Master the art of fraud management with our comprehensive course on Detection & Prevention Strategies. From understanding the intricacies of different fraud types to implementing cutting-edge prevention techniques, this program equips professionals with the skills needed to safeguard organizations. Explore fraud detection methods, learn to unveil fraudulent evidence, and gain insights into effective incident response and investigation. Take proactive steps towards fraud mitigation and compliance. Elevate your expertise to protect businesses from evolving threats. Enroll now for a strategic approach to managing fraud effectively.
Whether it is a small local business or a multinational company, there is always a spot open for accountants and bookkeepers. This line of profession provides a secure job with a good salary and other additional benefits. The Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll - Complete Video Course(US) is here to equip you with the vital skills to establish a promising career in the accounting and bookkeeping sector. In this Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll - Complete Video Course(US), you will first receive a detailed introduction to accounting. Then the course will educate you on accounting equations, transactions and financial statements. You will be able to develop the ability to prepare worksheets, complete the accounting cycle, and post and adjust entries. The second section of the course will educate you on the principles of bookkeeping. You will learn how to manage the budget and sales tax. This valuable course will also ensure that you have the essential skills for payroll management. After completing the Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll - Complete Video Course(US), you will receive a valuable certificate to enrich your resume. Enrol in this excellent course today to boost your skills and your career. Learning Outcomes Enrich your knowledge of accounting equations, transaction and financial statements Develop the skills for posting and adjusting entries Understand the process of preparing a worksheet Learn about the steps of the accounting cycle Familiarise yourself with the principles of bookkeeping Grasp the skills for budgeting and managing sales tax Acquire the essential skills and abilities for payroll management Who is this Course for? Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll - Complete Video Course(US) is certified by CPD Quality Standards and CiQ. This makes it perfect for anyone trying to learn potential professional skills. As there is no experience and qualification required for this course, it is available for all students from any academic background. Requirements Our Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll - Complete Video Course(US) is fully compatible with any kind of device. Whether you are using Windows computers, Mac, smartphones or tablets, you will get the same experience while learning. You will be able to access the course with any internet connection from anywhere at any time without any kind of limitation. Assessment At the end of the course, you will be required to sit for an online MCQ test. Your test will be assessed automatically and immediately. You will instantly know whether you have been successful or not. Before sitting for your final exam, you will have the opportunity to test your proficiency with a mock exam. Why Choose us? Affordable, engaging & high-quality e-learning study materials; Tutorial videos/materials from the industry-leading experts; Study in a user-friendly, advanced online learning platform; Efficient exam systems for the assessment and instant result; The UK & internationally recognised accredited qualification; Access to course content on mobile, tablet, or desktop from anywhere, anytime; The benefit of career advancement opportunities; 24/7 student support via email. Certification After completing and passing the course successfully, you will be able to obtain an Accredited Certificate of Achievement. Certificates can be obtained either in hard copy at the cost of £39 or in PDF format at the cost of £24. Career Path After completing this Accounting, Bookkeeping & Payroll - Complete Video Course(US), you will be able to build up accurate knowledge and skills with proper confidence to enrich your career in the following professions Accountant Bookkeeper Finance Officer Payroll Supervisor Accounts Assistant Module 01 : Business Accounting Professional Bookkeeper Introduction Professional Bookkeeper FREE 00:09:00 Introduction to Accounting and Business Defining a Business 00:07:00 Ethics in Accounting 00:05:00 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) 00:10:00 The Accounting Equation The Accounting Equation 00:07:00 Transactions 00:11:00 Financial Statements 00:13:00 Analyzing Transactions The Accounting Equation and Transactions 00:16:00 Double-Entry System 00:11:00 Transactions - Journalizing 00:17:00 Entering Information - Posting Entries Posting Entries 00:10:00 The Trial Balance 00:10:00 Finding Errors Using Horizontal Analysis 00:09:00 Adjusting Process The Purpose of the Adjusting Process 00:15:00 Adjusting Entries Adjusting Entries - Prepaid Expenses 00:13:00 Adjusting Entries - Accrued Revenues 00:10:00 Adjusting Entries - Depreciation Expense 00:09:00 Adjustment Summary Adjustment Summary - Review 00:13:00 Vertical Analysis 00:33:00 Preparing a Worksheet Preparing a Worksheet 00:06:00 Financial Statements The Income Statement 00:11:00 Financial Statements - Definitions 00:12:00 Completing the Accounting Cycle Temporary vs. Permanent Accounts 00:19:00 The Accounting Cycle Illustrated Accounting Cycle Illustrated - Steps 1-5 00:11:00 Accounting Cycle Illustrated - Steps 6-10 00:12:00 Fiscal Year Fiscal Year 00:09:00 Spreadsheet Exercise Spreadsheet Exercise - Steps 1-4 00:11:00 Spreadsheet Exercise - Steps 5-7 00:37:00 Module 02 : Bookkeeping and Payroll Principles Introduction - GAAP FREE 00:15:00 Transactions 00:11:00 Overview of Internal Controls The Need for Internal Controls 00:24:00 Control Concepts 00:25:00 Subsidiary Ledgers and Special Journals Subsidiary Ledgers 00:16:00 Special Journals - Posting Sales Journal 00:18:00 Special Journals - Posting Cash Receipts 00:13:00 Reconciliations Purpose 00:14:00 Reconciliation 00:22:00 Who Should Perform the Reconciliation 00:12:00 Correcting Entries Correcting Entries 00:08:00 The Wrong Account 00:05:00 Sales Tax Sales Tax 00:13:00 Sales Tax Rules and Filing 00:13:00 Budgeting All Businesses Must Have a Strategic Plan 00:28:00 Types of Budgets 00:19:00 Accounting for Merchandising Merchandising Income Statement 00:17:00 Sales Discounts 00:15:00 Purchase Discounts 00:17:00 Accounting for Cash Defining Petty Cash 00:12:00 Accounting for Cash Over or Short 00:13:00 Cash Controls - The Bank Reconciliation 00:27:00 Payroll The Payroll Process 00:35:00 Payroll Process - Deduction Tables 00:21:00 Payroll Process - Earnings Record 00:24:00 Partnerships and Corporations The Partnership 00:19:00 Corporations 00:09:00 Preferred Stock 00:18:00 Accounts Receivable and Bad Debts Accounts Receivable 00:22:00 Bad Debts 00:17:00 Interim Profit or Loss Interim 00:09:00 Year End - Preparing to Close the Books Inventory 00:21:00 Inventory Obsolescence 00:20:00 Year End - Closing the Books Year End - Closing Journal Entries 00:14:00 Year End - Post Closing Trial Balance 00:18:00 Cash Flow What is Cash Flow 00:19:00 Cash Flow - The Indirect Method 00:23:00 The Direct Method 00:22:00 Order Your Certificate and Transcript Order Your Certificates and Transcripts 00:00:00
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Fraud should not happen, but it does. It can happen at the highest to lowest levels in an organisation. Recent surveys show that incidents of fraud are not decreasing. Fraud costs companies money and, perhaps even more importantly, reputational damage. The losers are not just the shareholders, suppliers, customers, etc, but society as a whole. This programme shows why frauds happen, how organisations put themselves at risk and what they can do to prevent it. This programme will help directors and others understand: The motives for committing fraud Directors' responsibilities for identifying and reporting fraud What types of frauds there are How frauds are perpetrated How they can be prevented How regulators deal with fraud Above all, the principal objective of this programme is to help make your organisation as secure as possible from the threat of fraud. 1 Motives for committing fraud - drivers of fraud Session objective: to understand why people might commit fraud Drivers of fraudulent behaviourAmbitionGreedTheftConceit? And more! 2 Accounting mechanisms that allow fraud Session objective: to review the elements of the accounting, internal control and management processes that allow creative accounting Income or liability? Asset or expense? Coding errors and misclassification Netting off and grossing up Off-balance sheet items 3 Structures that allow fraud Session objective: to consider company and trading structures that allow frauds to be perpetrated Group structures Trading structures Tax havens Importing and exporting 4 Interpretations and other non-compliance that allow fraud Session objective: to look at how creative interpretations of law and accounting practice may permit fraud The place of accounting standards Accounting policies Trading methods The place of auditing standards 5 Money laundering Session objective: to review what constitutes money laundering Types of money laundering Identifying laundering Preventing laundering 6 Preventing fraud - proper management structures Session objective: to review the place of proper corporate governance Corporate governance Company management structure Audit committees The place of internal audit 7 Preventing fraud - proper accounting Session objective: to review best accounting and auditing practice Accounting standards Internal accounting policies Adequacy of internal controls Internal audit 8 Preventing fraud - regulation Session objective: to look at how regulators aim to prevent fraud The regulatory environment Financial services regulation 9 Conclusion Course review Open forum Close 10 Course summary - developing your own cost action plan Group and individual action plans will be prepared with a view to participants identifying their cost risks areas and the techniques which can be immediately applied to improve costing and reduce costs
No-one in business will succeed if they are not financially literate - and no business will succeed without financially-literate people. This is the ideal programme for managers and others who don't have a financial qualification or background but who nonetheless need a greater understanding of the financial management disciplines essential to your organisation. This course will give the participants a sound understanding of financial reports, measures and techniques to make them even more effective in their roles. It will enable participants to: Overcome the barrier of the accountants' strange language Deal confidently with financial colleagues Improve their understanding of your organisation's finance function Radically improve their planning and budgeting skills Be much more aware of the impact of their decisions on the profitability of your organisation Enhance their role in the organisation Boost their confidence and career development 1 Review of the principal financial statements What each statement containsOutlineDetail Not just what the statements contain but what they mean Balance sheets and P&L accounts (income statements) Cash flow statements Detailed terminology and interpretation Types of fixed asset - tangible, etc. Working capital, equity, gearing 2 The 'rules' - Accounting Standards, concepts and conventions Fundamental or 'bedrock' accounting concepts Detailed accounting concepts and conventions What depreciation means The importance of stock, inventory and work in progress values Accounting policies that most affect reporting and results The importance of accounting standards and IFRS 3 Where the figures come from Accounting records Assets / liabilities, Income / expenditure General / nominal ledgers Need for internal controls 'Sarbox' and related issues 4 Managing the budget process Have clear objectives, remit, responsibilities and time schedule The business plan Links with corporate strategy The budget cycle Links with company culture Budgeting methods'New' budgetingZero-based budgets Reviewing budgets Responding to the figures The need for appropriate accounting and reporting systems 5 What are costs? How to account for them Cost definitions Full / absorption costing Overheads - overhead allocation or absorption Activity based costing Marginal costing / break-even - use in planning 6 Who does what? A review of what different types of accountant do Financial accounting Management accounting Treasury function Activities and terms 7 How the statements can be interpreted What published accounts contain Analytical review (ratio analysis) Return on capital employed, margins and profitability Making assets work - asset turnover Fixed assets, debtor, stock turnover Responding to figures EBIT, EBITEDIA, eps and other analysts' measure 8 Other key issues Creative accounting Accounting for groups Intangible assets - brand names Company valuations Fixed assets / leased assets / off-balance sheet finance
Whether you’re a board member or just curious about corporate governance, this AGRC certificate is for you! Learn what it takes for any firm to build and maintain a robust, dependable, and responsible corporate governance backbone with this self-paced, online certificate delivered by LGCA. The concept of corporate governance has featured regularly in discussions, both within the professional and academic community, since the 1990s and has become even more prominent following significant cases of corporate failure that had adverse effects on the global interconnected economy. Additionally, the Certificate places emphasis on how internal control mechanisms need to be designed and underlines how helpful the three lines of defence model may be. The certificate also covers the importance of maintaining strong and productive relations within the Board, ones that are based on trust and which allow for effective meetings and interaction to be achieved. Lastly, emphasis is placed on the modern concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Social Governance (ESG), and Sustainability, and how the Board needs to respond to these trends as they gain increased relevance and importance for the corporate world. Overall, the knowledge obtained by undertaking this Certificate is an invaluable asset for professionals looking to enhance their career prospects in Corporate Governance. The link between poor corporate governance practices and the excessive taking of risks that led to the downfall or bail-out of important financial institutions necessitated a discussion on how to strengthen corporate governance and protect the economy against similar cases in the future. Effectively, new regulatory requirements have been established, while existing codes of governance have been revised. Such efforts aim to focus on requirements that should be fulfilled by an organisation’s management body and enhance three areas of governance: remuneration, risk management, and internal control. In this programme, participants will review key definitions of corporate governance and the benefits associated with the implementation of good corporate governance practices. More specifically, participants will look in greater detail at the Board of Directors, covering the duties and responsibilities of Directors, the composition of the Board, the role of key post-holders, the many Board committees and how they are structured, and how a Board’s performance can be evaluated. Study method Online, self-paced Course format What's this? Reading material - PDF/e-book, slides, article/plain text Duration 15 hours Access to content 365 days Certification Certificate in Corporate Governance CPD 15 CPD hours / points Certificates AGRC Certificate in Corporate Governance - Free Additional info Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price Description The AGRC Certificate in Corporate Governance provides participants with a thorough understanding of a topic that has gained increasing significance and attention amongst corporations, regulators, and researchers. At the same, the Certificate offers guidance as to how corporations can best prepare in creating solid governance structures that will help them deal with the myriad of modern-day corporate challenges and risks. Syllabus: Introduction to Corporate Governance Definition of Corporate Governance Ethics and Governance Key Relevant Governance Theories Agency Theory Stakeholder Theory The Benefits of Corporate Governance Board of Directors Duties and Responsibilities of Directors Specific Requirements for Financial Institutions Board Appointments and Composition Independent and Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) The Importance of Diversity in a Board Committee Structure Board Committees Committee Structure Audit Committee Risk Committee Nominations Committee Remuneration Committees Key Post-Holders in a Board Chair of the Board Senior Independent Director (SID) CEO (Ex-Officio Board Member) Evaluation & Continuous Development Knowledge of Industry and OrganisationInternal Control Mechanisms Internal Controls and Risk Management Three-Lines of Defence model Intra-Board Relations Effective Meetings CSR, ESG and Sustainability Definitions of Relevant Terms Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Sustainability The Business Case for CSR, ESG, and Sustainability ESG, Sustainability, and the Role of the Board Format • Register at any time for this online, open Certificate • Study in your own time and at your own pace (you have up to 3 months to complete) • Assessed by online multiple-choice exam What is included • 15 hours of self-paced online interactive learning including analysis of 7 practical case studies • 1-year free AGRC membership • Online Exam and AGRC Certificate Who is this course for? This course is ideal for anyone wishing to be introduced to the main regulatory provisions in financial services and trends in corporate governance. Professionals carrying out the roles of directors, members of the Board, senior managers, lawyers, company secretaries, compliance and risk officers, and consultants may benefit from this course. It is also suitable for professionals pursuing regulatory CPDs in financial regulation. Requirements No previous knowledge or experience is required, although it is assumed that participants have good knowledge of English and sound educational background. Certificates AGRC Certificate in Corporate Governance Digital certificate - Included The certificate is issued upon successful passing of the final exam.
Financial reporting best practices involve adherence to accounting principles, regulatory requirements, and industry standards. CFOs should stay informed about evolving accounting standards and regulatory changes. Regularly review updates from regulatory bodies such as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to ensure compliance. Engage with industry associations and professional networks to stay abreast of best practices and emerging trends in financial reporting. By actively staying informed, CFOs can adapt their processes and policies to meet changing requirements. Regulatory compliance is a key aspect of financial reporting. How do CFOs navigate the landscape of regulatory requirements and ensure compliance within their organisations? Navigating the regulatory landscape requires a proactive and diligent approach. CFOs must develop a deep understanding of the relevant regulations, such as the Companies Act, UK GAAP, or IFRS, depending on the reporting framework. They collaborate with legal teams and auditors to interpret and apply the regulations correctly. Implementing strong internal controls, conducting regular compliance assessments, and engaging in external audits are essential steps to ensure compliance and mitigate potential risks. Compliance is an ongoing process. CFOs should establish a culture of compliance throughout the organization, emphasizing the importance of ethical practices, accuracy, and transparency in financial reporting. Training programs, internal communication, and regular compliance reviews help foster a compliance-conscious culture. By creating a framework that promotes adherence to regulations, CFOs establish a solid foundation for accurate and reliable financial reporting. https://www.fdcapital.co.uk/podcast/the-intricacies-of-financial-reporting-and-compliance-in-the-uk/ Tags Online Events Things To Do Online Online Seminars Online Business Seminars #financial #compliance #reporting #uk #intricacies
What do engineers and project managers need to know of finance? 'Nothing - leave it to the accountants!' No, no, no! Engineers must be conversant with the terminology and statements that accountants use. Technical expertise in projects, service delivery, production or other areas can only really be harnessed if the managers understand the accounting and reporting that drives businesses. This course gives the necessary understanding to project, production and technical managers. It develops their skills in understanding financial and management accounting. Accountants may not always like it but a major part of their work is to be the 'servants of business' and to gather, compile and present your figures. So you must understand the figures - they belong to you, your processes or projects. There are many reasons for maintaining accurate accounts. This course focuses on the strategic issues (those over-used words) - what figures reveal about the drivers of business and what they reveal about the day-to-day issues that accountants bother you with. The course will enhance your understanding of finance and of the accounting issues which affect your projects, production and technical areas of business. This course will help you: Understand the business world in figures - make sense of what the accountants are telling you Appreciate what drives business - and how this affects your role in your part of the business Relate your activities to the success of the business - through figures Gain the skills to advance in management - financial awareness is a 'must have' if you are to progress in your career 1 What do accountants do? The finance function, types of accountant, financial v management accounting and the treasury function Understanding the role of the finance function and how the information you provide may be used 2 The basic financial statements Balance sheets and income statements (P&L accounts) What they are, what they contain and above all what they can reveal - how to read them The accounting process - from transactions to financial statements What underpins the statements - accounting systems and internal controls 3 Why be in business - from a financial perspective The driving forces behind financial information Performance measures - profitability, asset utilisation, sales and throughput, managing capital expenditure 4 Accounting rules - accounting standards Accounting concepts and the accounting rules: accruals, 'going concern' - substance over form and other 'desirable qualities' Accruals - why the timing of a transaction is so important to the finance function Depreciation and amortisation - the concepts and practice Accounting standards - the role of International Financial Reporting Standards 5 Cash The importance of cash flow - working capital management Cash flow statements - monitoring overall cash flows Raising cash - levels of borrowing, gearing Spending cash - an outline of capital expenditure appraisal 6 Budgeting Why budget? - good and bad practice Determining why budgets play a key role and should not be simply an annual ritual Justifying your budgets - the link between the strategic plan and day-to-day budgeting - alignment of company culture Budgets as motivators - the importance of the right culture Techniques to improve budgeting - whether day-to-day or capital budgeting 7 Costing The type and detail of costing very much depends on your business - eg, manufacturing piston rings is quite different from the construction of a power plant Issues with overhead allocation Accounting for R&D 8 Reading financial statements Annual financial statements - why they are produced, what's in them and what you should look for Learning what a set of accounts reveals about a company's current situation, profitability and future prospects 9 Performance measurement - analytical reviews and ratio analysis ROI/ROCE Profitability, margins and cost control Sales - asset turnover Efficiency (asset / stock turnover, debtor / creditor days) 'City' measures Investment (interest / dividend cover, earnings per share, dividend yield)