Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: Amsterdam

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Apr-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • May-27-2024

    Amsterdam

  • June-24-2024

    Amsterdam

  • July-29-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-26-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-30-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-28-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-25-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-30-2024

    Amsterdam

Dates in Other Venues

  • Apr-01-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-01-2024

    Istanbul

  • Apr-08-2024

    Paris

  • Apr-08-2024

    Singapore

  • Apr-15-2024

    Barcelona

  • Apr-15-2024

    Dubai

  • Apr-22-2024

    London

  • Apr-22-2024

    Istanbul

  • Apr-29-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-06-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-06-2024

    Istanbul

  • May-13-2024

    Paris

  • May-13-2024

    Singapore

  • May-20-2024

    Barcelona

  • May-20-2024

    Dubai

  • May-27-2024

    London

  • June-03-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-03-2024

    Istanbul

  • June-10-2024

    Paris

  • June-10-2024

    Singapore

  • June-17-2024

    Dubai

  • June-17-2024

    Barcelona

  • June-24-2024

    London

  • July-01-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-01-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-08-2024

    Singapore

  • July-08-2024

    Paris

  • July-15-2024

    Barcelona

  • July-15-2024

    Dubai

  • July-22-2024

    London

  • July-22-2024

    Istanbul

  • July-29-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-05-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-05-2024

    Istanbul

  • Aug-12-2024

    Paris

  • Aug-19-2024

    Barcelona

  • Aug-19-2024

    Dubai

  • Aug-26-2024

    London

  • Sep-02-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-02-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-09-2024

    Singapore

  • Sep-09-2024

    Paris

  • Sep-16-2024

    Dubai

  • Sep-16-2024

    Barcelona

  • Sep-23-2024

    London

  • Sep-23-2024

    Istanbul

  • Sep-30-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-07-2024

    Istanbul

  • Oct-07-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-14-2024

    Paris

  • Oct-14-2024

    Singapore

  • Oct-21-2024

    Dubai

  • Oct-21-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-28-2024

    London

  • Nov-04-2024

    Istanbul

  • Nov-04-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-11-2024

    Singapore

  • Nov-11-2024

    Paris

  • Nov-18-2024

    Dubai

  • Nov-18-2024

    Barcelona

  • Nov-25-2024

    London

  • Dec-02-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-02-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-09-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-09-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-16-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-16-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-23-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-23-2024

    London

  • Dec-30-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

The need for Financial Control in business

 

  • Understanding accounting
  • Management accounting versus financial accounting
  • The relationship between business management and financial management
  • How budgeting fits into the bigger picture
  • How cost management  improves an organisation’s financial position
  • Key aspects of managing working capital

 

Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal

 

  • The time value of money
  • Understanding Appraisal Techniques – Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback period
  • Selecting an appraisal technique
  • The use of Sensitivity analysis in evaluating projects
  • Strategic  considerations in assessing capital projects
  • Creating an effective Capital Budgeting framework

 

Cost Analysis and Management

 

  • Understanding cost structure and behaviour
  • Costs as a relationship to outputs – cost/volume/price relationship
  • The concept of contribution margin
  • Break-even analysis for planning and control
  • Cost allocation and apportionment
  • Benefit-cost analysis

 

Full Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing
 
  • Comparing full and marginal costing
  • Direct and indirect costs in budgeting for decision making
  • Role of costs in pricing strategies
  • Activity Based Costing (ABC)
  • Managing cost control

 

Budget Construction and Control

 

  • Nature and purpose of budgets for planning and control
  • Types of budgets and budgeting
  • Creating Key Performance Indicators for financial and non financial performance
  • Building a budget
  • Budgetary control and variance analysis
  • Budgeting for non-financial measures -introducing the Balanced Scorecard

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