The Financial Management group is a critical part of the management team of any company. They are even more important when financial resources are tight and capital allocations are difficult. That is why your finance team needs to be fully engaged and involved in the decision-making process of the business, its long term strategy and the implementation of the strategy. The workshops in this area will help members of the finance team to expand and deepen their knowledge and skills in numerous aspects of financial management.
Senior & Top Management Level
Financial Management for Senior Finance Executives
The pressure of increased regulation coupled with the need to support business strategy means that the Finance function faces multiple and sometimes conflicting demands for their time and resources. This workshop provides best practice tools and policies to reposition and redefine the role of the Finance Department to address its new issues and demands. Read more
Building and Maintaining Solid Banking Relationships
Banks and their corporate and public sector clients have to re-build their relationship. There has been a breakdown in the mutual understanding and trust. Re-build and safeguard solid banking relationships are needed. Read more
Mid-Career Management Level
Treasury and Cash Management
Treasury, cash and foreign exchange management are key factors underpinning most successful companies. This workshop is designed to address procedures and policies to support effective treasury operations and long term cash-flow management. Read more
Accounting for Risk Based Liabilities
Accountants face increasing pressure to validate and support long term risk based provisions under new IFRS regulations. This workshop is focused on a number of major risk based provision items and develops tools and procedures to ensure the accurate and effective assessment of liability. Read more
IFRS and US GAAP: A Practical Guide
As IFRS becomes more widely accepted there is a need to address practicable differences between IFRS and US GAAP reporting requirements particularly for all U.S.-owned companies and operations. MCE provides in this workshop a practical, non-technical explanation of the major differences and their implications on financial reporting and decision making. Read more
Inventory Costing and Analysis
Inventory costing remains one of the most complex and misunderstood areas of business finance. This workshop is designed to explain the underlying concepts of inventory costing, alternative solutions and the details of standard cost accounting. Read more
Fraud and internal accounting controls
The increased focus on reliability of financial reporting has made fraud and internal accounting controls major areas of concern for many medium and large scale companies. The workshop explains the fundamental basis of accounting controls, aspects of control independence and segregation of duties, and the role of internal and external audit and management in fraud detection. Read more
Controlling for Controllers - Part I & Part II
The controller is the business partner and right hand of line management. As such, he or she is not only in charge of planning, analysing and presenting figures but also acts as coach, consultant, or project manager. Controllers are expected to understand the business context as well as the financial figures and effectively drive financial performance. Read more
Financial Planning and Analysis for Controllers
Controllers and other financial managers have a need to define and assess multiple aspects of a company's performance. The workshop addresses accounting regulations, budgeting, forecasting and KPI tools to support company reporting activities. Read more