Introduction

Financial knowledge and skills are fundamental to any managerial position. From understanding financial statements to analysing them, from cost impacts to variance analysis, from decision making to budgeting, this training course gives hands-on practical experience to non-financial managers to understand the concepts and techniques to help them in key decision-making areas, which in turn gives impetus to the bottom line of the business.

 

Financial information can give a clear picture of incidences that have happened, and a sound basis for forecasting future events. It can also display whether activities are cost-effective, whether objectives and targets have been met, and can be used to gauge and measure comparative performance and profitability.

 

This training course will empower you to be prepared to make more powerful and informed business decisions. From understanding the essence of cash flow to learning how to create value on a corporate level. This program covers all major principles of corporate finance.

Duration

5days

Who should attend?

Directors, managers or anyone who uses financial information in the course of their work.

Course Objective:

·         Understanding accounts

·         Understanding  Financial Management

·         Understanding  Financial Statements

·         Understanding  Financial Ratios

·         Understanding Working Capital Management

·         Use of excel in finance

Course content

Module 1 – Basic Accounting Concepts

·         The Accounting Process

·         Cash Vs. Mercantile Accounting

·         Accrual Concept

·         Stock Valuation – FIFO Vs. LIFO

·         Types of Accounting

·         Revenue Recognition

·         Cap-ex. vs. Op-ex.

·         Understanding of Depreciation/Amortization

·         Tangible vs. Intangible vs. Capital W-I-P

·         Current vs. Non-current

Module 2 – Introduction to Financial Statements

·         Profit & Loss Account including OCI

·         Balance Sheet and SOCIE

·         Cash Flow Statement

·         Notes to Accounts

Module 3 – Financial Statement Analysis

·         P&L Statement Analysis

·         Balance Sheet Analysis

·         Funds Flow Analysis

·         Ratio Analysis

·         Trend Analysis

·         Common Size Analysis

Module 4 – Working Capital Management

·         Concept of Working Capital

·         Managing Inventory and Trade Receivables

·         Managing Trade Payables

·         Budgeting and Working Capital Management

Module 5 – Capital Budgeting

·         Capital Expenditure Evaluation

·         NPV Technique

·         IRR Technique

·         Pay Back Method

·         Risk Analysis

Module 6 – Cost Management and Costing Techniques

·         Cost Concepts

·         Various Costing Methods

·         Breakeven Analysis

·         Costing Vs. Budgeting

·         Strategic cost management

Module 7 – Revenue Management

·         Revenue Recognition and possible revenue leakages

·         Revenue Vs. Trade Receivables

·         Revenue Vs. Trade Payables

·         Revenue Vs. Foreign Exchange Management

Module 8 – Introduction to IFRS

·         Introduction to the concept of Accounting Standards

·         Generally applicable IFRS

·         Discussion on Specific IFRS

Module 9 – Use of Advanced Excel

·         Assessing Financials with Formulas in excel

·         Advanced Functions in excel

·         Financial functions in Excel

·         Building Professional Charts in Excel

·         Working with Pivot Tables in Excel

·         Charts presentations in excel

General Notes

·         All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants' needs

·         The participant must be conversant in English

·         Presentations are well-guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are experts with more than 10 years of experience.

·         Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with a Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)

·         Training will be done at the Foscore development center (FDC-K) centers. We also offer inhouse and online training on the client schedule

·         Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

·         The course fee for onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

·         Accommodation, pickup, freight booking, and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.

·         Tablet and Laptops are provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee.

·         One-year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

·         Register as a group of more than two and enjoy a discount of (10% to 50%)

·         Payment should be done before commence of the training or as agreed by the parties, to the FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.

·         For any inquiries reach us at training@fdc-k.org or +254712260031

 

·         Website:www.fdc-k.org