Essential Management Accounting
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In London
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Weeks
This course will explore cutting edge management accounting techniques and how they can transform an organisation's operations and prospects. Successful application of these techniques will help organisations achieve and sustain competitive advantage. Suitable for: This highly stimulating course is designed for managers and finance professionals who wish to respond to the changing needs of the organisation. It is also beneficial for those wanting to familiarise themselves with the concepts and techniques of management accounting and its vital role in planning and implementing change for world-class performance.
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Course programme
The purpose and concept of budgeting
The relationship between budgets and costing information
Evaluating management information systems to aid decision-making
Exploring alternative costing and accounting systems. Back-flush accounting - Throughput accounting - Absorption costing - Marginal costing - Process costing
Advanced costing methods to develop a world-class costing system
Recent developments in activity based thinking
Exploring and constructing cost of quality frameworks
Using cost accounting techniques for decision-making. Life-cycle costing - Marginal costing - Relevant costs - Pricing
Advanced performance measures. Financial and non-financial performance measures - Balanced Scorecard - EFQM Excellence Model
SKILLS ATTAINEDEvaluating alternative costing methods
Using financial information for decision-making
Setting Key Performance Indicators
Measuring performance in financial and non-financial terms
Assessing the cost of quality
Linking budgeting and costing
Essential Management Accounting