COURSES
Professional development
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The City and Financial Markets
– Introduction
Online live, 11 March
London, 26 June
At its heart, the City is a marketplace just like any other. But it can often seem that it’s so much more complicated than that. This intensive, one-day course introduces the basic structure and operations of the Square Mile’s financial markets in a logical and jargon-free way.
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CFO of the Future 3:
Cost and profitability analysis workshop
Online live, 12 March
London, 11 July
Learn how to see beyond budgets and accounting statements to find where the deep cost-reduction and profit-making opportunities lie. This involves learning new methods and techniques, including “lean practice” and “process mapping” as well as the power of “transparent information”.
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Understanding Contracts
– An overview for non-lawyers
Online live, 21 March or 14 May
This course provides a jargon-free overview of the issues commonly found in business-to-business contracts from the perspective of both supplier and buyer. Each topic covered will outline the relevant commercial and legal considerations as well as providing a series of drafting tips.
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Online live, 26 March or 19 June
This course shows how UK direct tax law applies to groups of companies, from small, family-owned groups to large public companies. It will be of benefit to accountants and advisers working with groups and involved with managing and planning their affairs.
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Essential Tax Update for the Accountant in Practice or Employment
Online live, 3 April
This course is designed as an update on recent changes in taxation that busy accountants who don’t specialise in tax still need to be aware of, whether they are in practice or employment. The course highlights tax developments, problem areas and planning opportunities.
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IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts
– The fundamentals
Online live, 5 April
The objective of IFRS 17 is to provide increased transparency of the profitability of insurance companies, and to provide enhanced comparability between the financial statements of insurance companies worldwide. This course will benefit anyone who requires an overview of the new standard.
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Valuation Techniques (with valuation modelling)
Online live, 17-18 April
London, 19-20 June
This two-day course aims to provide you with an understanding of the practical uses of different valuation methodologies, together with hands-on experience of their application, with a particular focus on the professional and credible presentation of your work in real-life scenarios.
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Online live, 23 April
Would you be more effective and successful if only you were more confident? Confidence can be learnt – this gentle, yet powerful course, delivered in a highly interactive and safe environment, focuses exclusively on creating and developing self-assurance for professional and personal success.
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SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSES
An Introduction to Investment Banking
Length: 1 hour
This course reviews the basic structure of an investment bank, focusing on the activities of different functional areas including sales and trading, corporate finance and compliance. Gain an understanding of key terms such as Chinese wall, Libor, derivatives and leveraged finance.
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Length: 1 hour
It is quite natural to fear change – it can be difficult, stressful and the cause of a lot of anxiety. This course looks at some positive responses to change so that the individual and the organisation can prosper through a time of upheaval and use it to their advantage.
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Length: 1 hour
Insightful forecasting of financial performance is becoming increasingly difficult in these unprecedented times. This session is for financial professionals who wish to navigate their businesses through uncertainty using financial forecasting, with top practical tips to help you raise your forecasting skills.
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Length: 5 hours
This pack of five online courses has been put together to keep you up to date with the latest developments in FRS 102. It serves as a refresher for the core areas of accounting under the reporting standard that regularly give rise to questions in practice.
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