Virtual Learning: Professional Skills for Finance and Accounting

Course Methodology

Live online course where participants will be able to interact with instructor (video and audio), view slides, collaborate with others, comment on discussions, complete assessments, activities and case studies.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Identify the relationship between the various financial statements
Explain the characteristics of 'delegation' and apply various personal organization management techniques
Evaluate skills and attitudes of finance staff and identify their communication personality styles
Practice some of the essential Excel skills to increase efficiency and productivity
Apply finance policies and procedures to add value and communicate effectively with other departments

Target Audience

Financial managers, financial controllers, finance department heads, chief financial officers, accounting managers, senior finance officers, accountants, finance staff and analysts

Target Competencies

Interpreting financial statements
Delegation
Communication
Organization
Time management

The macro finance picture
- Understanding the accounting cycle
- The income statement
- The balance sheet
- Changes in owners’ equity statements
- Cash flow statements
- The relationship of financial statements
- Functions of management
- Elements of a vision for finance and accounting department
- Effectiveness versus efficiency
- Supporting the operating departments
- Purpose of the finance and accounting function
Personal organization and time management
- The new skills set
- Delegation and priorities
- Delegation characteristics
- Rules of delegation
- Handling meetings effectively
- Maintaining clean desk policy
- Managing your in-box
- Peak performance time
Managing the finance function
- Hiring the best people
- Identifying recruitment criteria
- Developing interviewing skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Fundamentals of communication skills
- Personality communication styles
- The attitude and skills matrix
- Evaluating finance staff performance
- Employee motivation tools
Key Excel functions and tools to enhance efficiency
- Consolidating multiple sets of data
- Applying control at the data entry through data validation
- Reconciling accounts by using 'vlookup'

Per participant - 2022

USD 2250

Fees + VAT as applicable

Tax Registration Number: 100239834300003

(including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily)

Discount Plans & Cancellations Policy

2022 - Location & Date

13 - 17 Mar, 2022

English

Virtual Learning

9 - 13 Oct, 2022

Arabic

Virtual Learning

Meirc reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue, trainer, and to offer courses in an integrated virtual learning (IVL) format whereby face to face classroom participants and virtual learners participate simultaneously in the same course in an interactive learning experience.

This course is also offered in face-to-face courses, click on the course below.

Professional Skills for Finance and Accounting