Venue:

Atlanta, USA, // London (UK)  //   Dubai

 Duration:     2 Weeks  //  1 Week

Prices: 

 $ 4,900 for 1 Week

 $ 8,000 for 2 weeks

Dates:

March 11, 2019

April 15, 2019

May 13, 2019

June 10, 2019

July 15, 2019

August 12, 2019

September 9, 2019

October 14, 2019

November 11, 2019

December 2, 2019

The module is designed to build on the finance related knowledge and skills acquired by delegates in their earlier studies and provide a strategic understanding of financial management policy and practices. It will provide a sound understanding of modern corporate finance theory and practice and will also review key aspects of current management accounting practice and techniques.

Learning Outcome - Upon successful completion of the course, delegates will be able to:

• use contribution approach & quantitative techniques to analyse & solve a range of problems
• prepare and analyse a range of plans & budgets with the use of spreadsheet software and use same to do “what if?” analysis
• compute accurately and critically the costs for products & jobs using absorption costing & ABC
• analyse stock & profit statements using marginal and absorption costing principles
• evaluate the behavioural implications of budgeting
• evaluate different approaches to budgeting e.g. incremental & ZBB
• critically analyse direct cost variances using the planning & operational approach
• critically analyse sales & fixed overhead variances for marginal & absorption costing environments
• evaluate the implications of recent management trends e.g. TQM, JIT for management accounting systems & techniques
• evaluate & solve problems using current techniques in the context of manufacturing & service industries e.g. ZBB, ABC/B, quality costing, contribution analysis, DCF, LP.
• critically analyse relevant costs & appropriate techniques for decision making & use them to facilitate the solution of a range of realistic management problems
• critically interpret performance measures appropriate to different business situations
• evaluate a range of pricing methods, including transfer pricing situations

Indicative Contents

•              Financial management framework

•              Sources of finance