Sage 50

[strawberrysummer19]

Can anyone recommend a sage 50 course online ?

I've just started a job and I need to learn it
I've found one though reed and it's 8hrs but there's also one 30 hours for so much more money

Seems to be a minefield

Thanks in advance

We used a local IT trainer, she did a half day session with 2 of us for around £150. That was in February this year though, pre covid hysteria days.

We still hadn't got a clue WTF we were doing mind, and went back to Office 365 - not helpful, I appreciate. It's a complex package, and I don't think I'd have got anything at all from online training.

@PenelopePilchard thanks for your reply
Honestly I'm really struggling with it! I feel so lost
I wonder if It's worth suggesting a new system
The job I have taken on is a sole accounts role and the lady before was the only one in the dept so literally no one to ask
Ive looked at various courses on sage and seems you can learn it in it 4 hrs 8 hrs 20 hours and 30 hours
It's a minefield !

OP, what finance experience do you have? Are you comfortable with bank recs, sales ledger, purchase ledger etc.

Any course on sage 50 will presume a certain amount of accounts knowledge.

(I am a finance director btw)

@topcat2014 I have worked in finance role previously. I have done sales ledger, purchase ledger, bank rec
One was for the council and really straight forward and the other was for a private company but completely different system and different bank rec and this company is also very different so just feeling a bit lost even though I do have experience in finance
I just think I would be better off in a larger organisation with other team members
Where as this new company it's just me and I'm not sure I will ever pick it up

So, think back to your old job. You know what you are trying to achieve.

YouTube might be your help too.

The first thing my dept does every day is update the cash book. If your bank is right then the rest cannot be that wrong.

Print out an aged debtors report. Does it agree to nominal code 1100?

If not check the dates you are using.

Repeat for aged creditors and 2100.

Remember a lot of the other finance stuff like depreciation can be left until you are happy with the basics.

Once you are happy with these items you can start reviewing the trial balance