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Essential finance for E.A.s and P.A.s

In today's busy environment E.A.s and P.A.s are increasingly expected to take on financial responsibilities. These may range from negotiating deals with suppliers and purchasing goods and services, to managing a budget or cost centre and reporting against variances. So it's never been more important to ensure your finance skills and knowledge are up to date. This course has been especially designed to give you the core financial skills and knowledge you need to make a difference at work now - and boost your career for the future.

What our participants say:

'I highly recommend the course. Content was excellent, explanations were simple and easy to understand' - Belinda Peddie, EA to CEO, Top Energy.

Objectives:

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Understand financial terminology and the timing of month end cut offs
  • Interpret financial reports for your area and published accounts
  • Identify different types of cost and how to manage them
  • Apply the rules of accounting and make accruals
  • Understand your organisation's financial systems and processes
  • Put together a budget for your area
  • Comply with company tax requirements including GST, FBT, entertainment tax and withholding tax

Our training is:

  • Competency based: we enable participants to apply what they have learned when they return to work
  • Professionally designed to cater for all learning styles, with a mix of activities
  • Based on accelerated learning techniques to engage participants
  • Fully evaluated for continuous improvement
  • Customised for an organisation's specific needs and issues and financial systems and processes

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