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F1 Accountant in Business

• Business organisation structure, governance and management
• Key environmental influences and constraints on business and accounting
• History and role of accounting in business
• Specific functions of accounting and internal financial control
• Leading and managing individuals and teams
• Recruiting and developing effective employees

open

10:00- 17:00

F2 Management Accounting

• The nature and purpose of cost and management accounting
• Cost classification, behaviour and purpose
• Business mathematics and computer spreadsheets
• Cost accounting techniques
• Budgeting and standard costing
• Short-term decision-making techniques

open

10:00- 17:00

F3 Financial Accounting

• The context and purpose of financial reporting
• The qualitative characteristics of financial information and fundamental bases of accounting
• The use of double-entry and accounting systems
• Recording transactions and events
• Preparing a trial balance
• Preparing basic financial statements

15, 17, 22 May 2012

10:00- 17:00

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F4 Corporate and Business Law

• Essential elements of legal systems
• International business transactions
• International business forms
• The formation and constitution of joint stock companies
• Capital and the financing of companies
• Legal of implications relating to companies in difficulty or in crisis
• Governance and ethical issues relating to business

Open Dates

Open Dates

F5 Performance Management

• Specialist cost and management accounting techniques
• Decision-making techniques
• Budgeting
• Standard costing and variances analysis
• Performance measurement and control

17-19 April 2012

24-25 May 2012

F7 Financial Reporting

• A conceptual framework for financial reporting
• A regulatory framework for financial reporting
• Financial statements
• Business combinations
• Analysing and interpreting financial statements

17-19 April 2012

24-25 May 2012

F8 Audit and Assurance

• Audit framework and regulation
• Internal audit
• Planning and risk assessment
• Internal control
• Audit evidence
• Review
• Reporting

17-19 April 2012

24-25 May 2012

F9 Financial Management

• Financial management function
• Financial management environment
• Working capital management
• Investment appraisal
• Business finance
• Cost of capital
• Business valuations
• Risk management

Open Dates

Open Dates

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P1 Professional Accountant

• Governance and responsibility
• Internal control and review
• Identifying and assessing the risk
• Controlling risk
• Professional  values and ethics

Open Dates

Open Dates

P2 Corporate Reporting

• The professional and ethical duty of the accountant
• The financial reporting framework
• Reporting the financial performance of entities
• Financial statements of group of entities
• Specialised entities
• Implications of changes in accounting regulations on financial reporting
• The appraisal of financial performance and position of entities
• Current developments

Open Dates

Open Dates

P3 Business Analysis

• Strategic positions
• Strategic choices
• Strategic action
• Business process change
• Information technology
• Quality issues
• Project management
• Financial analysis
• People

Open Dates

Open Dates