This course is a perfect one-day introduction to staff who have little or no financial background but find themselves in the familiar position of taking on more and more responsibilities in the new and daunting area of finance and budgets. Attending this course will give you the confidence and knowledge you need to effectively manage budgets and cut through the jargon to get to the heart of the matter.
Introduction to Finance
MLA London, 4th Floor, Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DG
Thursday 25th February 2010, 09:45
Are you moving into financial management? Being given more responsibility with budgets and reporting? Bamboozled by the jargon? This course will show you how to keep on top of the numbers and understand all the financial terms and practices.
What we'll cover:
· Definitions of common terms and financial practices
· Profit and loss
· Assets and liabilities
· Manual and computer methods
· Defining cost centres and income streams
· Guarding against fraud: ensuring the separation of authorisation, recording and reporting
· Budgets and actuals
· Project Budgets
· Purchase Order Systems and Invoicing
· Cash Flow Forecasting
· Bank Reconciliation
· Management Accounts - reporting to your manager and the board
· What is an Audit?
You'll leave this popular course with a thorough understanding of financial basics and good practice, an ability to manage budgets and the means by which to do so, templates for creating your own financial documents and a checklist to assess financial health and practice.
Trainer: Adam Jeanes, the:hub
Price: £155 (+VAT) per delegate; cost includes all course papers, refreshments, and lunch
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