
★★★★★ "A very well organized and conceived course. By following the course materials, I was able to learn & build on the concepts with minimal questions. I would have no troubles recommending this course." - Chris Chung
★★★★★ "Courses are well structured and easy to follow. The Career Academy is great online school to study with. It fits in perfectly with my interests and my career plan. With a little background in Accounting this course has challenged and motivated me to up skill. The course content is well presented and relevant. I have learned a lot from this course. Tutors are very helpful and always there to assist. Awesome team! Thanks a lot." - Marican Mina
Donna Anderson –
Friends recommendation. Nothing that I can think of, but I havent done any other courses to compare it with.
Marihi Langford –
As Im am working full time in a different career and it appealed to me.
Greg Wyatt –
Aspects that need to be improved? – None. I think the course is very well designed and easy to follow instructions – I chose the career academy because they provided the courses i need
Renee Cailes –
as it was an online course i could work at my own pace and fit the study into everyday life. plus being able to pay it off is great! it all seems pretty Good to me
Hannee Mae Cabacungan –
Good reputation, easy to follow.
Trellay-Rose Reihana –
Excellent!
Donna Hughes –
I would like to find out more regarding the Xero Graduate Partner Program. I have registered to go onto the Accounting Diploma. I would like more advise on this.
Kim Angela Rennie –
I would have liked more worked examples and/or practice items with different scenarios. I found the assessment instructions somewhat confusing at times and had to read through it multiple times.
Harshad Bandekar –
Good prices, Good qualifications, Good practical learning about accounting rather than too much time spent on theory. Studying with the view to re-entering the workforce. Very impressed with the attitudes of all staff and their helpfulness!
Jennifer Mowett –
Grammar,Spelling, seems as though its translated 2ly from another language. Assessment qurstions are vague and 2ly represent the actual expectation from the tutors in order to pass. Near the end of my diploma, marking was slow. Seems to be inconsistency regarding what is and is not acceptable regarding use of course content. That said, overall I feel I gained vast knowledge of the content, found the pace easy, the tutors friendly and helpful and enjoyed my studies immensely Ease of correspondence, great price
Jennifer Mowett –
At times I found it difficult to interpret the questions, be it the way the question was worded or the way I read it. Perhaps if the questions could be simplified or a small example provided to remove any misinterpretation.
Mohammed Iftikar Shah –
Excellent!
Siddharth Chopra –
As the course is online, no need to waste time to travel physically for a course There are errors in the assignment that make me unable to do it the first time I suggest to take away the Word and Excel modules and add more elements of the software operations in terms of Chart of Accounts Set Up, generation of P&L, Balance Sheet, Budgeting etc
Tanya Weiske –
I was very pleased with this course.
Sarah Lewis –
I work full time so the online course is very handy for me. Maybe a bit more reading material and/or video clip tutorials or more practical examples, otherwise I really enjoyed the course. The online help is very prompt same goes with the markings.
Sarah Lewis –
Good explanation and Good assessment to follow. because I could study from home in my spare time. They ere also the only ones that offered a qualification in xero. great course.
Carol Raynes –
I was searching for a online course and the careers academys pathway programme stood out the most to me No areas needed to be improved. I think the most important tool for studying is having tutors available when and if needed and the tutors were.
Renee Cailes –
As it contains all courses I was to study and pursue a career in! and also the payment plan is an 5 idea!! An improvement would be to maybe not using video? as I was not able to view it on certain PC (while at work
Hannee Mae Cabacungan –
Great content. good value.
Kylie Toth –
Give the student an idea of how to complete an emergency procedure good to study when you want and when you have the time.
Swati Bhoir –
Found online. affordable
Izanne Loxton –
I was starting to use Xero for the company’s accounts and Career Academy offered a course, I found it easy having the printed course notes than just relying on the screen.
Terri Fazakerley –
Found them to have the best courses for me and also the ease of following the website to get set up. For me I found that the course was great and din't have any areas that need improving. Fantastic service and courses…would like to thank all involved.
Terri Fazakerley –
As I am looking into doing a vet nursing degree next year and wanted to do a certificate in animal health with out spending too much money in case I found out during the degree that this isnt what I actually want to be doing. There isnt many other places that offer a course like this one and I am glad I went through careers academy for it, this gave me great insight on what is expected in vet nursing and I really enjoyed it, learned so much from this course as well. Nothing, everything was set out easily enough to understand and all the tutors were so nice and helpful.
Cindy Weir –
An improvement could be when I email tutors for help would like help. I chose the career academy cause i wanted to give a try
Susan Davy –
I was starting to use Xero for the company's accounts and Career Academy offered a course. I found it easy having the printed course notes than just relying on the screen.
Tracey Bull –
I was recommended the course by staff who was also completing a course through The Career Academy.
Kathryn Fairbairn –
Career Academy offered the best value for money and the best combinations to get up-skilled in several different aspects of Payroll.
Mary Hollis –
At first I was nervous to start the course but once I got into it, it was easy, well easy as easy can be considering I did not know the system well. The Tutors were very helpful and always offering to help.
Sheree Taylor –
It has the course material I wanted to do, the time I wanted to do it in and DD option.
Viv Cavuoto –
Fantastic, step by step with all the finer details that make life easier when using Xero covered.
Martine Hawkins –
Great information online and the tutors were very on to it in getting back to me when I requested the info on the course.
Lori Mahony –
I have studied with you a few times now and it is my preferred way of learning and I know that help is always available.
Vicky Hartley –
A little more information regarding how to balance the ledger with payment summaries if they don’t match up would be helpful.
Mari Meyer –
It was convenient studying from home @ my own rate. Thank you.
Tricina McGregor –
You are able to study from home and you are able to pay off your course with the small weekly payments. The courses that you have on offer were exaclty what I wanted to study. I will definitley finish my other 2 courses and sign up again.
Gursimar Wadhwa –
The tutors were really helpful and would always answer my email queries. The information provided was very up-to-date and the modules were easy to understand. The course materials were written according to the final exam at the end.
Nerissa Guthrie –
The best thing about the Career Academy is that the course is all online.
Chelzie Te Hokimate Teresa Mischewski –
I can study from home and still be able to work parttime 🙂
Miho Maeda –
The Xero course was very organized and easy. I found it so useful!
Homa Yerrabapu –
Really good course, very easy to do by myself so I didn’t need to talk to the tutors much. They were fast to provide feedback on the assessments I submitted.
Marican Mina –
Courses are well structured and easy to follow. The Career Academy is great online school to study with. It fits in perfectly with my interests and my career plan. With a little background in Accounting this course has challenged and motivated me to up skill. The course content is well presented and relevant. I have learned a lot from this course. Tutors are very helpful and always there to assist. Awesome team!
Thanks a lot.
Ezaan Cloete –
Excellent course content – maybe some videos about the calendars would be good (less reading and more watching and taking our own notes).
Ngahuia Hawke –
Having your own xero software would be ideal. This was a well organised system to be able to complete courses remotely.
Ngahuia Hawke –
Overall excellent course. Chose to study with The Career Academy as it seemed like a well organised system to be able to complete courses remotely.
Trang Phan –
The tutors helped to answer a few of my questions but I was able to work through most of it on my own. Relatively easy content.
Joanna Brunton –
I went back and reset and redid previous exercises several times, but not all of the options in the drop down boxes were available, especially when setting up a pay run and the annual leave question. This made it difficult to do the exercises further on. The information given was easy to understand and so I still managed to use this to pass the final assessment.
Trang Phan –
Good course!
Katrina Hunt –
The course was great and I found the support from the tutors was amazing.
Lyn Robertson –
I chose to study with The Career Academy because of the flexibility to complete the material. But most of all – being able to target the learning I wanted without having to do a degree or diploma that included papers/material I did not want or need to do. Overall- great! I am looking forward to starting my next course (already enrolled!)
Ngahuia Hawke –
I’ve done a few of the units so far and they’re pretty interesting – so far so good.
Jackie Cooke –
Lovely, the new information has been good in my line of work. I’ve enjoyed incorporating what I’ve learned into my business.
Liang Chun Chen –
Course is going good, really enjoying it. Finding it to be not too difficult.
Val Brooking –
You can study at your own pace, help is only an email away, and it’s very affordable. I enjoyed doing my three courses with the Career Academy!
Sophia Lemafa –
I haven’t yet spoken to any tutors but the course itself is simple to understand very helpful as well.
Robyn Park –
All good. I was enrolled for another course for my work and thought I would upskill with this one as well.
Atareta McNab –
Chose The Career Academy to get Xero training. Clarity of grading and how grading is presented in each module tab, I found this quite confusing.
Paulette Steed –
The business I work for has changed to Xero, and the Office Manager wont teach me or let me learn this yet, and if she is the only one knowing Xero and something happens to her we are in the cr*p so I looked it up and found The Career Academy teachers it, and thought Ill learn it for myself. Highlighting key points maybe, even though these are explained clearly and when you sit the assessment and want to change your answer its locked and you cannot undo your first choice, when you know you are wrong. But basically I think its really good so far.
Gayle Richardson –
Provided everything I needed in terms of learning flexibility, study support and affordability with payment options was a big plus. would highly recommend this course of study. Tutor support has been excellent when needed. Only other comment is that as new to electronic payroll systems of any kind the course material in part was light on but also an upside as it encouraged me to research and look further.
Ezrie Rahmat –
I received the help i needed, when i needed it.
Ann Michelle –
It was the best option available for my situation and my age ….never too old to learn.
Richard Booker –
Excellent
Teresa Holding –
Very quick response and good answer.
Matthew Slade –
Excellent
Lesley Challen –
Career Academy courses are meeting my learning requirements in each course that I have attempted so far. I would like to see more exercises to practice on
Joanne Berry –
I needed to do Xero to improve employment prospects.
I had no problems with the course.
Ali Salih –
I liked this because it was all online.
Thank you.
Harshpreet Singh –
I went with this course because I wanted to study at home and I need a certificate.
Parisha Kiran –
This course definitely met my expectations
Lesley Ralston –
I chose this course because it was recommended by Xero. It was a good course.. There are a few spelling errors that perhaps should be looked at in the course content pages.
Lesley Challen –
I am yet to get back to the exercise I had the question about. However, my tutor’s response was very quick and I am sure the fix she has outlined will solve my problem.
Lesley
Tony Far –
I found the Career Academy through searching on the internet and after reading some reviews and speaking with them over the phone decided this was a good option. One thing I think would possibly be an improvement is having the videos incorporated into the modules like in the previous course (certificate in Xero). After the last module there was a link to all the payroll videos. I think it would have made more sense to have these videos split into each of the modules.
Michaela Cairns –
Studying with The Career Academy seemed to be a good option for someone like me who is fitting study in around the rest of my life.. its great being able to do it all online and in my own time with the option to get in touch with the tutors if i needed to. This course was a bit more challenging for me – I work with Xero daily so the first part was very familiar to me whereas we don’t use Xero Payroll yet so it was all very new. However, doing this course & seeing how good the payroll system is definitely making us think about how Xero Payroll could work for us…
Samuel Hwang –
I chose The Career Academy to learn new knowledge that would be relevant in the workplace.
Joshua Oakes –
The tutors are always quick, helpful and friendly. Their responses always guide me in the right direction!
Setphanie McCamley –
I liked that help was always available when i needed it and that the tasks were easy for me to follow and complete.
Deborah Wishnowsky –
I liked the professional look and courses covered the areas that I was looking for. Suited me to study in my own time . I found staff very helpful.
Lauren Rangvanu –
This was great for me because I could do it at the same time as having a full time job.
Imrose Rana –
I chose to go with The Career Academy because I was told from my friend “It’s the best” – She completed her diploma in Xero. I think the course could be improved if there were more videos.
Melanie Kind –
Excellent! Great course
Natalie Croad –
Excellent
Matire Seath –
I find the demo a bit confusing at times – there were thing that should have been there from the previous course, but then it wasn’t which made it ma bit difficult to complete. But overall I really enjoy this style of learning.
I decided to study with the career academy as I did an internet search and then talk to a couple of people about it.
Mark Dimitroviski –
Excellent
Sharron Ciranni –
Nothing could be improved – Was happy with the course content and time allowed for completion. Career academy had a combined course for Xero which was both the accounting and payroll modules at a reasonable price.
Fiona Learmonth –
Good, I felt that more exercises could have been applied. An exercise of the things that we have covered & the questions in the final assessment would be good. Otherwise all good thank you.
Kate Ward-Smith –
Was offered to my by my boss since then i have looked at your website and found the next course i would like to do
Chanel Doyle –
It was the most relevant to me at the time of my search
Alexandra Wood –
There were no time limits and could complete in my own time. Could fit around my work schedule and my little ones!
Cheryl Rodgers –
Material and courses was alright
Grace Cheng –
The course and material was okay
Tania Rickard –
Excellent. I decided to study with the career academy because they had the best reviews for the topic.
Kerry Stevenson –
The course was good overall. Help was available when I needed it.
Dorys De Atkins –
This course is excellent overall. The assessment instructions were clear and easy to follow and the tutor was knowledgeable.
Christine Hall –
I was struggling with using Xero at work, not having used it at all before March 2016 so a work colleague did an online search and emailed me a link to your site. I read the course material and it suited what I needed to learn for work.
Megan Besley –
My colleagues have used this and recommended it, also it is great to be able to study in my own time.
Feu Janen Mary Anne Livapulu –
Nothing could be improved. This was very helpful and explanatory in every way I needed. I chose to study with Career Academy because I could still work a full time job during the week and ready notes on the course subject I had picked to study. The only time I have free is Mondays’ every week to do Xero payroll and invoicing out to customers. Easy payment options also and easy to fit into busy day life 🙂 I thank you so much and am going to study further.
Paola Kingsley –
This course is excellent overall
Jill Marr –
Good course overall. Help was available when I needed it.
Sydney Harris –
It suit both my cash flow and the timeframes that I could study in
Renee Keating –
This course is excellent overall. The content was well organised and easy to follow.
Nikita Morrow –
Good overall.
Diane Christie –
Thanks… Appreciated being able to train online! Initially rang a Xero training provider and wasn’t impressed with their initial knowledge. So went online in search of somewhere/somehow to complete training. I started to complete your online application, then got sidetracked.. A phone call came through from your staff within approx. half an hour, so I completed the process… and now I’ve finished… Yay!
I am using Xero, a client has just added Xero Payroll and I needed to know how to correctly process Payroll in Xero. I am already experienced in IMS and ACE payroll programs
Lesley Ralston –
Well. Super happy about the result. Wasn’t expecting to do so well so thanks so much and for the advice.
Mary Ann Canon –
I am working full time and I cannot attend classroom discussions so having online courses is more convenient for me.
Yazmin Bruno –
Average overall.
Jodie McGarvey –
I chose to study with The Career Academy for several reasons:
1. To gain experience using Xero, because I recently started to use the accounting system for my own business.
2. To gain the qualification
3. I liked the $25 weekly payment option and courses were cost effective.
Paula Vautier –
Excellent course
Dion Lee –
I was doing another course and saw this one as well. Excellent overall.
Shiraz Smith –
Decided to gain a basic qualification in Xero Payroll
Gitavkumar Patel –
Good overall
Claudia Fischer –
Decided to study with The Career Academy to get Xero certified, and the possibility to pay of course fees in equal instalments.
Nancy Jane –
I decided to study with The Career Academy because it was online and have done a couple of other courses.
Kirsty Kelly –
I decided to study with The Career Academy to improve my ability to obtain employment.
Aleisha Coley –
I wanted to learn more about the program I was using for my business and with you, you had a lot of information and easy to set up. Excellent.
Leonie McMillian –
Excellent course – Can do it at my own pace and a good price, plus I had a follow up phone-call the next day after reading through the course information and Richard we very helpful.
Tia Mataira –
I found The Career Academy online. Good overall.
Oliver Redman –
I would rate this course excellent overall. Help was available when I needed it and the assessment instructions were clear and easy to follow.
Maricel Aboy –
The assessment instructions were clear and easy to follow. Excellent overall.
Jaimee Marquet –
Excellent overall.
Stephan de Bruyn –
Excellent. The content was well organised and easy to follow. I will be able to apply the knowledge learned.
Anne-Marie bowers –
Excellent course. The tutor was knowledgeable and the content was relevant and useful.
Sumeet Shah –
Good course.
Nerrisa Salonga –
Thanks for giving me the chance and opportunity. Excellent course.
Natalie Dawson –
I would rate this course excellent overall. Convenient to do the course online.