Accounting and Finance for Business Analysis ON DEMAND
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15.0 Credits
Member Price $29.00
Non-Member Price $33.00
Overview
This course is invaluable for businesspeople and managers who need to grasp the essentials of finance and accounting without having extensive background knowledge in these fields. This finance and accounting designed to provide a working knowledge of finance and accounting fundamentals, applicable across various business sizes. You’ll learn about financial planning, cost types and allocation, financial components critical to decision analysis, and much more. This course doesn’t just stop at imparting knowledge; it’s about empowering you to apply this understanding in real-world situations, aiding in effective decision-making and collaboration with finance teams. Whether you’re steering a small business or leading a department in a larger corporation, this course equips you with the financial literacy to navigate your business environment confidently and make sound decisions.
Highlights
Essentials of accounting and finance. Types of cost data and cost analysis. Contribution analysis. Break-even and cost-volume profit analysis. Cost data analysis. Forecasting cash needs and budgeting. Cost control and variance analysis. Financial assets. Accounts receivable and credit. Inventory. Time value of money, and more.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, CFPs, CEOs, and other accounting professionals.
Objectives
Identify the non-financial manager’s concern with financial planning. Recognize the responsibilities of financial managers. Distinguish between different business entities. Identify the importance of cost data. Define different types of costs and their allocation. Recognize financial components critical to decision analysis. Identify the concept of contribution margin, and more.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Kelen Camehl, Western CPE
Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 85 courses (225+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen has also remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and has authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s “Journal of Accountancy”.
Kelen has over 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Consultant with HP, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Most recently he was located in Budapest, Hungary on a three-year international assignment and served in the company’s Houston, TX location prior to this assignment. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.
Non-Member Price $33.00
Member Price $29.00