An Interactive 10-Day Training Course
The 10-Day Budgeting & International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
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Modules
This training course is split into two modules:
Module I - Budgeting For Performance Management
Module II - Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Training Outline
Module 1: Budgeting For Performance Management
DAY 1: Budgeting and Business Performance Management
- Creating value for key organisational stakeholders
- Business Performance Management (BPM) frameworks
- The fundamentals of competitive strategy
- The vital role of budgeting and cost management in BPM
- Principles of financial and management accounting
- Key financial measures of value creation
- Using strategy maps to integrate non-financial measures
DAY 2: Cost Planning and Cost Management
- Defining and understanding cost behaviour
- The role of costing in performance management
- Traditional costing: absorption costing
- Traditional costing: marginal costing and break-even analysis
- Traditional costing: standard costing control frameworks
- Developments in costing: Target and Kaizen costing
- Developments in costing: Activity Based Costing (ABC)
- A strategic approach to cost management and reduction
DAY 3: Steps and Techniques in Budget Preparation
- Forecasting techniques for budgeting
- Business Intelligence and budgeting
- Diagnostic and predictive analytics for budgeting
- Statistical tools and techniques in sales forecasting
- Statistical tools and techniques for cost forecasting
- Steps in the budgeting process
- Budgeting and managing capital expenditure (CapEx)
- Cash flow forecasting and budgeting
- Styles and approaches to budgeting
- Human and behavioural aspects of budgeting
DAY 4: Using Budgets to Monitor and Manage Performance
- Principles of Responsibility Accounting
- Variance analysis and performance management
- Standard costing and cost management
- Using data analytics to find the root cause of variances
- Data visualisation techniques for financial reports
- Designing budget reports
- Dashboards and their use in performance management
- Designing tactical dashboards for budget management
DAY 5: Beyond Budgeting to Adaptive Management
- Shortcomings of traditional approaches to budgeting
- Beyond Budgeting case study
- Moving towards decentralised performance management
- Replacing budgets with rolling forecasts
- Using key driver forecasts for risk management
- Using balanced scorecard to manage Key Performance Indicators
- Why traditional budgeting still has a key role to play
Module 2: Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
DAY 6: The Role & Scope of IFRS
- Establishing the case for IFRS
- International accounting diversity
- IFRS & US GAAP
- The role & scope of IFRS & IAS
- The IASB conceptual framework
- IFRS, accounting concepts & policies
DAY 7: The Presentation & Preparation of Financial Statements
- The annual reports & financial statements
- IAS 1 presentation of financial statements
- Preparing the income statement
- Preparing the statement of financial position
- IAS & statement of cashflow
- Notes & disclosures
DAY 8: Accounting for Cash Flow & Financial Instruments
- The importance of cash flow
- Preparing a statement of cash flows in accordance with IFRS 7
- Evaluating the cash flow
- What are financial instruments & derivatives?
- IFRS 7 financial instruments: Disclosures
- IFRS 9 financial instruments
DAY 9: Accounting for Assets
- Tangible & intangible assets
- IAS 16: Property, plant and equipment and Depletion, Depreciation & Amortisation (DD&A)
- IAS 36: Impairment of assets
- IFRS 13 fair value measurement
- IAS 38: Intangible assets
- IAS 2 inventories
DAY 10: Accounting for Strategic Alliances & Business Combinations
- Strategic alliances mergers & acquisitions
- Goodwill
- IFRS 3 business combinations
- IFRS 10: Consolidated financial statements
- IFRS 11: Joint arrangements
- IFRS 12: Disclosure of interests on other entities
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
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