Financial Accounting Excellence Workshop

Course Outline

Overview

This training workshop will show you how financial accounting can help management to improve business results.

Agenda

Cash-flow Statements

• Cash is king!
• Understanding the sources and uses of cash
• The difference between cash flow and profit
• Exercise – Prepare a Cash Flow Statement

Financial Management

• Types of financial management
• Analysing financial statements
• Reporting to shareholders
• Creative accounting – managing policies and procedures

Strategic Accounting

• What is strategic accounting?
• The Balanced Scorecard
• Risk and Uncertainty
• decision-making about the future

Target Audience

This training workshop is suitable for:

• Accountancy staff in pursuit of promotion.
• Accountancy staff who need to have a deeper understanding of accounting and how this can improve results.
• Anyone who wants to understand how the financial function relates to the general management of an organization.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will be able to:

• Explain the relevance of cash flow and how it is reported.
• Define the function of financial management.
• Show how organizations use accounting to create and monitor their strategies.