CERTIFIED BY



 Certified Financial Assistant
22 - 26 June 2008  •  Al Murooj Rotana Hotel  •  Dubai

NEW DATES: 8 - 12 Jun 2008  •  JW Marriott Hotel  •  Dubai



Enhance your effectiveness by improving your
    understanding of financial information

Day 4

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Course Timings
Registration will be at 8:00 on Day One. All five days will commence at 8:30 and conclude at 14:30 with lunch. There will be two refreshment breaks at 10.30 and 12.30 approximately.


Day Four – Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Group Exercise 4
Analysing the Middle East company cash flow statement Examining Corporate Distress Models And Using Them As Predictors Of Corporate Failure Examining Accounting Problem Areas Investigating Problematic Areas Of Financial Statements
• Provisions
• Leasing

Examining Corporate Distress Models And Using Them As Predictors Of Corporate Failure

Examining Accounting Problem Areas

Investigating Problematic Areas Of Financial Statements
• Provisions
• Leasing

Group Exercise 5
Leasing
- Capitalisation of interest
- Capital and reserves
- Capital maintenance
- Net debt

Introduction To Management Accounting

Costing – Essential Tools For Effective Management
• Direct vs indirect costs
• Labour cost and learning curves – how to calculate a learning effect
• Fixed vs variable costs
• Overheads
• Allocation, apportionment and absorption

Group Exercise 6
Overhead allocation
- Break even analysis
- Ensuring fixed costs are covered

Planning And Budgetary Control
• Financial vs management accounting
• Expectations of management accounting and what can be done to improve the
  information flow
• Purposes of budgets
• The links with the strategic plan and culture
• Budgets as motivators
• Types of budgets (e.g. zero based/priority based)
• Methods of budget preparation and the budget cycle
• Post-budgeting review
• Variance analysis – how and why it is performed


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