An Understanding of the basic principles of accounting and finance is one of the keys to proper decision-making and contributing to your organisation
Finance is the language of business, and mastering the skills needed to be able to understand and analyse business finance is a key skill for anybody who wants to truly understand what is happening in their organisation. This course is the perfect starting point for developing an in-depth understanding of accounting and finance.
Who is this Course for?
This programme is ideal for people with little to no experience in accounting and finance. It is for those who want to understand how financial transactions should be recorded, and the reports that they are ultimately used for.
What will you Learn?
This programme is for managers and others who have zero to very little understanding of finance in an organisation or business context. It introduces the basics of finance and builds a foundation of understanding meaning that you will understand and be able to actively participate in financial decisions within your organisation.
While the programme does have some "normal" classroom style learning, it is mainly built upon practical case studies and learning is done in a team environment. At a minimum, the course will be tailored to the organisations specific financial system, and can be highly customised if required.
Be able to understand the basic vocabulary including the specific accounting meaning of "Asset", "Liability", "Income", Expenditure, and other important terms
Know what the term "Accrual Accounting" means
Name and differentiate the different financial statements
Effectively Manage Cash Flow and Working Capital:Show More
Understand and use relevant costing to make effective decisions
Comprehend the different ways that costs behave and how this impacts on their measurement and effect
Project future cash flow needs and manage the working capital of the firm
Engage in proper capital budgeting decision-making using a number of tools
Use Financial Information as the basis of Sound Decision-Making:Show More
Identify the business and economic factors, as well as risks and opportunities that have potential financial implications
Understand the shortfalls of using full-cost and cash-flow only as a basis for decision-making
Utilise the concept of the time value of money to make more informed decision-making
Use specific tools to evaluate projects
Be able to communicate effectively with your organisations finance function
This programme is delivered as an in house programme over 2 or 3 days. The two-day version of the programme covers mostly the same areas as the three-day programme, the main difference between the two is the level of depth at which the content is covered.
Delivery is charged on a "per-day" basis. Our current fee is €1,500 per day
A fee may be charged if the client required a comprehensively tailored programme
Programme Fees are not subject to VAT
Programme Facilitator
Richard O'Callaghan FCPFA ACMA AIPA
Richard is Director of Training with the IFT. He was previously the Chief Executive of a Recognised Accountancy Body and is currently delivering a range of finance programmes for DIT, IADT, BIFE, Accounting Technicians Ireland, Public Affairs Ireland, and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and of the Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants. He also has a very strong information technology background, and has been particularly interested in the intersection between finance and information technology throughout his career.
He has been running finance and business skills courses for more than 18 years.
