CFS – Certified Finance Specialist

Categories: ACCA & Accountancy
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Course Content

Recorded Class Sessions
Every live class with Ali, in order. Watch, read the notes, then test yourself.

  • Class 1 — The Finance Function and Its Role
  • Class 2 — The Accounting Equation and Double Entry
  • Class 3 — The Statement of Profit or Loss
  • Class 4 — The Statement of Financial Position
  • Class 5 — Period-End Adjustments
  • Class 6 — From Trial Balance to Financial Statements
  • Class 7 — The Statement of Cash Flows
  • Class 8 — Ratio Analysis: Profitability and Efficiency
  • Class 9 — Ratio Analysis: Liquidity, Gearing and Limitations
  • Class 10 — Budgeting
  • Class 11 — Costing Methods
  • Class 12 — Standard Costing and Variances
  • Class 13 — Cost-Volume-Profit and Short-Term Decisions
  • Class 14 — Working Capital Management
  • Class 15 — Investment Appraisal for the Finance Specialist
  • Class 16 — Sources of Finance and the Cost of Capital
  • Class 17 — Internal Control and Risk
  • Class 18 — Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Class 19 — Using Spreadsheets in Finance
  • Class 20 — Reporting to Management
  • Class 21 — Practice: Preparing Financial Statements
  • Class 22 — Practice: Ratio Analysis and Commentary
  • Class 23 — Practice: Budgets and Variances
  • Class 24 — Practice: Cash Flow and Working Capital
  • Class 25 — Practice: Costing and Decision Making
  • Class 26 — Practice: Investment Appraisal
  • Class 27 — Assessment Preparation
  • Class 28 — Final Session and Next Steps
  • Course Materials — IQN Manual & Practice Book

The Finance Function
What finance does in a business and who relies on it.

Financial Statements
Reading and preparing the three statements.

Analysis and Interpretation
Ratios and what they tell management.

Planning, Budgeting and Costing
Budgets, costing methods and variances.

Working Capital and Cash
Managing the money that keeps the business running.

Corporate Finance
Investment appraisal, funding and the cost of capital.

Exam Preparation
Preparing for the CFS assessment.

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