Accounting Specializations

MCC offers a series of classes focusing on specialized accounting skills. The courses will prepare you for entry level jobs and for national certification in one of the specialized areas of Accounting Operations.

The Accounts Payable-Entry Level class also features a service learning component with a minimum of 30 hours of hands-on work experience at an approved site. Both the independent national certification and job experience add credibility to your skill set and increase your chances of being hired. Students completing the individual class (Accounts Payable-Entry Level, Accounts Payable Professional-Advanced or Payroll) will receive a document of completion that can be presented to prospective employers.

See what courses are available now in the Course Schedule.

Course Descriptions

Individual classes that teach skills and prepare for national certification:

ACSP101 - Payroll Fundamentals-Entry Level (2-.5-2)

This course will be a hands-on approach to learning the payroll cycle within an accounting operation. Coverage will begin with various laws, rules and regulations that govern the payroll process to completion of payroll disbursements, impact of benefits on payroll processing and the filing of various tax and information returns related to payroll deductions and payroll liabilities. Topics covered in the class include the logical process of work within the payroll department; the fundamentals of federal, state and local laws as they relate to the payroll process and reporting requirements; internal control procedures; various payroll fringe benefits and the impact on the payroll function of such benefits; and the responsibilities and skills needed to succeed and manage a successful payroll department. The student will complete a payroll practice case so as to gain hands-on knowledge. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be ready for an entry level position as a payroll professional and will receive a certificate of completion of the Payroll-Entry Level course. The student will be able to present this certificate to prospective employers as verification of payroll education. Further, upon completion of this class, the student will be prepared to test for the American Payroll Association’s Fundamental Payroll Certification Examination.

ACSP103 - Accounts Payable-Entry Level (1.5-.5-1.5)

This hands-on class will teach the student the accounts payable department functions, from the receipt of a purchase order through the completed payment of the invoice using a QuickBooks software package. Topics covered include the logical process of work within the accounts payable department, the interaction and flow of information throughout the organization, internal controls, processing of paperwork for the invoice packet, disbursement of funds, updating the vendor master file, preparation of 1099 reports and vendor statement reconciliation. The student will be required to complete a minimum of 30 hours of related service-learning work experience. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be ready for an entry level position as an accounts payable processor and will receive a document listing service learning hours completed. Further, upon completion of this class, the student will be prepared to test for the Accounts Payable-Entry Level National Certification Examination.

ACSP104 - Accounts Payable Professional-Advanced (2-0-2)

This advanced level class in accounts payable operations and procedures is designed for the accounts payable professional that has at least 3 years of full-time work experience in the field of accounts payable and wants to further their education regarding advanced topics of accounts payable so as to enhance their performance in the work place and/or prepare to take the Accredited Payable Specialist Certificate Exam. This class will cover the following topics: Internal control systems, Sarbanes Oxley Act, policy manual preparation, fraud detection and prevention, record retention and destruction practices, preparation for internal and external audits, accounting terminology and account reconciliation, advanced processing functions for invoices and non-invoice billing, disbursement methods, paper versus electronic payments, international payments, petty cash, error corrections, updating the vendor master file, accounts payable software specifics and security issues, electronic invoicing, data security, imaging and workflow, sales and use taxes, value added taxes, travel and entertainment expense management, 1099 reporting, and importance of cross training and best training processes. Upon successful completion of this class and providing that the student has the applicable required work experience, the student will be prepared to take the Accredited Payable Specialist Certification Exam offered by The Accounts Payable Network and The Institute of Management & Administration.