Certificate in Financial Management

The Certificate in Financial Management is designed for Middle Managers seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the core principles of accounting and finance management used in organizations today. You will learn about budget development and management, the core principles of accounting and how to use and interpret the profit and loss and cash flow statements, and the balance sheet, to inform management decision making. 

• Level: Middle and Senior Managers
• Courses: 5 (see course details below)
• Learning: On Demand 24/7
• CPD Hours: 100 Hours (each course takes approx. 20 hours to complete)
• Duration: 3 Months
• Certification: GMA Professional Credentials

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL AWARDS

CPD Certificates - On completion of each course in the program, you will be able to download and print a Course Completion Certificate, detailing your Continuing Professional Development Credits.

Digital Credentials - On successful completion of all your courses, you will receive an email with a link to your Digital Credentials. These will include your Digital Badge and Digital Certificate.

Social Share - You will be able to share your digital credentials on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.

Course 1: Accounting Foundations

This comprehensive course is designed for managers and staff who require a detailed understanding of accounting - including non-financial managers and executives, budget holders, accounts personnel and support staff working with accounts. You will learn about the different types of accounting, accounting systems and information required. You will learn the important difference between accrual and cash basis accounting. You will also learn about the principles of bookkeeping and management of the books. In addition, you will learn about the debits and credits framework, financial statements and how to develop your financial skills for accounting.
Duration: 20 hours
Certification: Download CPD Certificate on Completion

Course 2: Foundations in Financial Management

This comprehensive course is designed for managers and staff who require a detailed understanding of accounting - including non-financial managers and executives, budget holders, accounts personnel and support staff working with accounts. You will learn about the different types of accounting, accounting systems and information required. You will learn the important difference between accrual and cash basis accounting. You will also learn about the principles of bookkeeping and management of the books. In addition, you will learn about the debits and credits framework, financial statements and how to develop your financial skills for accounting.
Duration: 20 hours
Certification: Download CPD Certificate on Completion

Course 3: Budgetary Planning and Control

In this course, you will learn how to take more control over the budgeting process, and identify ways in which you can ensure your budgeting process and reporting processes work for your business unit, and enhance business performance. The course provides tools to enable you to review the effectiveness of the organization’s budgetary planning process in supporting the delivery of the organization’s strategic objectives, and review the organization’s systems, procedures and reporting mechanisms that are used to monitor progress against budgets and their objectives.
Duration: 20 hours
Certification: Download CPD Certificate on Completion

Course 4: Capital Budgeting

Capital budgeting, which is also called "investment appraisal," is the planning process used to determine which of an organization's long-term investments such as new machinery, replacement machinery, new plants, new products, and research development projects should be pursued. In this course, we will examine the major methods of capital budgeting include discounted cash flow, payback, NPV, return on investment and risks associated with capital budgeting. You will be able to rank capital investment proposals and support informed management decision.
Duration: 20 hours
Certification: Download CPD Certificate on Completion

Course 5: Financial Analysis and Decision Making

Designed for managers in non-financial roles, this course will equip you with the knowledge to interpret financial statements easily, and to participate with confidence in management meetings and dialogue on the financial planning and performance of the organization. In this comprehensive course you will learn the fundamentals of financial and management accounting, including financial statements, profit and loss accounts, and balance sheets. and cash flow. In addition, you will learn about how to interpret the performance of a business using a range of the most commonly applied financial ratios.
Duration: 20 hours
Certification: Download CPD Certificate on Completion

Learning

The program is delivered through Online Learning through the Global E-Learning Portal. Each course comprises:

• - Online Lectures and interactive learning
• - Online Videos
• - Online Quizzes
• - Downloadable Learning Manuals (80 pages +)
• - Additional workbooks, articles, and case studies.

Assessment

Assessment in this program takes the form of Online-quizzes (normally 3 in each course). Each quiz has a pass mark of 70% and you can take the quizzes as many times as you wish.

Support

Tutor Support is available through email, web conferencing and phone, throughout your program.