Just thought I'd update you with some good news I got.
The regulars probably recall I did the Open University's B190 "Introduction to Bookkeeping and Accounting" course recently. Well, I got an email yesterday saying my result was available, and I am happy to report my score of 98% was more than sufficient for the pass I was expecting. I believe we get more feedback in a month or two, so I'll find out then where I dropped the other 2%, but I'm pretty sure it'll be in the wordy questions.
And then, just to top the day off, I found that I had been accepted by a local charity to start as their treasurer. It's a voluntary, part-time position (although it will most likely take up more than part-time while I get familiarised with their system and catch up with where things are at present), and I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in to what is my first explicit finance-related job (I'd done finance stuff in my IT job before, but you know what I mean).
But once that settles down, I'll be fitting my current two OU courses around that (a couple of Business Studies modules) and so I guess I'll be pretty busy for the next few months!
If anyone has any general advice for incoming treasurers, then feel free to advise! I've yet to speak to the previous treasurer, or get any information about the state of things, but if there's anything specific I should be looking out for, that would also be useful to know.
Congratulations on the excellent pass and nice double on the part time job with the charity.
Nice when the week ends on a high isn't it.
Kind regards,
Shaun.
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