Certified Payroll Specialist
Program

Become a Certified Payroll Specialist

Become one of America's most qualified payroll processors. Become a licensed Certified Payroll Specialist and place CPS behind your name.

Learn and apply best practice payroll from our small business advisory company, Consortia Small Business Advisors (SBA).

SBA helps small businesses increase their financial condition, profit, cash flow, and equity.

SBA performs bookkeeping, accounting, analysis, and tax preparation to communicate financial performance and business advice.

Benefits

Completion of the Certified Payroll Specialist Program provides the following opportunities:

1. Bookkeeping career with Consortia Small Business Advisors,
2. Payroll position with a payroll service business,
3. Payroll position with a small business, or
4. Payroll clerk position with a large business.

Objectives

1. Perform payroll accurately and productively.
2. Prepare timely, relevant, and reliable payroll information.
3. Provide daily, weekly, monthly, and annual payroll reports.
4. Prepare payroll tax forms and returns.

Steps‍‍

1. Course
2. Certification
3. Training
4. Experience
5. License
6. Job Assistance

Course‍

Develop payroll knowledge and understanding.

‍Payroll Fundamentals or course equivalent.

Certification‍

Communicate and assure employers or clients of your payroll knowledge and understanding.

‍Payroll Certification

Intuit QuickBooks Certification

QuickBooks Payroll Certification

Training

Learn best practice payroll and QuickBooks Online Payroll processes, procedures, and steps.

‍‍Payroll with QuickBooks Online

Experience

Apply best practice payroll and QuickBooks Online Payroll processes, procedures, and steps.

Perform payroll under the direction and supervision of an experienced Certified Payroll Specialist manager.

Payroll Experience (three months)

CPS License Objective

Place CPS behind your name and communicate your payroll knowledge, skill, experience, and ethics to employers or clients.

CPS License

Become a licensed Certified Payroll Specialist.

This program completes the CPS license education, certification (examination), and experience requirements.

Job Assistance

We provide job placement training and programs that connect our graduates with payroll employers.

How Do I Begin?

The Program begins on the first Monday of each month and there is a limited number of students.

1. Click "Buy Now" to pay your first month of tuition. This secures your place in the next available Program. The payment is fully refundable until you begin the Program.
2. You will receive an email with Program information including your start date the next business day.