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Certificate in Accounting & Finance

Mastering Accounting & Finance

10-21 Feb 2025
London
$11,900
 
28 Apr-09 May 2025
Dubai
$11,900
 
02-13 Jun 2025
Dubai
$11,900
 
04-15 Aug 2025
Dubai
$11,900
 
06-17 Oct 2025
Dubai
$11,900
 
17-28 Nov 2025
London
$11,900
 
15-26 Dec 2025
Dubai
$11,900
 

Course Overview

This Certificate in Accounting & Finance training course provides a deep dive into the critical role of accounting and finance in modern business, offering an ‘MBA level’ experience through expert instruction, dynamic discussions, and practical team exercises. It covers the full spectrum of accounting processes—collection, recording, analysis, and presentation of information—to support effective management and decision-making. The course emphasizes key factors for successful financial management, including resource allocation in various environments, and underscores the importance of strong corporate governance and financial risk management.

The Structure

This comprehensive training course consists of two modules which can be booked as a 10 Day Training event, or as individual, 5 Day courses.

Module 1 - Accounting, Decision Making, & Financial Communication

Module 2 - Finance, Risk Management & Corporate Governance

Training Objectives

By attending this COPEX training course, you should achieve these goals:

  • Understand Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement
  • Interpret Cost Behavior and its Impact on Product Costing
  • Understand the Process of Budgeting
  • Manage Financial Risks
  • Understand Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Who should Attend?

This COPEX training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals who wish to achieve career progress by expanding their financial knowledge.

However, it will be most suitable for operational and middle Managers who wish to better understand and make use of financial information in their management roles, for example:

  • Members of the Operational Management Team
  • Managers Who Have responsibility for Divisional Performance
  • Managers Who Have responsibility for Support Functions
  • Consultants Who Provide Advice on Systems and Operations
  • Senior Staff Members of Any Department

Training Outline

Module 1: Accounting, Decision Making & Financial Communication
Day One: Introduction to Accounting
  • The importance of accounting information
  • The role of the Finance Function
  • The accounting equation and financial accounting systems
  • Recording facts and applying judgement
  • Preparing the Income Statement and Balance Sheet
  • Accounting principles and accounting standards                  
Day Two: Accounting Reports
  • The format and contents of the Income Statement
  • The format and contents of the Balance Sheet
  • The effect of depreciation and impairment on profit
  • Identifying and valuing inventory
  • Preparing the Cash flow Statement
  • The importance of cash flow in business
Day Three: Management Accounting for Control and Decision-Making
  • Collecting and analyzing costs
  • The structure of direct and indirect costs
  • Dealing with overheads – absorption costing or ABC?
  • Cost-Volume-Profit and break even analysis
  • Decision making – make or buy
  • Decision making – the effect of limiting factors
Day Four: Communicating the Plan Through Budgeting
  • Corporate planning and corporate objectives implemented through budgeting
  • The budgeting process and timescale
  • Sales budget forecasting techniques
  • Cascading the budgets across the whole business
  • Preparing functional budgets and the cash budget
  • Budgeting principles, methodologies and applications
Day Five: Measuring Performance to Inform Decision Making
  • Monthly management reporting
  • Setting and using standards
  • Identifying and calculating variances
  • Operating and planning variances – who is responsible?
  • Measuring responsibility centre performance, ROI, RI and EVA
  • Non-financial performance – the Balanced Scorecard
Module 2: Finance, Risk Management & Corporate Governance
Day Six: Finance and Financial Information
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Developing a Strategic Financial Plan
  • Financial Information: - Internal & External
  • Evaluating Financial Performance to improve Liquidity, Profitability, & Efficiency
  • Working Capital Management
  • Cash Flow Statements and Calculating Free Cash Flow
Day Seven: Financing the Business and the Cost of Capital
  • Sources of Long Term & Short Term Finance
  • The Optimum Capital Structure – Equity or Debt?
  • Calculating the Cost of Equity and Meeting Shareholder Expectations
  • Calculating the Cost of Debt – Fixed or Floating Rate
  • The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
  • The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Day Eight: CAPEX - Analysis of Investment Decisions
  • Strategic Issues facing Organisations Today
  • Preparing Project Cash Flow Forecasts in Excel
  • Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques: Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) and Payback
  • Discounted Cash Flow Appraisal Techniques:  NPV and IRR
  • Capital Rationing and the Profitability Index (PI)
  • Dealing with Risk in Investment Appraisal - RAROC
Day Nine: Financial Risk Management
  • Risk and Uncertainty in Business
  • Identifying & Measuring Financial Risk
  • How to Manage Risk – The Four Ts
  • Managing Exchange Rate Risk
  • Managing Commodity Price Risk
  • Managing Interest Rate Risk
Day Ten: Corporate Governance
  • Recognising the needs of stakeholders
  • The Role and Scope of Corporate Governance
  • Agency Theory: The Role of Directors & Shareholders
  • The Role of External & Internal Auditors
  • The Role of the Audit Committee
  • Emerging trends in Corporate Governance

Certificates

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

We can customize this
training course for you!

At Copex Training, we offer customizable courses designed to fit your specific needs. whether it's refining procurement practices or enhancing leadership and management skills, we tailor our programs to meet your unique goals and challenges. Let us create a training solution that delivers real results for your team.
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Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ section provides quick answers to the most common questions about our services, procedures, and policies. We aim to make your experience with us as straightforward as possible. For further assistance, our support team is ready to help.

How can I register?

There are several ways to register in our public training courses:
Online – Browse the Training Plan, select the course of choice, click on the button
“Register Now” inside the course outline page.
E-mail – Send the details (name, company name, email address and training course of
choice) of your nomination to [email protected]
Telephone – +971 4 368 6886 or +971 50 106 2750

When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.