COURSES
Professional development
COURSES
Professional development
CFO of the Future 4: Flexible Planning and Rolling Forecast
Online live, 15 April
London, 10 July
Learn how to break free from short-term targets and budgets and replace them with systems that enable the organisation to be more flexible. Using case studies, this workshop focuses on the importance of regular macroeconomic reviews and designing and implementing true rolling forecasts.
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Confident Decision-Making and Strategic Thinking
Online live, 29 April or 9 June
Making effective decisions and thinking strategically are vital business skills that some people find difficult to use in their day-to-day work. During this intensely practical course, participants learn how to think creatively, generate solutions to problems and put plans for strategy into practice.
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Pension Scheme Accounts Following FRS 102 and SORP
Online live, 29 April or 10 October
Pension scheme accounting has been subject to change. This course considers the accounting for pension schemes under FRS 102 and the statement of recommended practice, along with fair value and disclosure of scheme investments. It includes a question and answer session.
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Taxation of Doctors and Dentists
Online live, 7 May
The course provides a review of the main tax issues likely to be of relevance when dealing with the affairs of these often demanding and complicated clients. Learn specific tax and financial planning issues to be addressed and which special allowances and expenses can be available.
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Excel VBA for Creative Problem Solving
Online live, 8 May
This course covers the essential skills for confident coding in VBA, with exercises that introduce problems inspired by situations you might encounter in the real world. This is also a great springboard for anyone who wishes to learn some coding that creates real impact.
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Finance Directors’ Update
Edinburgh, 16 May
Online live, 20 November
This concise update is a great opportunity to build your technical skills in the areas of financial reporting and tax. Featuring practical sessions presented by industry experts, it looks at key developments – as well as the judgements, calculations and discussions that these changes entail.
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UK Taxation of Groups
Online live, 22 May or 29 September
This course shows how UK direct tax law applies to groups of companies, whether small family-owned groups or large public businesses. It will be of benefit to accountants and advisers working with groups of companies and involved with managing and planning their affairs.
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Financial Modelling – Advanced (and Introduction to VBA)
Online live, 29–30 May
London, 22–23 September
This two-day course is for those looking to expand their financial modelling skills. Numerous hands-on practical Excel exercises are used to demonstrate different functionality in a modelling context. The focus is on time-savers and other techniques which will improve the quality of your financial models.
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For a list of all upcoming live courses and to book, visit icas.com/cpd-courses
SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSES
Business Management 5-pack
Length: 6.5 hours
This collection gathers together five online courses covering technical business management skills. It includes activity-based costing made easy; building better business cases; analysing strategic success; key performance indicators; and an introduction to project management.
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Delegation for Success
Length: 1 hour
Skilful delegation is one of the most important management skills. It is notoriously difficult to crack but, when done well, the benefits are huge for all concerned. This course will help you know when and how to delegate, who to delegate to, and how to recognise the blockers to successful delegation.
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Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime for Finance Professionals
Length: 1 hour
Finance professionals perform a key role, acting as gatekeepers to the financial sector. This course delivers an understanding of responsibilities under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, ensuring compliance with staff obligations.
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The Accounting Input into the Strategic Plan
Length: 1 hour
As accountants increasingly break away from the stereotypical view of “grey people in grey suits”, this course helps them to enhance their ability to think strategically, making them an invaluable part of the strategy development process.
For more information about any of our on-demand courses, please email ldicas@bpp.com with the subject line “On-demand course enquiry” and course title(s) and BPP will provide the full outline and booking instructions
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