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This Financial Advisor course will help learners to develop their knowledge of financial planning, advising clients and much more. Whether you want to learn something new or update your skills and add the course to your CV, the course is perfect.

Course in Payroll - Skills Programme in Payroll and Monthly SARS Returns (ICB)CertificationUpon successful completion of the programme, ICB will issue learners with a Results Letter outlining the modules covered. The ICB will apply to FASSET on the learner’s behalf for the Skills Programme certificate in Payroll and Monthly SARS to be awarded. Learner results will be recorded on the ICB National Learner Records Database within 3 months of completion.Entry Requirements

The purpose of this course is to help financial managers, general managers, senior functional managers, and other nonfinancial managers gain a thorough understanding of what financial derivatives are, how they work, how they are used, and how to measure the risks and rewards associated with them.

While using and trading derivatives can add enormous value to a firm, a lack of understanding of risk management techniques can easily lead to disaster. It is, therefore, vital for financial and nonfinancial firms to be knowledgeable about the latest tools, tactics, and strategies for risk management.

Program Goals

You will leave this course with a solid and immediately useful understanding of:... [-]

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the European economy. 99.8% of enterprises which operate in the EU-28 non-financial business sector are SMEs, accounting for 67% of total employment.

In the Barcelona GSE Intensive Course on Investing in Private Equity: Valuation and Financing of SMEs, we explore how SMEs should be valued and financed, and the role that private equity investors can play alongside traditional banks in promoting the growth of SMEs.

Participants will acquire the conceptual tools that are required for the valuation of SMEs and will learn how different forms of financing can be employed to maximize enterprise value. Sessions will also cover M&As of SMEs and the issues that investors face when restructuring SMEs in distress.... [-]

You will understand the main elements to consider in the elaboration of budgets to use them as a tool in the planning and administrative control, as well as support for the decision making of operations, financing and investment that a company faces in the short and medium term.

• You will know the main tools for decision making and its consequent evaluation and control, with a focus on generating cash flow and increasing the value of the company.

• Identify the benefits of preparing a master budget.

• You will create a template in Excel to make a master budget, which you can adapt later to the requirements of your professional activity.... [-]