Finance Fundamentals for Property

Next course date: 29 March 2012, London, UK, £369 (excl VAT) [£295 concession]
Please enquire for other dates and locations during 2012.

Finance Fundamentals for Property Professionals

Learning outcomes for Finance Fundamentals

By the end of the course, you will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of accounting concepts and the format and preparation of management and company accounts
• Understand how property is treated in an organisations accounts

Previous delegate feedback on Finance Fundamentals

“Well presented and pitched at the right level” J.B. Director, Chartered Suveyors, Cumbria

Course contents of Finance Fundamentals

Finance basics
• Different types of business structures
• Sources of business finance (including property finance)
• Uses of business finance (including property)
• The finance department and key financial systems and controls
• The difference between financial and management accounting

Accounting fundamentals
• Accounting principles and concepts
• The balance sheet
• The profit and loss account / income statement
• The statement of cash flows
• Financial statements / annual reports
• Accounting regulation (GAAP and IAS)
• Accounting regulation specific to property
• The role of the auditor

What is included in Finance Fundamentals

• Course Workbook
• Lunch and refreshments
• Certificate of training course attendance

Who should attend Finance Fundamentals

This course is specific to property professionals of all levels of seniority.

If you are working towards your Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) then this course will provide you with valuable knowledge and skills to assist you in developing your competency in this area.

For other non-property professionals please see our Financial Awareness for Non-Finance course.

Course prerequisites for Finance Fundamentals

No prior experience required.

Course delivery for Finance Fundamentals

We take an open friendly and enthusiastic approach to learning finance. We believe that people learn more effectively when they are enjoying themselves. We make finance interesting for you.
We love questions and welcome as many as possible. We encourage an open atmosphere which in our experience accelerates the learning process.

We always use lots of exercises, case studies and real life examples in our training as we believe this really helps our clients to understand concepts. We find that people only really learn when they test their understanding through practice.

We offer traditional training, facilitation, interactive simulations, coaching and online training.


Tailored Courses:

All our courses are tailored to meet our client’s specific needs. We like to spend time getting to know our clients as we strongly believe that training is most effective and valuable when tailored and focused.

In-house training

Our training can be held within your office or an external venue of your choice. We can also secure venues on your behalf through our venue sourcing agency.

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