Course Overview
The one-day Microsoft Dynamics GP Bank Reconciliation course explores the accounting cycle and the processes required to manage cash receipts, cash disbursements, and other transactions that affect checkbook balances. This course shows you how to perform the reconciliation process, ensuring accuracy of your financial data and its relation to your financial institution.
A thorough understanding of these topics allows you to reconcile your checkbooks with your bank statements, keeping information consistent and accurate. You will learn to use comprehensive reporting features to preview data in different ways prior to performing the reconciliation process, as well as how to use the Checkbook Register report, which may be printed at any time. This course also teaches you how to define default values that automatically populate data fields and gather the information you need to make better business decisions by exploring powerful inquiry and lookup functions.
Audience
Customers wanting to learn the basic features and to develop a working knowledge of the typical day-to-day procedures required to effectively use Microsoft Dynamics GP Bank Reconciliation. Bank Reconciliation training is recommended for anyone who plans to implement, use, maintain, consult, or support Microsoft Dynamics GP. The class is targeted toward data entry clerks, administrators; office managers, CEOs, and consultants who need to understand the technical aspects of Bank Reconciliation and gain foundational knowledge of the application functionality.
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Overview and Setup Procedures
This chapter gives students a general overview of the features and benefits of using the Bank Reconciliation module in an integrated environment. It also focuses on the setup procedures for the Bank Reconciliation module, as well as the options available to customize this module to reflect the way your organization does business. The chapter also covers entering beginning balances for each checkbook in preparation for using the Bank Reconciliation module.
Main Topics
- Bank Reconciliation Features and Benefits
- Bank Reconciliation Integration
- Bank Reconciliation Setup and Options
- Checkbook Maintenance
- Transfer Existing Checkbooks to Bank Reconciliation
Labs
- Bank Reconciliation Setup
- Checkbook Setup
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
- Identify the features and benefits available when using Bank Reconciliation.
- Discuss integration that takes place between Bank Reconciliation and other modules within the application.
- Identify the navigation used to access the windows for transactions, reports, routines, and inquiries in Bank Reconciliation.
- Customize settings for the Bank Reconciliation module.
- Set up checkbooks.
- Transfer existing checkbooks to Microsoft Dynamics GP to begin using the Bank Reconciliation module.
Chapter 2: Daily Procedures
This chapter defines the ways that transactions can be entered and posted in Bank Reconciliation. You explore the different types of transactions, receipts, and deposits that may be entered in this module. This chapter explains how each type of transaction may update the cash balance in the General Ledger, the checkbook balance in Bank Reconciliation, or both.
Main Topics
- Bank Transaction Entry
- Receipt Transactions
- Miscellaneous Checks
- Bank Transfer Entry
- Create Bank Deposits
- Bank Deposit Entry
Labs
- Entering an Outstanding Check
- Entering a Check Transaction
- Entering a Cash Receipt
- Printing a Miscellaneous Check
- Entering a Bank Transfer
- Entering a Deposit without Receipts
- Entering a Deposit with Receipts
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
- Enter the different types of cash transactions in Bank Reconciliation.
- Print checks for miscellaneous items in Bank Reconciliation.
- Enter bank transfers.
- Enter and post deposits.
Chapter 3: Reconcile Bank Statements
This chapter examines the steps necessary to reconcile a checkbook to the bank statement. The process to enter miscellaneous transactions and adjustments during the reconcile process is covered in detail. Time is spent discussing the transaction posting that occurs during the reconcile process.
Main Topics
- Reconcile Bank Statements Window
- Selecting Bank Transactions
- Enter Adjustments for Miscellaneous Transactions
- Print Preview Reports
- Enter Adjustments for Cleared Differences
- Reconcile the Checkbook
Labs
Reconcile a Checkbook
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
- Reconcile a checkbook to the bank statement.
- Enter adjustments for miscellaneous transactions such as service charges or interest earned.
- Account for cleared differences between the checkbook and the bank.
- Print Reconciliation Preview reports.
Chapter 4: Maintaining Records
This chapter examines the functionality available to maintain Bank Reconciliation records. The process to void transactions, transfers, and deposits is covered in detail. Time is spent discussing the procedure for changing and deleting records. How to remove historical information from Microsoft Dynamics GP and the effects of removing this history is demonstrated. Time is also spent discussing the inquiry windows and reports that can be generated from the Bank Reconciliation module.
Main Topics
- Voiding a Bank Transaction
- Voiding a Bank Transfer
- Voiding a Deposit
- Deleting a Checkbook
- Removing History
- Using Inquiries
- Report Options
- Report Groups
Labs
Removing History
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
- Void bank transactions, transfers, and deposits.
- Change and delete checkbook records.
- Remove historical bank reconciliation information.
- Inquire and report on bank information.
