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Introduction

The Certified Financial Manager Training Course provides a practical foundation in finance and accounting for business leaders, managers, and professionals seeking to strengthen their financial literacy. Accounting is often called the “language of business,” and this course equips participants to interpret financial statements, analyze business performance, and make informed, data-driven decisions.

Delegates will learn how financial and accounting systems communicate critical information about revenue, costs, investments, and profitability. From reading annual reports to evaluating value-generating investments, this training course ensures participants can confidently apply accounting principles in operational and strategic decision-making. By the end of the course, attendees will have the essential tools to enhance financial understanding, improve business performance, and support organizational growth.

What are the Goals?

This Certified Financial Manager Training Course helps participants build essential skills in finance and accounting to support effective business management.

By completing this course, delegates will be able to:

  • Understand how financial markets and accounting systems support business efficiency

  • Read, interpret, and evaluate annual financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements

  • Identify and assess wealth-generating investment opportunities

  • Apply management accounting techniques to improve profitability and decision-making

  • Make informed financial decisions grounded in data analysis and accounting principles

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is ideal for professionals who need to strengthen their financial and accounting expertise to make strategic business decisions.

Delegates who will benefit include:

  • Financial and business advisors seeking practical tools for client support

  • Entrepreneurs and business owners managing operational finances

  • Operational managers responsible for budgeting, reporting, and decision-making

  • Entry-level finance and accounting professionals looking to enhance their skill set

  • Non-executive board members, particularly Audit Committee members overseeing financial governance

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The Certified Financial Manager Training Course uses a combination of interactive lectures, practical exercises, and case studies to reinforce financial and accounting concepts.

Participants will analyze real-world financial statements, simulate investment appraisals, and apply management accounting techniques to operational scenarios. Group discussions and hands-on exercises allow delegates to practice budgeting, cost analysis, and risk management. The course emphasizes actionable insights, ensuring that participants can immediately apply financial principles to enhance profitability, manage resources, and support strategic decision-making within their organizations.

Course Content

Day 1

The Business Accounting System

  • 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
Day 2

Day Two: Analysing and Interpreting the Annual Financial Report

  • 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
Day 3

Management Accounting

  • 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
Day 4

Financing and Hedging Financial Risk

  • 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
Day 5

Maintaining Growth Through Value-Adding Investment

  • 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

Recognition
  • Anderson Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
  • Anderson Professional Certification (APC)® Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completes and pass the APC assessment

Accreditation

Anderson Professional Certification
Anderson Professional Certification (APC)® are series of courses designed by industry leaders to build and enhance critical professional skills needed to succeed in today’s most in-demand fields and help you develop a mastery of skills in a certain area.
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