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Power your career in the financial sector with the Business Finance: 8-in-1 Premium Online Courses Bundle — designed for roles in financial planning, business consultancy, corporate finance, risk analysis, and crisis management. 📊 Learn the essentials employers demand: business analysis, Sage software, AML, data analytics with Tableau, tax compliance, and cash flow management — all in one professional-grade bundle. 🚀 Built for job-seekers who want to stand out, fast. Whether you're aiming to be a finance analyst, tax advisor, Sage technician, or business strategist, this bundle can unlock your next role. ✅ Compete High is rated 4.8 on Reviews.io and 4.3 on Trustpilot — because quality matters. 📝 Description Businesses want finance pros who can think analytically, manage risk, and guide strategic decisions. This 8-course bundle empowers you with: Financial system literacy (Sage, Tableau) Deep understanding of business processes Knowledge of AML, tax law, and cash flow Ideal for: Entry-level finance applicants Aspiring business analysts Junior accountants Corporate finance interns Crisis cashflow consultants 📈 You'll develop job-attracting keywords in data analytics, AML regulation, financial forecasting, and management accounting. ❓ FAQ Q: Is this a real career booster? A: Yes — it targets key hiring criteria in finance, business consultancy, and compliance roles. Q: What industries hire these skills? A: Banking, fintech, SME finance, corporate advisory, audit firms, and startups. Q: Is this bundle highly rated? A: Definitely — learners give Compete High 4.8 on Reviews.io and 4.3 on Trustpilot.

Business Communication Skills: Communicating effectively in the workplace   Course Description   Course Description Poor communication and presentation of business information breeds poor decisions. We may be masters of the spreadsheet and wizards with a project plan, but we are not always brilliant at communicating or presenting the results of our work Management meetings can, sometimes, be tedious and uninspiring, where managers compete for excuses to avoid attending! A good manager is someone who understands performance and can present information in a way that enables others to understand what the issues are and make correct decisions. A good manager can cut through the fog of numbers to make a clear point and assist others to make effective decisions. In “Business Communication Skills” we present tools and structures that will help you plan and deliver your message effectively and facilitate group meetings to achieve a useful outcome. Topics covered include the principles of good communication; planning your communication; structuring your message; and facilitating business meetings, including online meetings. We hope you enjoy it.   Key Learning Participants in this course will learn: The principles of effective communication Planning your communication – message, audience, medium, structure, call to action. How to structure your communication Language patterns to help get your message across How to facilitate Business Meetings The Skills of a good facilitator The rules for a well-structured meeting Planning your meeting agenda How to facilitate an online meeting What to look for when facilitating a session Tools you can use in facilitation. Evaluating your Facilitation   Curriculum L1 Effective Communication L2 Planning your Communication 1 L3 Planning your Communication 2 L4 Planning your Communication 3 L5 Exercise: Stakeholder Analysis L6 Facilitating Business Meetings L7 Planning your Meeting Agenda L8 As a facilitator what should I look for? L9 Tools you can use in facilitation L10 Facilitation Tools L11 Exercise: Planning your Agenda Resource: Tools to help you communicate and facilitate     Pre-Course Requirements None     Additional Resources None     Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel

Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 2 Making the Sale   Course Description   Copyright Ross Maynard 2021   Course Description Welcome to Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 2 Making the Sale.   In Part 1 of Selling Skills for Professionals I covered prospecting, that is identifying potential future clients and making the initial approach. In this course, Part 2 of Selling Skills for Professionals, I cover the sales process – converting a prospect into a client. In Selling Skills for Professionals: Part 2 Making the Sale, I look at the skills you need for selling professional services and how to create a series of webinars to build prospects’ interest. I then cover a five-step sales process in detail: Understand the current situation Surface the pain points Exploring the impacts of the pain points Shape the future state Close the sale   The course also covers why people buy professional services, and why they might not buy; and it shows how to deal with objections.   Selling professional services is not like selling a car, or solar panels. It’s about building a relationship with a prospect as a professional advisor; coaching them through the challenges facing them; and offering services tailored to their needs which will help the prospect make tangible improvements.   If you want to know how to sell professional services successfully, this is the course for you.   I hope you enjoy the course.     Key Learning Points  On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: Describe a five-stage sales process for professional services Identify the core skillset needed for selling professional services Deploy best practice when creating webinars to engage prospects Explore a prospect’s current situation on an online video call Identify a prospect’s pain points and explore their root causes and impacts Coach a prospect to visualise the future state they would like to get to be resolving the problems identified Handle objections surfaced as the prospect moves towards closing the sale Understand why people buy professional services, and why they don’t buy Reduce buyer’s remorse and plan to develop the client relationship after the sale     Curriculum Module 1: The Foundations for Selling Professional Services Lesson 1: The Purpose of Prospecting Lesson 2: The Selling Professional Services Skillset Lesson 3: Moving Beyond Prospecting Lesson 4: Script for the Webinar Follow-Up Call   Module 2: Building a Case for the Sale Lesson 5: No Pain No Gain Lesson 6: Building a Case: Initial Diagnosis Lesson 7: Building a Case: Root Causes Lesson 8: Building a Case: Impacts Lesson 9: Building a Case: Shaping the Future State Lesson 10: Building a Case: The Gap   Module 3: Closing the Sale Lesson 11: Selling is about Change Lesson 12: A Time to Close  Lesson 13: Closing (At Last)   Module 4: Evasion and Objections Lesson 14: Evasion Lesson 15: Handling Objections Lesson 16: Specific Example of Objections Part 1 Lesson 17: Specific Example of Objections Part 2   Module 5: After the Sale Lesson 18: Aftercare Lesson 19: Key Learning Points     Pre-Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements     Additional Resources None     Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel

The Payroll Mini Bundle brings together five tightly linked topics, covering payroll essentials, bookkeeping, accounting, employment law, and Sage software. Whether you're processing payslips or tracking financial records, these modules provide the conceptual framework to manage routine payroll matters with precision. Each course flows naturally into the next—bookkeeping leads into accounting, which ties neatly into payroll and Sage. Add a layer of employment law on top, and you’ve got a formula suited for navigating payroll admin without missing a decimal or regulation. Learning Outcomes: Learn payroll calculations and statutory deductions with clarity. Understand double-entry and ledger balancing fundamentals. Explore core accounting principles and reporting procedures. Use Sage software confidently for payroll-related functions. Grasp key aspects of UK employment legislation and rights. Apply payroll concepts to structured financial environments. Who is this Course For: Aspiring payroll clerks or admin professionals. Bookkeepers looking to enhance payroll knowledge. Junior accountants wishing to specialise in payroll. HR professionals dealing with employee payments. Business owners managing payroll in-house. Administrative staff handling payroll records. Finance graduates entering the workforce. Anyone curious about structured payroll systems. Career Path: Payroll Administrator – £25,000/year Bookkeeper – £26,500/year Payroll Officer – £28,000/year Accounts Assistant – £24,000/year Finance Administrator – £25,000/year Sage Payroll Assistant – £26,000/year

Nothing says “grown-up” quite like understanding your VAT. The VAT Mini Bundle walks you through Value Added Tax, essential tax knowledge, business law basics, structured report writing, and—because life gets messy—some self-organisation tactics to keep your numbers (and nerves) in check. Whether you’re chasing receipts or wrangling legalese, this bundle puts logic back into numbers. Perfect for early-career finance workers, small business enthusiasts, or anyone tired of pretending to know what ‘input tax’ means. Numbers don’t bite—especially when presented like this. Learning Outcomes: Understand key concepts behind VAT and its applications. Learn tax fundamentals relevant to business and self-employment. Explore basic business law for financial process understanding. Develop structured report writing for financial clarity. Organise documents and tasks using simple organisational methods. Apply structured thinking to legal and financial topics. Who is this Course For: Bookkeeping assistants learning VAT and tax rules. Entrepreneurs managing business records and reports. Finance support staff handling admin for accountants. Tax return helpers needing structured refresher knowledge. Self-employed individuals tracking invoices and taxes. Admin workers supporting financial documentation. Legal secretaries touching on business and tax law. Beginners interested in structured financial writing. Career Path: VAT Administrator – £26,000/year Tax Assistant – £27,500/year Accounts Support Officer – £25,000/year Finance Administrator – £24,000/year Junior Report Writer (Finance Focus) – £23,500/year Business Law Clerk (Entry-Level) – £28,000/year

PowerPoint for Business in 60 Minutes   Course Description   Copyright Ross Maynard 2021   Course Description Welcome to PowerPoint for Business in 60 Minutes.   Microsoft PowerPoint has been around for nearly 35 years, and I am sure you are familiar with it, and have experienced many PowerPoint presentations – some good; many extremely tedious! Creating a business presentation in PowerPoint presents a number of challenges and there is a danger of “death by PowerPoint”. I recently attended a meeting which was supposed to be a planning discussion but which the person leading the meeting insisted on introducing with a PowerPoint presentation of 60 slides – mostly bullet points! We were hardly in the mood for action planning after that assault on our senses.  PowerPoint is good for presenting business results or for a training course, but you need to plan your slideshow carefully to avoid bullet-point boredom and to keep your audience engaged and interested. And that is the purpose of this course – to teach you PowerPoint techniques which you may not be familiar with, and which will help you improve the impact of your business presentations.   Less is more in a slide show so it is important to use techniques and effects which will help engage your audience and draw their attention to the points that matter.  In “PowerPoint for Business in 60 Minutes”, I cover six key topics that will help you produce more impactful business presentations: The best slide transitions and animations for business presentations The morph transition to make the narration of an agenda, or similar list, or a team photograph extremely slick and professional The Zoom effect to create a summary slide with hyperlinks to zoom into the section that you or your audience choose How to animate charts to highlight the key points you want to bring out How to embed Excel tables with slicers into PowerPoint, and why PowerPoint is not developed enough to make this useful for a business presentation How to turn your PowerPoint presentation into a video. This is the technique I am most often asked how to do.   This is not a full “PowerPoint from scratch” course: it assumes familiarity of Microsoft’s ubiquitous programme. Instead, the course takes only 1 hour of your time to focus on key techniques that can help you improve the impact of the presentations you create.   I hope you enjoy the course.     Key Learning Points  On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: Identify the most useful slide transitions and animations for business presentations Use the morph transition to draw the audience’s attention Create a “zoom” summary slide to jump to user-selected sections of slides Animate charts to highlight key points Embed a Microsoft Excel table in a PowerPoint slide Create a video with commentary of their PowerPoint presentation     Curriculum Lesson 1: Transitions and Animations Lesson 2: The Morph Transition Lesson 3: Zoom Lesson 4: Animating Charts Lesson 5: Excel Tables and Slicers in PowerPoint (or Not!) Lesson 6: Making a PowerPoint Video     Pre-Course Requirements There are no pre-course requirements     Additional Resources None     Course Tutor Your tutor is Ross Maynard. Ross is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and has 30 years’ experience as a process improvement consultant specialising in business processes and organisation development. Ross is also a professional author of online training courses. Ross lives in Scotland with his wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel     Questions What slide effect allows you to give the illusion of moving around a larger “page”? The Wipe transition. The Dissolve transition. The Push transition. The Fly-In animation   What does “Zoom” in PowerPoint allow you to do? Zoom creates the illusion of “zooming in” on a particular part of a slide Zoom creates a summary slide with hyperlinks to the individual slides or sections contained in the summary Zoom creates a smooth object animation from one slide to another to animate, for example, an agenda or timeline Zoom is used to highlight areas of a chart or graphic to draw the audience’s attention   What is the main problem with embedding a Microsoft Excel table with slicers into PowerPoint? The slicers do not work, and the table cannot be manipulated, in presentation mode in PowerPoint The table cannot be opened or manipulated in PowerPoint slide view Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are incompatible with each other The file size created is too large for most business PCs to handle   When seeking to create an MP4 video file from a PowerPoint presentation, why is it advisable to record the commentary separately? PowerPoint’s built-in recording facility is unreliable and frequently crashes It’s much quicker to record the audio separately and then insert it into PowerPoint and save as a video file Separate video editing software needs to be used to improve the video’s look and sound where the audio is recorded directly in PowerPoint It removes the stress of commentating “live” on the presentation while recording it, and allows any mistakes and errors to be cut out  

This bundle offers training in bookkeeping fundamentals, financial management, payroll processing, business law essentials, and regulations. Designed to provide the tools necessary for efficient financial record keeping and understanding legal frameworks in business. Whether you’re managing accounts or overseeing payroll, the bundle’s clear and focused courses help you grasp core principles with confidence. Suitable for those aiming to strengthen their financial administration without unnecessary complexity. Learning Outcomes: Understand bookkeeping procedures and account management basics. Learn fundamental finance principles for business contexts. Gain knowledge of payroll processing and payroll law. Recognise key aspects of business law relevant to finance. Develop awareness of regulations affecting financial operations. Improve accuracy and organisation in financial record keeping. Who Is This Course For: Bookkeepers seeking to improve technical and legal knowledge. Payroll officers managing employee salary calculations. Small business owners handling their own accounts. Finance students learning business law and bookkeeping essentials. Accountants needing refresher courses on payroll and regulations. Administrative staff supporting financial departments. Auditors wanting clear understanding of bookkeeping standards. Anyone managing or preparing financial records professionally. Career Path: Bookkeeper – £25,000 per year Payroll Officer – £24,000 per year Accounts Assistant – £22,000 per year Finance Administrator – £26,000 per year Business Law Advisor – £30,000 per year Audit Assistant – £23,000 per year

Learn how to handle tax returns and self assessment online. Understand Sage, Power BI, and accounting with this flexible training bundle. 🔹 Overview: This Personal Tax Training Mini Bundle brings together five solid pillars of individual tax know-how. Whether you’re looking to untangle self assessment, make sense of Sage software, or simply stop avoiding spreadsheets, this bundle delivers just the right level of information—without the late-night panic. From tax logic to financial analysis and visual reporting with Power BI, each course is designed for clarity and structured learning. You’ll get to grips with the numbers, the narratives behind them, and the systems that keep everything ticking. All accessible online, no calculator batteries required (unless you're feeling nostalgic). 🔹 Learning Outcomes: Understand the structure and rules behind personal income tax Learn how to use Sage for personal tax accounting tasks Build Power BI reports to analyse financial tax data Explore financial analysis techniques in tax-based scenarios Gain working knowledge of personal self assessment processes Apply accounting principles to personal finance case examples 🔹 Who is this Course For: Self-employed individuals handling their own tax submissions Small business owners wanting better control of their finances Those seeking insight into personal tax rules and allowances Accountants brushing up on self assessment tools and theory Individuals interested in Sage and Power BI for tax use Finance students exploring personal taxation applications Freelancers wanting more clarity on income declarations Anyone afraid of the word "HMRC" and looking for confidence 🔹 Career Path: Tax Assistant – £23,000–£30,000 per year Self-Assessment Specialist – £25,000–£34,000 per year Accounting Technician – £24,000–£32,000 per year Bookkeeper (Sage) – £22,000–£29,000 per year Power BI Analyst (Finance) – £30,000–£40,000 per year Personal Finance Advisor – £28,000–£38,000 per year

Confused by self assessment or VAT? Learn to handle tax returns, accounting, and reports online with this detailed training bundle. 🔹 Overview: The Self Assessment Tax Return Mini Bundle takes a focused look at the structure and reporting involved in personal tax declarations. You’ll study the principles behind tax returns, VAT rules, and how to organise everything through accounting and data visualisation software—without ever printing another spreadsheet. The courses in this bundle are built for individuals who want to make sense of numbers and deadlines, with added emphasis on financial analysis and digital reporting. From VAT calculation to Power BI charts that actually make sense, this bundle aims to turn tax confusion into organised clarity—one module at a time. 🔹 Learning Outcomes: Understand how to complete a self assessment tax return Analyse VAT data for personal and freelance tax planning Use Power BI to generate useful financial tax dashboards Apply accounting methods to individual tax records Gain financial insights through structured data interpretation Explore UK tax structure from income to VAT components 🔹 Who is this Course For: Individuals required to submit a self assessment each year Freelancers dealing with VAT and income tax submissions New accountants interested in personal tax reporting Business owners learning about tax return obligations Students studying tax reporting, VAT and analytics Budget-conscious individuals aiming to reduce tax errors Data-savvy users learning Power BI for tax analysis People managing their finances independently with structure 🔹 Career Path: VAT Analyst – £28,000–£36,000 per year Self Assessment Support Advisor – £24,000–£32,000 per year Finance Officer (Tax Focus) – £30,000–£40,000 per year Tax and VAT Assistant – £25,000–£34,000 per year BI Reporting Analyst (Finance) – £32,000–£45,000 per year Accounting Associate – £23,000–£30,000 per year

Handle personal tax returns with confidence. Learn accounting, law, Power BI, and more—all online and on your schedule. 🔹 Overview: Personal tax can often feel like a yearly visit to a confusing maze. This Personal Tax Return Mini Bundle aims to straighten the path, offering key lessons on income tax, accounting, and how the law fits in—no Latin required. Whether you’re managing your own return or just trying not to cry during tax season, this bundle teaches you the essentials in a smart, structured way. With the added flair of Power BI and a dose of business law, you’ll be able to interpret, calculate, and report your tax matters like a pro (minus the stress headache). 🔹 Learning Outcomes: Understand personal income tax processes and key components Analyse personal financial data using structured accounting methods Interpret tax implications through a legal lens Use Power BI to visualise and explore financial return data Apply business law basics to tax-related financial decisions Improve accuracy in self-submitted personal tax return cases 🔹 Who is this Course For: Individuals handling their own personal tax each year Freelancers needing structured tax and finance understanding Business owners filing personal and business returns separately Students learning financial reporting and tax law basics Aspiring accountants focused on personal tax services Data enthusiasts exploring Power BI for financial reporting People wanting legal clarity in financial planning Professionals revisiting personal tax procedures and updates 🔹 Career Path: Personal Tax Advisor – £28,000–£40,000 per year Accounting Assistant – £23,000–£29,000 per year Finance Analyst – £30,000–£42,000 per year Power BI Finance Analyst – £32,000–£44,000 per year Business Law Assistant – £26,000–£35,000 per year Tax Return Support Officer – £25,000–£33,000 per year