Financial Accounting and IFRS Training

Meeting the challenge of tomorrows financial reporting

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Overview of our Financial Accounting and IFRS Training

Financial Accounting Understanding financial statements Practical bookkeeping Fundamentals of accounting Introduction to IFRS Advanced reporting under IFRS IFRS Updates Applying IFRS Group accounting workshops Accounting for financial instruments UK GAAP reporting UK GAAP updates IFRS comparisons with UK standards IFRS comparisons with US standards IFRS comparisons with other local GAAP Accounting for foreign exchange transactions

Systems and reporting Financial controls and internal audit Accounting systems and controls Corporate governance Budgeting and planning Management reporting Practical bookkeeping Finance for non-financial managers

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Who We Are DC Gardner Training is the leading global provider of tailored training services to the banking, financial and corporate sector. Established in 1983, we have pioneered the delivery of high quality, customised financial training to thousands of leading international clients. Specialisation in Financial Accounting and IFRS Training For over 20 years we have been guiding professionals, their clients and support staff though the ever-changing landscape within the Accounting and IFRS sphere. Our clients are truly global, and we understand that different cultures have their own needs in terms of product and market knowledge and delivery.

Our Approach Our Financial Accounting and IFRS training courses are tailored for your needs using case studies and interactive exercises to ensure that not only are the topics covered useful to your business but also engaging and memorable for the participants. Before preparing any course materials we will undertake an extensive consultation with you to pinpoint exactly what your objectives are. We will then use these objectives to influence the presentations, exercises, case studies and workshops that we will use for your course.

Tailoring We recognise that your needs may be specific to a particular sector or product range and as such we can tailor the training to meet these needs. The accounting content that is included in the training can be kept at a basic level for general accounting and IFRS topics or can be made highly specific to the key areas that drive your business. Our team of qualified accountants can ensure that we are able to provide in-depth, practical development and our experience of training people at various stages in their careers allows us to target the training to suit the audience.

Financial Accounting and IFRS training DC Gardner Training can cover a wide range of topics in the Accounting and IFRS areas: Preparation of Financial Statements Accounting Principles Advanced Accounting Standards Group Accounting Financial Analysis Accounting Systems and Internal Controls Finance for Non-Financial Managers Cost-effective Solution Your budget is a finite resource. Our in-house training programmes are a cost-effective solution for you. They allow you to determine the exact content, structure, length and location of your training, with the end result of enhancing the performance of your people. Our trainers travel worldwide, and they come to you. This saves you time and costs, and enables your people to benefit from a confidential and convenient environment. We ask you what you need, thus making no assumptions. This means that all parts of our training courses are relevant to your business, and your time is well spent.

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Financial Accounting and IFRS Route Map

Each clients financial accounting and IFRS training requirements will naturally reflect their specific business emphasis. Set out below are some generic suggestions for courses that DC Gardner Training can provide throughout the financial reporting process:
Practical Bookkeeping Fundamentals of Accounting

Underlying financial information

Internal Auditing Systems and Controls

Advanced Accounting Standards

Preparing financial statements

Applying IFRS

Comparing IFRS with local GAAP

Published financial statements

Reporting Requirements

Corporate Governance

Group Accounting

Using financial information

Budgeting and Financial Planning Understanding Financial Information

Finance for NonFinancial Managers

We regard these suggestions as a starting point for designing and tailoring a specific solution to meet your exact requirements. As part of our commitment to excellence, we work hard to understand and incorporate your own systems and controls as well as your specific business processes, in order to tailor examples that are relevant and useful to your delegates.

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Continuing Professional Development for Accountants

DC Gardner Training can provide complete CPD training solutions for your business. We can tailor your programme to ensure it meets the requirements of any Institute whilst also making sure that the content is relevant and practical to your specific business needs.

The benefits of a DC Gardner Training CPD programme

We can offer flexibility of approach, for example we can run update days as well as specialist training on specific areas This is very cost effective way of providing training if you have a number of delegates who require CPD training We can monitor all delegates to ensure their CPD requirements are met and are verifiable and can provide evidence of attendance if required

Developing a CPD Programme

DC Gardner Training will work with you to provide a comprehensive range of training delivery solutions for all your accounting and IFRS needs. To begin with we would meet with you to ensure that we understand your business as well as all of your training requirements. We can then tailor both the content and delivery style to your specific specifications, for example a series of technical update courses, practical accounting workshops or Masterclasses in specific areas. DC Gardner Training will collect and analyse feedback from your delegates, and where relevant, line managers, to ensure that the programme has been a success.

A full training needs analysis for your business

Development of technical updates on IFRS from a basic to advanced level of detail

Identification of business-related workshops to put knowledge into practice

Creation of Masterclass case studies in specific areas for more advanced delegates

Continual development based on feedback received from the delegates

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How might we approach applying IFRS to your business?

We would consult directly with you to find out exactly what skills you need, what is relevant to your business, and how much experience the participants already have. As a catalyst for ideas on course content, we might take the following basic course outline as a starting point for discussion, and develop it to suit you:

Sample Course Outline: Applying IFRS in Four Days

The aim of this course is to provide participants with some practical guidelines to apply IFRS standards.

Day 1 Introduction to IFRS

Introduction to IFRS Basic Accounting Principles under IFRS Formats of Financial Statements under IFRS Disclosure Standards, for example Related Parties, Segmental Analysis

Day 3 Liabilities and Financial Instruments

Leases Provisions Employee Benefits Share-based Payments Financial Instruments

Day 2 Assets and Revenue

Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition and Inventories Revenue Recognition and Construction Contracts Non-current Assets Intangible Assets Impairment of Assets Investment Property

Day 4 Reporting using IFRS

Reporting for Group Accounts Foreign Currency Translation Using IFRS for the First Time IFRS 1

As we then tailor the course for you, we would develop the perfect solution for your training, always bearing in mind the following: Who? We find the best faculty to suit your needs. When? If you need to fit the training around busy schedules, no problem. Where? You can have the training at your offices, or off-site. How? What? We agree on a methodology for the course that is appropriate for you. We can agree which specific areas of focus for your course.

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Overview of our Training

As well as Accounting and IFRS Training, DC Gardner Training provides tailored, in-house courses in the following areas: Credit Analysis Accounting concepts and developments Corporate credit analysis Credit portfolio risk management Bank and country risk analysis Analysis of non-bank financials Identifying creative accounting Financial modelling and forecasting Credit skills for capital markets Financial solutions for SMEs Structuring leveraged debt finance Retail banking Asset Management and Private Banking Wealth management solutions Asset allocation Portfolio risk measurement and management Fund selection Exchange traded funds Hedge funds and alternative investments Technical analysis Corporate Finance Company valuation Mergers and acquisitions Venture capital and MBOs Syndicated loans Corporate restructuring IPOs Valuing banks and financial institutions Selling Skills Capital market sales skills M&A negotiation skills Selling to sophisticated clients Selling equity to institutional investors Relationship management for private bankers Winning the hearts and minds of corporate finance buyers Managing sales people Leadership Skills Managing People for the First Time Asset and Structured Finance Training Small, medium and big-ticket leasing Securitisation, CDOs and credit derivatives Airfinance Shipping finance and rail finance Commercial real estate finance Securitisation modelling Insurance Tax Islamic finance Project and Trade Finance Project finance modelling PPP and PFI Use of derivatives in project finance Sector-specific project financing Managing problems in project finance Basic and advanced trade finance products Forfaiting and factoring Latest developments in export finance Developments in trade finance in emerging markets Commodity finance

Treasury, Capital Markets and Risk Risks in derivatives Fixed income and swaps Treasury risk management Asset and liability management Credit derivatives Asset securitisation and CDOs Commodity derivatives Fraud and money laundering Basel II Measuring and managing VaR Operational risk management

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Sample clients
DC Gardner Training has over 20 years experience in delivering training solutions designed to meet the requirements of Banks, Financial Institutions and Corporates worldwide. Some of our clients:
ABSA Alpha Bank Axa Investment Managers Bank BPH SA Bank of America Bank of China Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East Bank Pekao SA Bank Zachodni WBK SA BBVA Group BNP Paribas Calyon Central Bank of Kuwait Caixa Geral de Depositos Citigroup Commercial International Bank Commonwealth Bank of Australia Credit Suisse Group Czech National Bank Danske Bank Erste Bank Euroclear Financial Services Authority UK Finansbank Global Investment House Hansabank HypoVereinsbank ICBC ING Group Islamic Development Bank Komercni Banka Macquarie National Bank of Kuwait Nordea OCBC Bank Privredna Banka Rabobank Rand Merchant Bank (SA) Rating Agency Malaysia Raiffeisen International and RZB Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Shell Socit Gnrale Standard Chartered Group State Bank of Pakistan The Royal Bank of Scotland The World Bank Wells Fargo Westpac

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