An Intensive 5-day Training Course
The Effective Finance Professional
Process Excellence in the Financial Function
Course Introduction
Build skills to take your career out of the ‘back-room’ in to the boardroom!
World-class organisations are shaping their finance functions to be more efficient and to better support the value creation process. The most progressive enterprises have transformed their finance professionals in to strategic business partners, bringing them out of the back-room to support their key board level decision-makers.
This leading edge course is designed to help delegates to meet the challenge for the 21st century finance professional to both improve efficiency and effectiveness whilst controlling and reducing operational costs.
Objectives
This OXFORD Management Centre training course is designed to provide delegates with a practical working understanding of the most up to date finance function practices and techniques aimed at maximising efficiency and operational relevance; after the course you will be able to:
- Transform finance professionals in to strategic business partners
- Engage the finance team in the value creation process
- Initiate and implement measures to improve finance process efficiency
- Achieve dramatic a reduction in period end closing processes
- Develop state of the art tools for forecasting and decision-making
- Apply change management to transform the finance function
Who Should Attend?
This training course is a suitably wide range of professionals but will significantly benefit:
- Finance Professionals
- Accounts Payable and Receivables Team
- Budget and Planning Officers
- Financial Advisers and other Finance Professionals and Accountants
Course Outline
Day One to Day Five
- 21st Century Challenges for the Finance Function
- The Role of the Strategic Finance Business Partner
- Balancing Pressures on Time-Quality-Cost
- Practical Steps to Improve Inventory Systems Efficiency
- Practical Steps to Improve Receivables Systems Efficiency
- Practical Steps to Improve Payables Systems Efficiency
- Practical Steps to Reduce Period Close Process Time
- Modern Approaches to Analysing, Managing and Reducing Costs
- Using Financial Models to Improve Business Forecasting
- An integrated Approach to Business Reporting
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Building a Vision for the Finance Function
- Taking your Finance Career to the Next Level
Certificate
On successful completion of this training course, Oxford Management Centre Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor will be awarded to the delegates
Accreditation
In association with
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
To check on availability please call Registrar’s Office at +971 50 985 0174. If you have any questions or enquiries please feel free to contact us
- Telephone: +971 50 985 0174
- E-mail: [email protected]
Yes, we provide assistance in securing both hotel reservations & entry visa on all our international training venues, for delegates attending our training courses. For further information / assistance, please contact our Customer Service at:
- Telephone: +971 50 985 0174
- E-mail: [email protected]
Yes, Oxford Management Centre is accredited by the following professional bodies;
National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA)
The Oxford Management Centre 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.
Yes, discounts are available. For further information please call +971 50 985 0174 or email, [email protected]
Note: Discounts are not applicable with any other special offer that may be available.
There are 2 easy ways to register:
- Online: Select the training course you want to register for, Click the “Book Your Place” button on the course page, complete the form and click submit.
- E-mail: Send your details to [email protected]
We request that all cancellations be made at least one week before the class start date. You may reschedule this class without any penalty. If not, a $250 fee will be charged for cancellations received less than one week before a class begins and for no-shows. Cancellation penalties and any fees incurred by Oxford Management Centre will be deducted from refunds.
For more information request, email [email protected] or call +971 50 985 0174.
The classroom training fees include course presentation, relevant materials, physical & digital documentation, lunch and refreshments served during entire training. Accommodation and transportation are not included in the training course fees.
While, online training fees cover the course presentation and digital documentation and relevant materials.
The Oxford Management Centre Certificate of Completion with corresponding CPE credits shall be awarded to delegates who has successfully completed the training course.
Payment must be received before the training course commences. You can make payment by bank draft, cash, credit card or wire transfer.
Note: If the payment is not received, Oxford Management Centre has the right to refuse admission.
Upon receipt of your registration form, we will send you the following by e-mail:
- Registration Confirmation
- Invoice/Receipt (where appropriate)
If you register online you will receive an e-mail within 24 hours confirming your registration.
