Finance Basics – Online Course

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£ 75 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    4h

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Are you looking for an introduction for junior or non-finance colleagues? Do you need to explain financial concepts to colleagues?

Our Finance basics online course covers documents such as the profit statement, the balance sheet and cash flow analysis, and how they are linked. It also covers budgetary control, standard costing and discounted cash flow evaluations.

These topics are set against the place of an organisation within the economy, different kinds of accountancy, and the way financial objectives are arrived at, implemented and monitored. Background information and knowledge is combined with interactive activities and scenarios, so that learning can be applied in the workplace.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Online

Start date

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About this course

This course is aimed at junior finance professionals or those in a non-finance function. It will also prove useful to those looking for a way to explain financial topics to colleagues.

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Subjects

  • Skills and Training
  • Financial Training
  • Financial
  • Finance
  • Accountacy
  • Accounting
  • Stakeholder
  • Bookkeeping
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Accounting
  • Fund Management

Course programme

Finance Basics enables learners to:
  • Understand what the finance function does and how it can help in their role
  • Deduce relevant information, and to recognise its limitations
  • See how decisions impact on the business as a whole
  • Prepare for greater responsibility

  • Introduction

        • Why is accountancy important?
        • What kinds of accountancy are there?
        • Who are the stakeholders?
        • What is double entry book-keeping?
        • What is good financial management?

    Financial accounting

        • What are the kinds of net assets?
        • What is the difference between capital expenditure and revenue?
        • Is a cost direct or indirect?
        • How do we appropriate profit?
        • How do we create the balance sheet and cash flow statement?
        • How does the flow of funds work?

    The basics of control

        • What are the levels of control?
        • What are the elements of control?
        • What are the key forecast relationships?
        • How does costing work?
        • What is standard marginal costing?

    Some practicalities

      • How are management accounting systems structured?
      • How do I control the budget?
      • How do I control assets?
      • How important is discounted cash flow?

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