CIBA U2Pro (University to Professional)
U²Pro is a virtual accounting practice where you work a client file for twelve months, from the first invoice to the management accounts pack, and finish able to show an employer exactly what you can do.
10 CPD units 1 presenter
What will set you apart
By completing this course you will gain the following competencies
- Process the full cycle. Capture, reconcile and close the bank, the debtors, the creditors and the general ledger, every month.
- Prepare the SARS returns. VAT201, EMP201, EMP501, the IRP5s and provisional tax, prepared and reconciled, with the eFiling process walked step by step.
- Run a payroll. Calculate PAYE, UIF and SDL, produce the payslip, and prepare the payroll returns that follow it.
- Produce management accounts. Build a director-ready pack with variances, ratios and commentary a client can understand.
- Prepare for the AFS. Year-end adjustments, provisions, going concern, and a set of annual financial statements ready for review.
- Work professionally. Ethics, confidentiality, POPIA, fraud red flags and the client communication that turns a qualification into a career.
- Prove it on paper. You leave with a Work Readiness Passport listing every competency you demonstrated, which is the document you put in front of an employer.
Event breakdown
- A Your first week in the practice
- B Setting up the client file
- C Billing the client and preparing the VAT
- D Processing the costs and running the payroll
- E Chasing debtors, paying creditors, balancing the bank
- F Running the fixed asset register
- G Closing the month and reporting to the client
- H Working out the client's tax
- I Closing the year and drafting the statements
- J Advising the client and building your career
- ★ The integrated client file, one client and one full year
Category: Record Keeping (Books to trial balance)Type: Subscription · ProgramCPD category: Accounting
Description
The problem this solves. You finish your qualification and start applying. The advert asks for experience. You cannot get experience without a job and you cannot get the job without experience. A degree certificate does nothing to break that loop, because it records what you studied rather than what you can do.
What U²Pro is. A simulated accounting practice with a client, a ledger, a VAT deadline and a payroll to run. You work through the tasks, decisions and workflows a first-year trainee meets in a real South African firm, on synthetic client data, under a trainer who has done the job.
How it runs. 26 recorded teaching sessions of about two hours each, roughly 52 hours in all, organised into 10 blocks that follow one client through a full financial year. Every session gives you four things: a handout you keep, a slide deck, the recorded class itself, and a 20-question check to confirm the content landed before you move on. You pause, rewind and rewatch as often as you need.
What you produce. Invoices checked for validity. A VAT201 prepared and reconciled. A payroll calculated, with the EMP201, EMP501 and IRP5s that follow it. Creditors processed, debtors chased, a bank account reconciled when it does not balance. An asset register maintained. A month-end worked from cut-off to sign-off. A management pack with variance commentary. A year closed and a set of annual financial statements drafted ready for review. The year ends with one integrated take-home case study across all ten blocks, marked with written feedback.
Nothing you prepare is submitted anywhere. Every return sits on a simulated client file built with synthetic data. You work each one to submission standard and you are taken through the eFiling process step by step, but nothing reaches SARS, CIPC or a bank. The competence is real. The client is not.
Who it is for. University and TVET students from their second year, recent graduates, and career changers moving into accounting. You do not need any work experience to start.
Presenters
Leana van der Merwe — Leana van der Merwe is a Chartered Accountant and Registered Auditor with over 18 years of experience in business accounting, audit and corporate governance. A former Audit Director and professional-body Technical and Standards Executive, she has guided more than 14,000 professionals through complex regulatory matters. Leana also serves on the PAFA Technical Advisory Group, the IFAC Anti-Money Laundering Committee and the IFRS Foundation SME Implementation Group.
You will earn a certificate
On successful completion you will receive a certificate for 10 CPD units in Accounting.
Requirements
- Laptop, desktop, or mobile device with internet access
- Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari, or Firefox browser