Enhancing Financial Performance

30 Nov 09 - 11 Dec 09 - London Book this course
Duration: 2 weeks
Price:£3700
Course ref: 9ENHFIN1

Overview:

Focusing on the experience of the public sector in the UK and in developing countries, this two week programme aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to improve the overall financial management, controls and monitoring of your organisation. You will study proven strategies and techniques and have site visits to relevant private sector organisations.


Learning objective
You will be able to:
  • Develop strategies to secure sound financial management and control in your organisation
  • Introduce and maintain best practice methods for measuring and managing financial performance
  • Create and implement an action plan for significant improvement in your area of responsibility
  • Help the modernisation of your organisation through the better use of finance
  • Think more broadly and creatively about the contribution of finance to achieving organisational goals
  • Promote higher-quality service at minimum costs
Course content
  • Elements of strategy to secure sound public financial management
  • Organisation, processes, systems, people
  • Expenditure planning and control
  • Principles and practice of resource allocation and budget management
  • The effectiveness of international development assistance
  • Developing accruals-based accounting to replace cash accounting
  • Debt management - current approaches to controlling debt
  • Action planning to implement financial reforms
  • The significance of standards in public life - concepts of propriety, regularity and accountability
  • Running small projects

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