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Finance Fundamentals

Topic:Business Management

Course Type:Short & Modular Courses

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Overview

  • Course Date:

    TBA
  • Registration Period:

    TBA
  • Duration/Frequency:

    7 hours / 1 day
  • Mode of Training:

    Facilitated Learning (Online Synchronous)
  • Venue:

    Online
  • Funding:

    Eligible for SkillsFuture Credit

Many working professionals make either personal investments or are involved in some form of financial decisions at work. This includes going through the budgetting process and having to make sound decisions on revenue generation and expenses.

This course will aid individuals to read and interpret Financial Statements and know how to perform Capital Budgeting. 

Course Objective

To introduce basic financial concepts to PMETs (professional, manager, executive and technician) so as to enable them to read and interpret Financial Statements and to perform simple capital budgeting for projects.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Read and Interpret Financial Statements for decision-making
• Determine the impact of decisions and actions (or non-action) on the “bottom-line” performance of the organisation
• Communicate with confidence when working with colleagues from the finance department
• Understand the common yardsticks used in project evaluation

Course Outline

1. Introduction
• What is "finance"?
• Relevance of value creation

2. Use of basic financial tools
• What information do the following convey – Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Statement
• Using key financial ratios to identify and diagnose financial problems
• Preparation of cash budget
• Learn and apply time value of money concepts to evaluate different streams of cash flow

3. Sources of long term funds
• Different sources of long term funds
- Debt
- Preferred stock
- Common stock and
- Retained earnings
- Relevance of WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital)

4. Evaluating capital investment decisions
• Characteristics of capital expenditure
• Overview of capital budgeting process
• Capital budgeting techniques
- Payback period
- Net present value
- Internal rate of return

Minimum Requirements

Basic read, write and comprehension of English.

Certification / Accreditation

• Certificate of Attendance (electronic Certificate will be issued)
A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to participants who meet at least 75% attendance rate

• Certificate of Performance (electronic Certificate will be issued)
A Certificate of Performance will be awarded to participants who pass the assessment and meet at least 75% attendance rate

Suitable for

Individuals and PMETs who are interested to know basic finance and its tools.

Course Fees

For more information on course fee / or to apply, click on the “Register” button.

Applicants/Eligibility SkillsFuture Funding GST* Subsidised Fee (after GST)
Singapore Citizens aged 40 and above¹ $270.00 $8.10 $38.10
Singapore Citizens aged below 40 $210.00 $8.10 $98.10
Singapore Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders $210.00 $8.10 $98.10
SME-sponsored Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and LTVP+ Holders² $270.00 $8.10 $38.10
Others (Full fees payable) $0.00 $27.00 $327.00

Application Procedure

1. Application must be made through STEP. Click on “Register” to apply.
2. All successful applicants will be notified with a letter of confirmation through email. 

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