Overview
- Subject
- Accounting and Finance
- Duration
- 5 days
- Format
- Classroom
- Language
- English / Arabic
- Next session
- 11 - 15 Oct, 2026
- Fees
- USD 2,600Per participant
Course Outline
- Overview of Key Concepts in Accounting and Finance
- Key financial statements: Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
- Summary of accounting considerations for major accounts:
- Key financial ratios:
- Profitability ratios
- Liquidity ratios
- Debt ratios
- Activity ratios
- Key financial ratios:
- The three pillars of finance:
- Operating, investing and financing decisions
- Operating Decisions
- Managerial accounting concepts:
- Types of cost behavior: Fixed costs, variable costs and step costs
- Relevant costs, sunk costs and opportunity costs
- Breakeven analysis
- Operating leverage
- Evaluating operation decision options:
- Extending credit to customers
- Hiring additional staff
- Outsourcing decisions
- Accepting special orders
- Managerial accounting concepts:
- Investing Decisions
- Overview of time value of money
- Cost of capital
- Evaluation methods:
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Evaluating investing decision options:
- Mid-term and long-term projects
- Contracts with customers and suppliers
- Valuation of companies
- Financing Decisions
- Characteristics of debt vs. equity financing
- Types of debt financing
- Evaluating financing decision options:
- Short-term vs. mid- and long-term debts
- Impact of interest rates
- Setting up company for an Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Introduction to Risk Management
- Definition and importance of risk management.
- Enterprise Risk Management Process (Identify, Assess, Treat, Review)
- Types of financial risks: Operational, market, liquidity, credit, and strategic risks
- Identifying risks across financial activities
- Operating activities: Expense variability and inefficiencies
- Investing activities: Market volatility and Return on Investment (ROI) uncertainty
- Financing activities: Interest rate fluctuations and liquidity challenges
- Simple tools for risk assessment
- Risk prioritization using a basic impact vs. likelihood matrix
Schedule & Fees
2026 Schedule & Fees
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 11 - 15 Oct, 2026
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 11 - 15 Oct, 2026
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 13 - 17 Dec, 2026
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 13 - 17 Dec, 2026
- Arabic
2027 Schedule & Fees
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 10 - 14 Jan, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 10 - 14 Jan, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 14 - 18 Mar, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 14 - 18 Mar, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 11 - 15 Apr, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 11 - 15 Apr, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 13 - 17 Jun, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 13 - 17 Jun, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 11 - 15 Jul, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 11 - 15 Jul, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 12 - 16 Sep, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 12 - 16 Sep, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 10 - 14 Oct, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 10 - 14 Oct, 2027
- Arabic
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 12 - 16 Dec, 2027
- English
USD 2,600
Per participant
- 12 - 16 Dec, 2027
- Arabic