Surgent noted the evolution of the accounting industrial means accounting and finance roles are being filled by such professionals with the new line of foundational courses from Surgent IQ designed to meet their needs.

AME Learning's AME Engage platform is based on the its Accounting Map Tutorials which the company said “translates accounting concepts into common experiences and terminology that make it easily understandable to learners with little or no accounting or finance background.”

The online, and self-paced courses include Financial Accounting Fundamentals, designed for professionals at all levels of foundational financial accounting knowledge;  Accounting Fundamentals for Bookkeeping for course for current and aspiring bookkeepers; and Small Business Accounting Fundamentals to help small business owners develop financial literacy.

Bob Scott

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Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind