An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Certificate in
Practical Finance & Accounting
Essential Tools for Business Management
UPCOMING SESSIONS
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26-30 Jan 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 02-06 Mar 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 11-15 May 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 28 Sep-02 Oct 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-16 Jan 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 22-26 Jun 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
Accounting is often hailed as the cornerstone of business communication—a language enabling managers to convey a firm's financial and economic status to external stakeholders like shareholders and creditors. In today's business landscape, financial literacy is indispensable for professionals across all sectors.
Regardless of a company's size, industry, or location, its narrative is articulated through financial records and reports. Key metrics such as income, debt, revenue, expenses, compensation, and customer retention costs are encapsulated within financial statements.
Even for non-financial managers, there inevitably comes a juncture where financial rationale must be provided, and decisions must be guided by numerical data sourced from others. Without a grasp of financial fundamentals and the ability to pose pertinent questions, one's efficacy is compromised.
This Certificate in Practical Finance & Accounting training course serves as a gateway to the realm of finance and accounting, fostering comprehension of the systems and procedures underpinning business accounting practices.
Training Course Objectives
By attending this Anderson training course, delegates will be able to:
- Be aware of how financial markets can support efficient business operations
- Read and understand annual financial reports, and be aware of how they are prepared
- Understand how business accounting systems work
- Identify and appraise wealth-generating investments
- Apply a range of management accounting techniques to maintain or improve profitability
Designed for
This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals in all types of industries, who wish to better understand the practical benefits of accounting and finance for their business. It will be particularly useful for:
- Financial and business advisors
- Business entrepreneurs
- Members of the operational management team
- Those who are starting their careers in finance and accounting
- Non-executive board members on the Audit Committee
The Course Outline
- Why we need accounting systems
- Identification, recording and understanding transactions in the accounting system
- The income statement (statement of comprehensive income)
- The balance sheet (statement of financial position)
- The statement of cash flows
- Applying accounting concepts, and financial reporting standards and exercising professional judgment
- Presentation of the financial statements
- The differences between assets and expenses
- Depreciation of long-term assets
- Inventory costs and cost of goods sold (COGS)
- Analysis of the financial statements
- Interpretation of the financial statements
- Management accounting for effective communication and decision-making
- Identifying product costs and measuring output
- Cost-volume-profit (CVP) and break-even analysis
- Preparing and using budgets to plan and control the organisation
- Actual to budget performance comparison
- Using variance analysis to drive performance improvement
- An overview of financial institutions and markets
- Sourcing and raising finance
- Choice of the most appropriate financing
- Return on investment and the cost of capital
- Foreign currency transactions
- Managing foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate risk
- Identifying value-adding capital investment opportunities
- Investment appraisal using accounting rate of return (ARR) and payback
- Discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques: net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR)
- Making investment choices when funds are limited
- Risk and uncertainty
- Incorporating risk into the investment decision
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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Our training programs are hosted at luxurious five-star hotels in prestigious destinations across the globe. Some of our popular locations include Dubai, London, Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Vienna, and many other iconic cities.
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