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CPFAFM
Certificate in Practical Finance & Accounting
Finance
Professional level
10 Modules
40 Topics
Corporate
In-house or live virtual
Certification
Blue Ocean Academy certificate
CPFAFM
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About the CPFAFM Program
Practical finance and accounting skills matter in every department, not only in the finance office. This program builds working knowledge of double entry, the three financial statements, reconciliations, payables, receivables and month end routines. Participants also learn to read reports and explain the numbers to non finance colleagues. Delivered in-house or live virtual for your team, exercises use realistic transactions so new and experienced staff leave applying the same standards.
What You Will Learn
- Understand double entry and the accounting equation
- Apply correct treatment to common business transactions
- Build a trial balance from ledger entries
- Prepare basic financial statements from accounting records
- Implement reconciliation routines for bank and control accounts
- Evaluate financial reports using simple ratios
- Measure working capital performance month by month
What you take away
Skills You'll Build
Double entry bookkeeping
Account reconciliation
Financial reporting
Working capital control
Core Topics
Who Is This Program For?
Accounts assistants
Post and reconcile with more confidence
Junior accountants
Move from entries to full statements
Office administrators
Handle invoices and records correctly
Business owners
Read your own accounts without help
Non finance managers
Understand the reports you receive
Procurement staff
See how purchases hit the accounts
What's Included?
Delivered in-house or live virtual for your finance team- Participant workbook with worked accounting examples
- Practice exercises built on realistic transactions
- Certificate of completion issued by Blue Ocean Academy
Blue Ocean Academy
Corporate training terms and scheduling policies apply
Course Outline
- Purpose of accounting records
- The accounting equation
- Accrual versus cash basis
- Users of financial information
Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate of completion
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Every participant receives a Blue Ocean Academy certificate that can be verified by their employer. Corporate clients receive a completion report for the whole cohort.
Digital Certificate
Verifiable Credential
Professional Recognition
Cohort Completion Report
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