Intermediate Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
2 Years
Suitable for: The Intermediate Certificate is suitable for those aspiring to work or already working in: A bookkeeping or cost clerk role in a small or medium sized enterprize. A range of accounting administration roles within an accounting department of a larger organisation or financial shared service centre. The Intermediate Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting is broadly equivalent to A Level.
About this course
No entry qualifications are required.
The Intermediate Certificate is designed to be of value for those who want to work in the financial or accounting sector and for those who already working in that environment. On completion, you can be assured that you will have a respected qualification designed by industry experts that can help you to progress your career and certify your skills. In addition, the international nature of the awarding body means that your skills you gain are sought after and highly transferable
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Course programme
Intermediate Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting - ACCA Course Outline
Module 1 Recording Financial Transactions (FA1)
· How accounting systems work.
· Types of business transactions and documentation
· Banking system and transactions
· Payroll
· Ledger accounts
· Cash and bank
· Sales and credit transactions
· Purchases and credit transactions
· Reconciliation
· Preparing the trial balance
· Duality of transactions and the double entry system
Module 2 Management
Information (MA1)
· Cost and management accounting
· Basic cost information for management accounting.
· Collecting and recording cost information
· Revenue information for planning and control
· Systems for management accounting
· Source documents in costing systems
· Costs by nature, behaviour and purpose
· Costs for material, labour and expenses
· Actual and expected costs
· Spread sheet system in Microsoft excel
Module 3 Maintaining Financial Records (FA2)
· The fundamental principles of accounting
· Techniques for maintaining accounting records
· Ledger accounts, sales tax records, control accounts, reconciliations.
· Extracting and correcting an initial trial balance
· Producing an extended trial balance
· Accounting for the business transactions of sole traders and partnerships
· Outlining the principles and process of basic bookkeeping
· Preparing journals and ledger accounts
· Recording transactions and events
· Preparing trial balance including identifying and correcting errors
· Reconciling the control accounts and cashbook
· Extending the trial balance, year-end adjustments and final accounts
Module 4 Managing Costs and Finances (MA2)
· Recording, analysing and reporting costs and revenues
· Using costs and revenues for internal management purposes
· Cost concepts and their role in making short term decisions
· The application of spreadsheets in management accounting
· The role of costing within the organisation and how costs are classified
· Classification of costs
· Cost accounting techniques
· The use management accounting techniques to make and support decision making
· Principles of cash management
Intermediate Certificate in Financial and Management Accounting