Certificate in Accounting and Finance Control

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Certificate in Accounting and Finance Control
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F3495

Madrid (Spain)

08 Dec 2025 -12 Dec 2025

5550

Overview

Introduction:

Finance and accounting represent the institutional foundation for analyzing, managing, and interpreting organizational financial performance. They provide structured frameworks that guide decision making, ensure transparency, and support sustainable financial growth. This training program focuses on analytical systems that connect financial reporting, budgeting, and performance evaluation within institutional structures. It also presents governance based models that strengthen financial control, enhance accountability, and align financial decisions with strategic objectives.

Program Objectives:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze institutional frameworks that define finance and accounting principles.

  • Evaluate financial statements as analytical tools for informed decision-making.

  • Classify budgeting systems and their role in resource allocation and control.

  • Assess the use of financial ratios and performance indicators in business evaluation.

  • Determine strategic frameworks linking financial analysis with organizational planning.

Target Audience:

  • Finance Managers.

  • Accountants and Auditors.

  • Business and Operations Managers.

  • Budget and Planning Analysts.

  • Financial and Strategic Consultants.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

Introduction to Finance and Accounting:

  • Conceptual distinction between financial accounting and management accounting.

  • Structural components of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.

  • Institutional importance of the accounting cycle in reporting systems.

  • Core financial concepts, including assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, and expenses.

  • Governance mechanisms ensuring transparency in financial processes.

Unit 2:

Financial Statement Analysis:

  • Institutional techniques for analyzing financial statements and business performance.

  • Key financial ratios and their interpretive role in liquidity, profitability, and efficiency.

  • Comparative benchmarking frameworks and trend analysis methods.

  • Evaluation of institutional strengths and financial vulnerabilities.

  • Frameworks for integrating analytical findings into decision making structures.

Unit 3

Budgeting and Financial Planning:

  • Institutional frameworks for budget formulation and control.

  • Structures of operating, capital, and cash flow budgets.

  • Models for variance analysis and financial adjustment processes.

  • Governance linkages between budgeting systems and strategic objectives.

  • Technological tools supporting institutional financial planning and oversight.

Unit 4:

Cost Management and Control:

  • Structural classification of fixed, variable, and overhead costs.

  • Institutional techniques for cost containment and financial optimization.

  • Activity based costing (ABC) frameworks in performance evaluation.

  • Analytical approaches for break-even and profitability assessments.

  • Institutional practices for sustainable cost efficiency.

Unit 5:

Financial Decision Making and Strategic Planning:

  • Institutional role of finance in long term strategic planning.

  • Analytical frameworks linking financial data with investment evaluation.

  • Governance mechanisms for managing financial risk and uncertainty.

  • Models for capital project evaluation including NPV and IRR systems.

  • Key steps for integrating finance structures within organizational decision making frameworks.