Mamut Accounting software

Name: Mamut Accounting software
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Learn how to use this bookkeeping program to its full potential.

Created byLisa Newton

Last updated 7/2026

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What you'll learn

In this course you will learn how to:
Enter the opening balances
Amend the nominal ledger
Add new customer and supplier details
Post customer invoices and credit notes to the sales ledger
Post supplier invoices and credit notes to the purchase ledger
Enter the supplier cheques and record the customer receipts
Post Petty Cash transactions
Prepare the VAT return
Reconcile the bank
Post the wages journal
Post adjustments to the accounts and produce month-end reports

Course content

18 sections • 56 lectures • 4h 32m total length

Introduction to the course and your tutor4:37
Find out the background to your course tutor and the tasks and activities that you'll be shown throughout the course.
Mamut - free trial sign up2:29
Download the booklet made by Mamut themselves, plus access the free link to download the software so that you too can complete the tasks.
Sign up online1:35
Read the downloaded Mamut Guide to the software, plus you'll be shown how to set up the software.
Installation process0:28
How to install the software onto your laptop.

Amending the chart of accounts and navigating the system4:27
How to amend the chart of accounts on Mamut accounting software.
Enter opening balances4:08
We enter opening balances into the system. This is something you have to do if you are starting the system part way through the accounting year, or if transferring from a different accounting system.
Entering the opening balance - journal5:53
How to enter a journal within Mamut.
Report opening trial balance2:47
How to produce a trial balance report.
Reverse opening balances - accruals and prepayments6:50
How to reverse an opening balance.
Reverse the opening accrual - show a report4:43
In this lecture, we look at how to produce a report of the journal entries.

Enter sales to customers4:57
We look at how to enter an invoice to a customer into the Mamut system.
Post further batch of customer invoices5:30
In this lecture we post a BATCH of customer invoices.
Post batch of customer invoices11:33
By the end of this lecture, students will be able to process a pile of invoices very quickly.
Post sales credit notes3:54
We look at how to create a customer credit note in Mamut.
Post customer credit notes - batch5:51
We post a batch of customer credit notes to the Debtors Ledger.
Report showing customer activity1:51
We create a report showing the activity on a customers account - like a customer account statement.
Report showing Aged Debtors Info1:26
In this lecture we show you how to create an aged debtors info report - which is essential for good credit control management.

Post supplier invoices - add product3:20
In this lecture add a product which we buy from suppliers.
Post supplier invoices5:35
Post supplier invoices - batch products4:31
In this lecture we post a supplier bill to the creditors ledge in Mamut.
Supplier purchase order and invoice batch 1-25:10
We look at the supplier purchase order and process multiple supplier bills.
Supplier purchase order and invoice batch 3-919:22
By the end of this lecture students will be able to input a batch of supplier invoices onto the Mamut system.
Enter supplier credit notes6:38
In this lecture we show you how to enter a credit note from a supplier.
Report showing supplier activity1:44
Students will be able to pull up a report showing the activity on a suppliers account.
Report showing Aged Creditors Info0:37
After completing this lecture students will know how to create an aged debtors report.

Requirements

You will need access to Mamut in order to complete the assignment - but we'll explain how to get a free trial of the software in lecture 2

Description

Mamut Bookkeeping Software

course is about how to use Mamut based on the most popular functions which you as a Mamut systems operator needs to know how to use, in order to be proficient in using the software.

The learning is structured in a practical way. You are given a practical scenario assignment. There are various tasks to complete. You are given the task to do and have a go at, and then the video answer is available. It is suggested that you:

Read the task
Watch the video
Have a go at it yourself on your own system
Rewatch the video (if necessary) - to reinforce the learning

You'll learn how to set up the Mamut accounting system from scratch, how to enter opening balances, post customer invoices and credit notes, post supplier bills and credit notes, pay suppliers, petty cash, prepare a VAT return, reconcile the bank, post journals, run reports amongst over things.

This is a useful course if:

You are thinking of working with the software,
You are going for jobs which have a requirement for you to be able to use this software
You want to put this skill on your CV, or
You are a bookkeeper or accountant and will be using this for clients or even
You run your own business and want to know how to use Mamut for yourself.

You will need to have access to Mamut. You can sign up to the Mamut site to get a free trial. We give you the link in lecture one and show you how to do this. The instructor is usually online to answer student queries for 2 hours each day.

The course materials includes the handout of the assignment task.

Successful completion of the course is the equivalent to being at the level of having a level 2 certificate in computerised accounts.

The course will take about 4.5 hours to complete.

Who this course is for:

Bookkeepers and Accountants who need to increase their skills set
Those who have studied accounting, but want practical knowledge of how to use a popular accounting software which will help them find employment
Previous knowledge of accounting is not presumed or required
Students who are going for jobs where the requirement is working knowledge of Mamut

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Getting Prepared - Access the software and course materials4 lectures • 9min

Getting Started1 lecture • 12min

Setting Up The System6 lectures • 29min

Nominal Ledger2 lectures • 8min

Customers2 lectures • 9min

Suppliers2 lectures • 6min

Sales Ledgers7 lectures • 35min

Purchase Ledgers8 lectures • 47min

Sundry payments2 lectures • 7min

Sundry receipts2 lectures • 5min

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