Managing Financial Functions and Improvement Opportunities: The Effective Financial Controller

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

Available Dates

Fees

  • Nov-04-2024

    1,790

  • Dec-30-2024

    1,790

  • Jan-27-2025

    1,790

  • Feb-24-2025

    1,790

  • Mar-24-2025

    1,790

  • Apr-28-2025

    1,790

  • May-26-2025

    1,790

  • June-30-2025

    1,790

  • July-28-2025

    1,790

  • Aug-25-2025

    1,790

  • Sep-22-2025

    1,790

  • Oct-27-2025

    1,790

  • Nov-24-2025

    1,790

  • Dec-22-2025

    1,790

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

The Main Responsibilities of Financial Controllers

 

  • Accounting and Reporting Responsibilities
  • The Controller’s Role in Management
  • The Controller’s Status in the Business
  • Budget Reporting and Analysis
  • Managing Finance and Accounting Staff
  • Evolving Role of Financial Controller

 

Control Function

 

  • Structure of Internal Control
  • Setting and Updating Policies and Procedures
  • Assessing Internal Control Policies
  • Internal Controls on Financial Reporting
  • System Controls
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery Planning

 

Cost and Management Accounting

 

  • Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting
  • Materials Costs, Labour Costs and Overhead Costs
  • Product Cost Determination
  • Activity Based Costing (ABC) and Activity Based Management (ABM)
  • Product Profitability and the Cost of Quality
  • Theory of Constraints

 

Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting

 

  • Long Term and Short Term Planning
  • Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Risk
  • Operational Forecasting Risk
  • The Balanced Scorecard, Strategy Maps, Alignment
  • Sources of Competitive Advantage
  • Capital Forecasting, Capital Budgeting and Risk

 

Management Decision Strategies

 

  • Economic Value Added (EVA)
  • Electronic Data Interchange
  • Value Chain Analysis
  • Total Life Cycle Costing
  • Managing in a Time of Change
  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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