Advanced Reporting and Budgeting
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In London
Learn all about fundamental bookkeeping and accounting concepts!
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Weeks
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Start date
August
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Learn all about introducing fundamental bookkeeping and accounting concepts with this Advanced Reporting and Budgeting Course imparted by London Corporate Training.
The training aims to give its delegates the necessary tools to review the different approaches taken in the public and private sector, to make sense of key financial statements and key ratios, and to manage financial aspects of projects more effectively.
They will also be capable of putting together a budget to justify expected expenditure, measuring budgetary performance and conducting effective investment appraisals.
If you are interested in joining this educational experience, ask more details through emagister.co.uk.
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About this course
• Those who are new managers or managers wanting a refresher
• Budget holders who want to create and manage their budgets more effectively
• Operations managers who want to know more about cost management and projects
• Sales and marketing employees who want to understand financial statements
• Anyone who needs to understand key accounting concepts, and improve forecasting and cost management skills
• Managers who are about to be promoted into positions which require financial literacy
• Managers facing financial decisions or expect to make a contribution to a wider planning process
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I would like to thank every one at LCT and we hope we will continue to cooperate for some time. Thanks a lot.
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Very nice customer service staff who were in they contact with us. They looked out for our needs every day. Nice offices. Overall everything good.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Elrasheed Motta
Mazin
This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 15 years
Subjects
- Bookkeeping
- Budgeting
- Balance Sheet
- Investment
- Financial
- Public
- Private
- Project
- Public Sector
- Financial Training
Course programme
Key Financial Concepts and Principles
- Bookkeeping versus accounting
- Cash accounting versus accrual accounting and use in private and public sectors
- Types of accounts in the General Ledger, their purpose and the chart of accounts
- Double-entry bookkeeping concepts and implications
- Depreciation and amortisation
Reading Financial Statements, Public and Private Sector
- International standards in the private and public sectors, IFRS and IPSAS
- Format and content of the statement of financial position (balance sheet)
- Format and content of the statement of profit or loss
- IPSAS principles of financial statements presentation for the public sector
- Investor ratios
Management Accounting
- Financial accounting and management accounting compared
- Types of management information prepared for internal consumption
- Financial information managers need to manage – the power of comparisons
- Analysing costs, key ratio calculations for management and variance analysis, including ROE, ROA and liquidity ratios
Managing the Finances and Costs of Projects
- Financial aspects of building the business case and getting approval for funding
- Estimating project costs – different estimating techniques, expert, analogous, parametric, bottom up etc.
- Project forecasts, cost variances and cost control
- Project risks and financial implications
Building an Effective Budget
- Public sector v. Private sector budgeting differences in purpose, processes and motive.
- Budgetary methodologies, incremental and zero-based
- Budget and variance analysis
- End of week quiz to appraise learning achieved
Interpreting Financial Statements
- The income statement (P & L) statement, format, content and key concepts
- Interpretation of key ratios derived from the income statement; P/E ratio, Profit margin
- The language and major components of the balance sheet
- Business ratios derived from the balance sheet and P & L together, liquidity, debt, profitability etc.
Investment Appraisal
- Defining the value generated and the required return – the hurdle rate
- Return on capital employed – calculation methodology and interpretation
- Payback period calculations
- NPV and IRR calculations
- Non-financial aspects of investment appraisal and decision making
Essential Budgeting Processes
- Purpose and benefits, problems and limitations of capital and operational budgets and the important differences
- Budget processes in the private sector
- Budget processes in the public sector
- Identification of risks to the budget and actions to mitigate them
Measuring Financial Performance
- What is financial performance?
- Financial performance in the public sector
- The importance of cash flow – how to measure and improve it
- Gross profit, operating profit, net profit margin
- Key investor ratios
Advanced Reporting and Budgeting