Basic Business Finance Course

Business Finance deals with investing strategies and effective debt management. Managing debts properly can contribute to a business’ rapid expansion which is one of the goals of any business. Ineffective debt management and investing too much money to high risk investments can reduce profit margin.

As a company expands so does its financial needs since more funds are needed to support expansion.

At the end of this course, students shall learn how to: (1) understand book-keeping; (2) be familiar with records and book-keeping systems; (3) become versed with credit control; (4) understand costing; (5) gain knowledge about pricing contents; (6) be familiar with budget; and (7) plan for profit.

To achieve these goals, this course shall make use of interactive materials to present the concepts of the topics to be discussed. Assessments shall be done after the entire course to check for knowledge retention and understanding.

Funds have to be allotted for contingency needs to make sure that the company will stay afloat even in trying times. Pushing sales also needs funding to make sure that a high volume of sales will be generated to increase profit margin. If a business opportunity comes by there should also be enough funds to take advantage of it.

Course Overview

• Unit 1 – Introduction to Book-keeping
  
  • Reasons for and methods of bookkeeping
  • VAT
• Unit 2 – Records and Book-keeping Systems
  
  • Filing your records
  • Double entry bookkeeping
• Unit 3 – Credit Control
  
  • The need for credit control
  • Company accounts
• Unit 4 – Credit Control Part 2
  
  • Debt recovery
  • Statutory demands, insolvency, and bankruptcy
• Unit 5 – Costing
  
  • Pricing and costing a product
  • Presentation of the price
• Unit 6 – Pricing Contents
  
  • Fixed and variable costs
  • Break-even charts
• Unit 7 – Budget
  
  • Planning and breaking down the master budget
  • The working capital cycle
• Unit 8 – Planning for Profit
  
  • Sales and cost of sales
  • Gross and net profit

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be awarded an IOLEN Certificate of Achievement from IOLEN Accreditation. This should help validate their learning experience and skill, and can be used as a resume builder.

Course Format

This course is divided into several modules and is delivered online through our interactive learning management system. Students are given access to the learning portal where they can access the course 24/7. This gives them complete control over the pace of their learning while also enabling them to study from home, in their offices or from a laptop while traveling.

Course Duration:

Normative or minimum period of study to complete this is 45 hours. Take note that this is only an estimate. The duration of completing the course still depends on the learner’s pace and ability to absorb information. Additionally, as the course is delivered online, learners have the options to divide and study the course in multiple sessions or go through it one go.

Learners will be given full access to this course for 12 months from the date of enrolment. During this period, learners are given the flexibility to complete the course at anytime.

• Allow you to keep up to date on the aspects of your career
• Give you an insight into your chosen career path
• Fill in the gaps of any knowledge you may not have
• Enhance your resume
• Show you are a committed learner

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