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Xero Bookkeeper

Name: Xero Bookkeeper Course | Get Certified & Advance Your Career | Lumify Learn
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Bookkeeping

Boot Camp

3 months

Starts 14 Sep 2026

100% online learning

Xero Associate (Level 1) | Xero Professional (Level 2) | Xero Specialist (Level 3)

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Course overview

Xero is ANZ’s leading accounting platform, with more than 250,000 accountants and bookkeepers using Xero. Xero skills also feature prominently in bookkeeping and finance job ads, making recognised Xero certification a valuable credential for people entering or progressing in the profession.

Lumify Learn's Xero Bookkeeper is designed for beginners, career changers, Cert IV holders, SME owners, and finance administrators. This self-paced 3 month program takes learners from bookkeeper fundamentals through to Xero Specialist level, all with a Xero-certified Australian mentor available every step of the way.

What You Will Learn from this Course:

Bookkeeper Fundamentals: Build the accounting knowledge required to work confidently in Xero. Learn the core principles of double-entry bookkeeping, how assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses work together, how GST is calculated and reported in Australia, and how to read the financial statements that every business relies on.
Xero Associate Certification - Level 1: Get hands-on with the complete Xero workflow from day one. Set up a live Xero organisation from scratch, process customer invoices and supplier bills, import bank statement lines, reconcile your bank account, and run your first business performance reports.
Xero Professional Certification - Level 2: Take your Xero skills to the next level with professional-grade configuration and workflows. Learn to customise the Chart of Accounts, set up Tracking Categories for business segment reporting, manage credit notes and purchase orders, handle complex bank reconciliations, identify and correct coding errors, and produce a full management report suite.
Xero Specialist Certification - Level 3: Master the advanced Xero features that experienced bookkeepers and accounting firms depend on. Cover fixed asset management and depreciation, tracked inventory, staff expense claims, customer project tracking, multicurrency with foreign exchange reporting, budget management, and end-to-end preparation and BAS filing.
AI for Bookkeepers: Learn to use AI tools that modern finance professionals are already applying in the workplace. Cover how to optimise communication and information management using Microsoft Copilot, create financial documents and reports more efficiently, and use AI effectively for business communication in a bookkeeping and accounts context.

Want to add practical payroll skills? Explore our Xero Bookkeeper with Payroll Specialist course which includes the three Xero certifications in this course with an official Xero Payroll certification.

The benefits of completing Lumify Learn's Xero Bookkeeper Course

The course takes you from bookkeeping fundamentals through to specialist-level Xero skills, with learning aligned to Xero's official certification requirements. Your Xero-certified Australian mentor supports you throughout your enrolment, helping you progress through the coursework and prepare for each certification assessment.

By completion, you’ll hold three official Xero certifications, have practical hands-on experience across the Xero workflow, and be equipped with AI tools that modern bookkeepers are already using in the workplace — helping you step into bookkeeping, accounts or finance administration roles with confidence.

Lumify Edge

Bridging the gap between learning and earning, Lumify Edge supports our students in their transition from study to their next role. Enhance our students’ personal brand ready for job interviews, direct access to exclusive Lumify Group job portal and job opportunities.

Job Ready Skills

Earn certifications in high demand in Australia and Internationally – Fast. Gain the skills you need to jumpstart your career with our Learn-Practice-Test-Repeat approach. Fast tracking our students to success.

Support

Discover the power of quality mentors. Our Mentors are experienced industry professionals who will guide you in your studies and help you to leverage your skills in real work scenarios.

Flexible Study

Study on your own schedule. Manage your studies around work and family while still enjoying your life. You even have the option to fast-track and finish your studies ASAP.

Course Structure

Xero Bookkeeper

3 months

100% online learning

Xero Associate (Level 1) | Xero Professional (Level 2) | Xero Specialist (Level 3)

The core concepts that underpin every transaction and report. Including principles, debits and credits, double-entry bookkeeping, GST, and an introduction to the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.

Outcome: Understand the accounting fundamentals needed to use Xero accurately and confidently in a business context.

Get hands-on with the complete Xero workflow from setting up your organisation and processing invoices and bills through to bank reconciliation and your first business performance reports, all in a live Xero HQ practice environment.

Outcome: Complete the full Xero bookkeeper cycle end-to-end and sit the official Xero Associate certification assessment.

Configure and customise workflows the Chart of Accounts, setting up Tracking Categories, managing credit notes and purchase orders, handling complex bank reconciliations, and producing a full management report suite.

Outcome: Configure and manage a Xero organisation at a professional standard and sit the official Xero Professional certification assessment.

Master the advanced Xero modules that experienced bookkeepers and accounting firms rely on; covering fixed assets and depreciation, tracked inventory, staff expense claims, customer project management, multicurrency, budget management, and end-to-end BAS preparation and filing.

Outcome: Operate confidently across the Xero bookkeeping cloud platform

Learn practical AI skills that modern finance professionals are already using in the workplace. Topics cover using Microsoft Copilot to manage communication and information more efficiently, creating financial documents and reports with AI assistance, and applying AI tools effectively in a bookkeeping and accounts context.

Outcome: Apply AI tools confidently in a modern bookkeeping or finance administration role, working faster without replacing the human judgement clients and employers value.

Prerequisites

The course requires no prerequisites; even if you are brand new to bookkeeping, with the right attitude and appetite to learn, you will be able to join the course.

Trainers

Alex Xia

Alex Xia is a Chartered Accountant with over eight years’ experience across accounting, finance, valuation and transaction advisory. He brings Big Four and industry expertise, with a strong focus on accuracy, compliance and quality outcomes.

Lumify Edge

Lumify Edge is designed to provide you with the tools you need to launch a fulfilling career with strong earning potential.

By enrolling in the course, you will be eligible to take part in Lumify Edge where we connect you with those recruiting for positions in the market along with Internship opportunities.

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Career opportunities

Bookkeeper

Bookkeepers keep businesses financially organised by recording transactions, reconciling accounts, managing payroll and supporting compliance. Build practical skills for flexible roles across almost every industry.

Enrolment information

This program is delivered fully online through our learning management system (LMS) and is entirely self-paced, with mentor support available to guide you along the way. We call this mode of study start together, finish whenever, meaning you can progress through the content at a pace that works for you.

If you have more time in some weeks, you can move ahead faster, and if you are busier, you can slow down and take the time you need while still having access to your mentor when you need support.

Tech Requirements

While there are no prerequisites for the course, you will need to have access to a laptop or desktop computer with a reliable internet connection.

Lumify Learn accepts no responsibility for personal electronic devices that are utilised for the course and undertakes no responsibility to investigate their damage.

Exams

The course includes three exams across three certifications that need to be undertaken in an online proctored environment. Exam fees are included in the cost of the course.

Lumify Learn provides you with exam vouchers in order to register for these exams.

What happens next?

A course advisor will call to chat about your course and set up a time for you to get started

You will then be invited to complete the Student Enrolment process to secure your spot in the course

Once your enrolment has been submitted, our Student Support Team will contact you to confirm your enrolment

If all your documentation is in order, you will then be invited to attend an online orientation

Payment information

Australia Price

RRP: $2,499 incl. GST

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$2,124

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Talk to a Course Advisor to learn more about our payment plans.

New Zealand Price

RRP: $3,099

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$2,634

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Frequently Asked Questions

It covers all the practical skills required to work confidently as a bookkeeper using Xero. Starting from accounting fundamentals, you will progressively build through all the three official Xero certification levels; learning to set up and configure a Xero organisation, process sales and purchases, reconcile bank accounts, manage credit notes and purchase orders, correct errors, produce management reports, handle fixed assets, tracked inventory, expense claims, customer projects, multicurrency, budgets, and prepare and file a Business Activity Statement.

You will also develop practical AI skills using Microsoft Copilot to work more efficiently in a modern finance role. By the time you complete the bootcamp, you will have the hands-on Xero competency and official certifications to perform confidently in a bookkeeping or finance administration role from day one.

Completing this course prepares you for a range of roles across bookkeeping, accounts, and finance administration in Australian and New Zealand businesses of all sizes. These include:

Bookkeeper: Entry roles managing financial records, bank reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable, and GST reporting using Xero for small to medium businesses.

Accounts Officer: Positions handling day-to-day financial transactions, invoice processing, and reporting within a business or accounting firm; one of the most commonly advertised roles requiring Xero certification.

Office / Finance Administrator: Broader administrative roles with a financial component, common in SMEs where Xero skills are used alongside general business operations and office management.