PART 1: Financial

• Module 1: Financial Ratios Analysis (Case Study)
  
• Module 2: Predicting Business Failure (Using Altman Z Score)
  
• Module 3: Cash Flow Statement
  
• Module 4: Investment Appraisal and Capital Budgeting (Case Study)

PART 2: Costing & Budgeting

• Module 5: Budgeting
  
• Module 6: Cost Management (Case study)
  
• Module 7: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
  
• Module 8: Variance Analysis (Case Study)
  
  INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT IPA as a professional body is dedicated to continuing education, training and development of all success-driven organizations and individuals. Certificate of Completion with 14 hours CPD points will be awarded upon completion.
  

This course is designed for current challenging environments whereby managing cost and finance is crucial for company sustainability, growth, profitability & liquidity. Skill set on managing cash flow & costing & resources constraint, capitalizing on the strength of dollars and low oil price will be optimized via the KPI focus approached. Real-current problematic costing & financial cases will be analyzed and scenario solutions will be provided under the guidance of Dr. Steven Liew.

All Managers, Accountants, Accounting Managers, Cost Accountants, Cost Analysts, Budget Analysts, Systems Analysts, Auditors And Financial Planners & All Those Who Are Serious In Understanding Financial & Costing Impact On Their Organization

Interactive Lectures, Case Study, Video & Group Discussion.

Special Feature: Participants Will Receive a Set of Practical Templates suitable for all sectors. These templates;

• Ease in planning, reporting & decision making process
  
• Snapshot of overall issues & problem
  
• Financial modeling using goal seek strategies for cash flow, profit, sales target, budgeting & working capital requirements.
  

1. Understanding Product Costing systems and accounting for overheads
   
2. Planning how to achieve optimum profitability under budget constraints
   
3. Learning Strategic Cost Management and Decision Making in coping with rising costs
   
4. Building in KPI values for all key strategic organization divisions
   
5. Learning Standard Costing and variance analysis
   
6. Understanding the cost accounting methods that can help in identifying the profitable products
   
7. Knowing how to read a balance sheet, Profit & Loss Statement & Cash flow
   
8. Using Cash Flow statement to evaluate performance
   
9. Understanding the relationship between cash flow statement and balance sheet
   
10. Knowing how to look for information efficiently in the annual report
    
11. Learning how to size up a company quickly by reading their financial ratios

• “Two key points I learnt from Dr. Liew are Impact on P&L, BS, Cash Flow & Equity from your transactions (sales, expenses, assets) & Impact of operating, investing & financing activities on cash flow position.”
  Project/Business Analyst
• “Overall good. I now know how to calculate NPV, IRR & Payback period. This helps me to plan well for investment project.”
  AVP- Investment & Business
• “Thanks, Dr. Steven; very nice, interesting even it is an accounting course. Understand more about accounting view, now know more about finance & budget. Will make it into practice to manage my own financial planning as well.”
  Admin & HR executive
• “Overall good. I am a bit slow due to not very good in accounting. I can say it is totally new to me. Big thank you, Dr. Steven. I will discuss with my top management regarding the budget aspects of my role for the next management meeting. Will implement this budget analysis to control branding & advertisement costs in 6 month times.”
  Brand Development & Operation Manager,
  DC Comics Super Heroes
• “Good introduction to the basics of accounting and financial analysis using practical real life examples. Participants are able to grasp concepts quicker as it is hands-on and interactive.”
  Legal Division, Ministry of Finance